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Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

Junior IB Field Trip

Junior IB Field Trip

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer April 6, 2023

Today on Apr. 6, all IB juniors took a field trip to different places all over Denver depending on what their "Extended Essays" are about. "We're the ones going on the trip because we're starting our...

The SHHS Bookkeeping Office, Located Directly Behind and to the Right of the Deans Office.

SHHS Senior Fines 2023 Due Soon

Dawson Patterson, Staffer April 6, 2023

Any SHHS Senior who went to the senior meetings over the last two days should know that if you want to graduate, there are some things that they'll need to do before graduation in regard to fines. The...

PowerUp

PowerUp

Lily Gibson, Staffer April 6, 2023

At Smoky, the school provides a reading and writing class to give extra help to students who are showing below-grade-level reading skills. The class has recently made new changes and is starting a new...

Newspaper to Return 2023-2024 School Year

Newspaper to Return 2023-2024 School Year

Gloria Namgung, Editor-in-Chief April 4, 2023

On Tuesday, Apr. 4, Principal Andre Bala informed Advisor Carrie Faust and the Newspaper class that the program is expected to return in the next upcoming school year. Bala initially gave the news that...

Competitive Speech and Debate Voices Their Concerns on Possibility of Smoky Programs Being Cut

Competitive Speech and Debate Voices Their Concerns on Possibility of Smoky Programs Being Cut

Isaiah Escamilla, Gloria Namgung, Staffer, Editor-in-Chief March 29, 2023

Competitive Speech and Debate and Newspaper are both academic classes that are being cut in the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Needless to say, students involved in both courses are frustrated and continuously...

Opinion | A Student Newspaper is Essential to an American High School

Opinion | A Student Newspaper is Essential to an American High School

Dawson Patterson, Staffer March 27, 2023

Part One: The Reasoning On Mar. 16, Newspaper Advisor Carrie Faust announced that the Smoky Hill Newspaper class is going to be cut next year, upsetting a lot of us hard-working newspaper students who...

Pass If You Please

Pass If You Please

Sofiia Znakharenko and Zakary Peterson, Staffer and Co-Editor March 14, 2023

After the bell rang, the hallways bustled with students moving to their next period, and after the first ten minutes wound down the halls were mainly empty, excluding the few notable stragglers.  It...

Paula Yoo stands in front of her whiteboard in which she presented 1 in 4 Asian American youths experience racist bullying as well as other facts and pictures from her life experiences and interviews.

Inspirational Author and Journalist Paula Yoo Spoke and Met with Smoky Students

Zakary Peterson, Co-Editor March 1, 2023

The library was filled on Tuesday as students watched Paula Yoo give a speech about her latest book "From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian...

10 Tips for Preparation on your Next Exam

10 Tips for Preparation on your Next Exam

Lily Gibson, Staffer February 14, 2023

At some point, everyone has felt nervous or underprepared for an upcoming test or quiz. Here are 10 tips so you can prepare and feel confident for your next test: Plan studying time every day  Set...

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