Paying Their way Through Life
Tyler Dortch Tori Griffey, Staffer
March 17, 2019
Filed under Academics, Check This Out!, News, NEXT
Over the past week TV actresses Felicity Huffman,Lori Loughlin, and many others got charged $500 Billion for bribing colleges to get their kids into the top schools. Many families of higher wealth have been paying coaches at colleges to say they are on a athletic team so they get scholarships b...
The JackStrong Campaign
Trinity Trietsch, Staffer
March 11, 2019
Filed under News, NEXT, Showcase, Student Life
Recently Jack Padilla, 9, who attended Cherry Creek high school committed suicide. "Jack was super bullied, he had been dealing with it for a very long time and on February 14 he committed suicide," said Tsomo O'Brien. However, Jacks death will not forever be mourned but instead has given...
Cherry Creek Innovation Campus
Tracy Johnson, Staffer
March 10, 2019
Filed under Academics, Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life
On August 12, 2019, the new Cherry Creek Innovation Campus opens to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. The campus known as the CCIC, provides a job-like experience for students to be better prepared for after high school careers. Mark Morgan, the principal of the CCIC, in his message to the Cherry Creek ...
TSA Competitions
Andrew Guerin, Staffer
March 3, 2019
The Technology Student Association or TSA holds competition’s to engage in multiple outputs the revolve around science, technology, and mathematics. The technological portion of TSA has a section that involves robotics and programming, where some of our own Smoky Hill students competed in. ...
International Teamwork in Technology Jobs
Walter Bustamante, Staffer
March 3, 2019
Filed under News, NEXT, Showcase, Uncategorized
With technology becoming more of our day to day lives, and more tech jobs becoming available, the younger generations graduating and going to work will face different challenges and benefits with the people they will have to work with. The three workers that were interviewed were: Adi...
Whooping Cough outbreak at Smoky
Tori Griffey, Staffer
February 26, 2019
Filed under Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life
Attention Smoky Hill, yesterday February 25, 2019 parents received a email addressing whooping cough(pertussis) at Smoky. The Tri-County Health Department has been notified of many cases of Whooping cough over the past few weeks. In order to protect yourself and others here is what you ...
Girls run the world
Zazi Hunsucker, Staffer
February 26, 2019
Filed under Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Showcase
It seems that girls really do run the world. The 2020 democratic candidates make no exception to this rule. So far, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, , Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchur, have all announced their running. So far, these are the solidified names. Now why is this important? For starters, the is the first year where weâ€...
The dangers of Juuling
Trinity Trietsch, Staffer
February 24, 2019
Filed under Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life
A relatively recent buzz around the halls of Smoky Hill High School has been Juuling, or vaping, for awhile now. Many students will be seen smoking the Juul off and sometimes even on campus, though it's not allowed. “I wanna say about 2004 or 2006 is when they hit the market and they intended to make s...
How Was This Years ACT?
Brenton Force, Staffer
February 24, 2019
Filed under Academics, Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life, Uncategorized
February 20th marked a milestone for the juniors of Smoky Hill High School. It was the day of the ACT test. The ACT is a standardized test that juniors take to get a score that colleges can take and use to decide if a student is fit for their school. The test covers four major subjects,E...
ACT Testing
Arian Jensen Christine Bailey, Staffer
February 19, 2019
Filed under Academics, Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life, Uncategorized, Video
Testing is tomorrow!! Although the stress and overthinking might take over your mindset, here are some comments and tips students have for you while preparing for the ACT.
School Changes
Christine Bailey Arian Jensen, Staffer
February 1, 2019
Filed under News, Uncategorized
Change is great because of the opportunity to embrace new experiences. It's how you choose to look at it and deal with change that matters most. Smoky students share some ideas that they feel would make impacting change on Smoky.
The Internet Loves Eggs
Tracy Johnson, Staffer
January 27, 2019
Filed under Check This Out!, News, NEXT, Student Life
How is it that a simple egg beat out one of the most world renowned celebrities? On January 4, a photo of a brown, speckled egg was posted on Instagram under the account name @world_record_egg. The photo currently has over 50 million likes. This beat the previous world record of likes on Instagr...
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