Players Feel Practice After Season Should Be Optional
Loralee Bandy, Staffer
April 30, 2014
Some sports at Smoky Hill continue to have practices after the game season ends. Players feel that continued practice is a good thing, but would be better if it was optional. Girls’ Lacrosse is one of the teams that don’t have practice after their last game. “There should be practices after the...
Smoky Hill 2014 Prom
Kaylee Long, Editor
April 25, 2014
Attention all upperclassmen! The Smoky Hill Prom is tomorrow at Mile High Station from 8:30 P.M. to 11:30 P.M. The event After Prom, which is included in the ticket, is at Smoky from 12 A.M. to 3 A.M. The theme for Prom is the Great Gatsby. There will be free sodas and photo booth pictures....
Chicken Soup for the Senioritis-Soul
Ashley Rice, Staffer
April 25, 2014
With the end of another successful school year comes the mad potato sack-dash to finish strong. With the signing of senior contracts earlier this month, students focus on the end of their high school careers. But, it seems much of the senior class has developed a rare case of senior sniffles. While many...
Teenagers Struggle to Balance Working and Schooling
Loralee Bandy, Staffer
April 23, 2014
With school nearing to an end, students who don’t already have a job over the school year are looking into possible part-time jobs for the Summer. There are numerous stores near many students homes that are now beginning to hire. Aleah Harris, a sophomore at Smoky, got her first job this year at...
Two Methods to Survive the Rest of School
Loralee Bandy, Honorary Staffer
March 26, 2014
Spring Break is a few days away, and Summer is just around the bend, but the school year isn’t over yet. There’s an entire quarter left in the year, and many students are struggling to maintain good grades as they look ahead to June 2nd. Two methods to help survive until the end of school are...
Theatre presents “Almost, Maine”
Stephanie Braun, Staffer
March 4, 2014
Smoky's theatre is presenting Almost, Maine February 28 and Saturday, March 1 at 7:15. It will be $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Last year it was the most produced play in the nation (at the high school level). "It's 10 little short love scenes, each about 10 minutes long about the diff...
New Way To Drive
Kyna Fitzpatrick, Staffer
March 3, 2014
Car companies are looking at making changes to the technology in cars and how you use them while driving. Vehicles are using this technology to improve the ways of the road. These cars will be able to park themselves, alert a driver, and even communicate with other cars around them as a person is driving...
Band Hits The Ice
Kyna Fitzpatrick, Staffer
February 17, 2014
A skating event will be held at Southlands in Aurora Colorado at 6155 South Main Street from 5 to 9 on Feb.13th. Band is hosting the event as a fun activity for students to skate around and hang out with or friends or bring dates. This will be located at the pond in Southlands. “It [the...
New Way to Ask an Old Question
Rachel Ellis, Editor
January 29, 2014
With the Winter Formal Dance just around the corner, students are having to find creative ways of asking each other to the dance. Sophomore Rachel Whipple has covered her boyfriend Kevin Del Mazo Apablaza's car with sticky notes in an attempt to make asking the question unique. "I thought it would be a different way to go about it," Rachel Whipple said. ...
Holiday Life of Mahi Maliha Zavin
Lucia Chung, Staffer
January 5, 2014
Not everyone celebrates Christmas, including sophmore Mahi Maliha Zavin. During Winter Break, Zavin stays at home to she spends time with her family. “It’s just like a normal break for me,” said Zavin. Although Zavin doesn’t celebrate Christmas, she does sing carols, wear Santa hats, an...
For the Love of Music
Estefano Cedeno Gonzalez, Staffer
December 18, 2013
The Chamber, String, and Symphony Orchestras joined together Tuesday night to perform “A Winter Orchestra Concert.” With over 100 members of the orchestra, and a month of preparation, orchestra spent one and a half hours playing holiday favorites along with some more advanced compositions. “The Emerald Falc...
Oh No! Snow!
Stephanie Braun, Staffer
December 5, 2013
On Wednesday morning Smoky Hill student woke up to about six inches of snow, the temperature drops to about -12 degrees. The snow made it difficult for students to get to school. Stephanie Alfaro said,”I was late, but they gave out winter warning passes instead of tardy passes which was really helpfu...
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