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The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

Second Semester goals

Second Semester goals

Kailen Theel, Staffer January 23, 2018

Being a Freshman in high school, I didn’t expect to do as good as I did did better than I thought I was, but I had procrastinated on my homework, I didn’t study for tests in big classes, and I didn’t...

Allowing Redos In Topics

Allowing Redos In Topics

Andrew Guerin, Staffer January 23, 2018

    You wake up ready for school and believing nothing can topple your grades, but as you walk into Math class you learn otherwise. You couldn't solve any problems regarding the new lessons...

The Power of a Wish

The Power of a Wish

Tori Griffery, Staffer January 22, 2018

Every year around this time Smoky Hill does winter wish week. Wish week is where we take a kid who is sick and who may not have the longest to live and raise money so that we can give them one wish.  Most...

Semester Two Grind

Semester Two Grind

Avery Bailey, Staffer January 18, 2018

Semester two has just started, meaning new content and more studying. Some who study have trouble actually studying, while other people study like its an activity, but studying effectively and remembering...

Is Physical Education Really Needed?

Is Physical Education Really Needed?

Andrew Guerin, Staffer January 16, 2018

  You just enjoyed your Winter Break to the fullest and stayed in your bed,  barely getting up till it was time to go back to school. Though you can't enjoy the feeling of being lazy due to you...

The People Behind the Music

Tori Griffey January 11, 2018

For many people highschool can be a hard thing to go through. A lot of people are trying to find what they enjoy and who they want to be. For many students at Smoky Hill they have found a safe haven in...

Six Cherry Creek School District high schools named to the Washington Posts list of Americas Most Challenging High Schools

Six Cherry Creek School District high schools named to the Washington Post’s list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools

Haley Commons, Staffer May 11, 2017

Smoky Hill High School was named as one of six Cherry Creek School District high schools to make the Washington Post’s list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools, the most of any Colorado school...

Welcoming incoming Juniors

Octavia Ford, staffer May 9, 2017

High school can be a very laborious place, if you don’t take it seriously. It is important that you build a healthy relationship with your teachers and do everything they ask you to do. Your hard work...

Senior exit assembly

Octavia Ford, staffer May 3, 2017

The time is here, Smoky Hill class of 2017. All seniors and students are invited to join the official Senior Exit Friday, May 12 at 1:15 p.m.  We want to come out, congratulate, and wave the seniors goodbye....

Getting to Know the new Assistant Principal

Nisha Razack, Staffer April 27, 2017

Aleisha Armour is going to be replacing Karen Adler as Assistant Principal starting next year.   SN: What inspired you to become an AP? AA: So actually I had aspirations of going into school...

CMAS Testing

CMAS Testing

Mona Jabr, Staffer April 4, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 juniors at Smoky Hill will be taking the CMAS Test. The Colorado Measures of Assessment Success are science and social studies assessments administered in elementary, middle and...

Winter Art Showcase

Haley Commons, Staffer March 23, 2017

I make art to show what having a mental illness is like. This series is meant to document my recovery. My subject with the brown hair is Madi and my subject with the red hair is Cheyenne....

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