Academics – Smoky Now

Black History month Spirit week

February 25, 2020

Black History Month means a lot to African American culture. I've never been at a school that supports Black History Month, they have a spirit week for it different days you can dress up and they even have HBCU colleges coming in as well. Smoky Hill is getting a little buzz from doing this because th...

Class of 2020 Graduation Performer

Krystal Grider, Staffer

February 5, 2020

To make Smoky Hill's graduation more fun, upbeat and more meaningful the activities is looking for seniors with varied talents to participate in the commencement ceremony. seniors may audition for three types of performances, either speech and or dramatic reading or musical presentation. Scott Cohen...

Incoming 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Graders…

Krystal Grider, Staffer

January 31, 2020

Shadow days are a good program for all incoming grades to Smoky Hill. Suzi Zollener is the person running it and she answered a few questions about it. What is Shadow Days? “Shadow days are for prospective students who are looking to come to Smoky Hill and we pair them up with a student at Smoky Hi...

New Graduation Requirements

Krystal Grider, Staffer

January 24, 2020

Graduation requirements for classes of 2021 and any other class after that has to pass the English and Mathematics capstone to be able to graduate. They also must have a minimum of 22 credits for graduation. Smoky Hill High School Website says, "At the end of the school year, a freshman has successfully compl...

Winter Wish Week 2020

Tori Griffey, Staffer

January 12, 2020

The annual winter wish week is approaching fast. This year's winter wish week will take place on January 27-February 1. Wish week is a whole week where the school focuses on donating money to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year the kid we are raising money to support is named Taurean. Tauren is a 1...

New CCSD Graduation Requirements

Tayler Sewick, Staffer

November 19, 2019

Life beyond high school is different from what it used to be. Over 74% of jobs in Colorado now and in the future require training or education after high school. Students who graduate and work in Colorado will need real world skills to secure a job. in addition to the WPS Graduation Requirements...

Should Students Be Forced To Take Standardized Tests?

Tyler Dorch, Staffer

October 8, 2019

With February comes up Juniors all across the US take standardized tests to ‘test’ them on their knowledge. But why do we do this? Why do as a society take standardized tests seriously and make them so powerful in our college education system? The SAT was invented in 1926 by Carl C. Brigham. The...

AP testing!

Cristina Tapia Castellanos, Staffer

October 4, 2019

The Advanced Placement program remains a popular way for students to receive college credits for AP courses designed to make students pass the exam. This year the college board has made a drastic change in deadlines to register for the AP exam and a new way to bubble for the exam. “Bubbling is not do...

Smoky Hill Students Can’t be in the Hallways

Krystal Grider, Staffer

October 4, 2019

Around Smoky Hill High School i've been hearing kids talking about ,“ugh this is dumb why we cant be in the hallways on our off period,” So I wanted to go more deep into it and start asking the professionals. I interviewed Trevor Vanluiet the head security guard of Smoky Hill High School...

School Year Goals and Excitements

Bianca Richerson, Staffer

August 28, 2019

This year over thousands of students are waking up at 6 in the morning, getting ready, and then walking into school with their excitements and new goals they have for the new school year. Freshman Nicoleta Costache is very excited for this new year and here’s why, “I’m really looking forward t...

Next School Year Resolutions

Bianca Richerson, Staff

May 17, 2019

Since the school year is coming to and end students are getting ready for summer, but instead of just focusing on summer, some students are already focusing on next school year and what they’re going to do different. Some students have academic goals for next year. Sophomore Yasab Salvatierra ...