The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

OPINION: Is Social Media Ruining The Development Of Adolescents?

OPINION: Is Social Media Ruining The Development Of Adolescents?

Miranda Velasquez, Staffer May 16, 2024

It is said that social media and giving kids a phone at an early age could be the cause of bad mental health. This is posited because kids and even teenagers should be going outside to play or hang...

The job board by Smoky Hills graduate center

A Look Into the World of Student Employment

Sam Kristjanson, Staffer May 11, 2024

As the school year wraps up, students at Smoky Hill start to get out into the workforce. In this article, we unwrap the world of student employment: what it's really like, and what are the most popular...

How Has High School Culture Changed?

How Has High School Culture Changed?

Faven Getnet, Staffer May 10, 2024

Over the years high school culture has been affected by experiences from the people who attend the school whether they be teachers or students. Many of them had lots of differing opinions on the matter. Athletic...

Class of 24 waiting to get called in inside the assembly.

2024 Senior Exit Assembly

Faven Getnet, Staffer May 10, 2024

 

Vaping Epidemic in High Schools

Vaping Epidemic in High Schools

Lily Gibson, Staffer May 2, 2024

An epidemic of vaping among adolescents has become a frequent trend in the past few years. Last year alone, “2.13 million (7.7%) students reported current e-cigarette use in 2023,” according to the...

Riley Chapmans (11) art on how social media controls your life

Unveiling the Digital Dilemma: Social Media’s Toll on Teen Mental Health

Blake Price, Staffer May 2, 2024

In today's digital age, social media has become an integral part of teenagers' lives, shaping how they interact, communicate, and perceive themselves and others. However, the pervasive influence of...

Dietary Restrictions and Fasting

Dietary Restrictions and Fasting

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer April 30, 2024

Many students choose to diet or go on fasts for many different reasons, from doing it as a religious aspect to doing it for health reasons.  “It depends on the mental aspect of why you're doing it...

Women of Color Achieve Ivy League Success

Women of Color Achieve Ivy League Success

Simone Van de Sande, Staffer April 22, 2024
50% of the most prestigious schools also known as the ivy’s are made of caucasian students.- college vine Throughout the years ivy’s have been predominantly white schools founded by white men. The highest acceptance rate for these schools being caucasian males. But this is coming to a chang e three women of color were accepted into ivy league schools. Breaking this continuous pattern of only white males going to top prestigious school.
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