If you are trying to survive the strange environment of high school academics, you have to be able to write an essay. The essay is generally a multi-paragraph writing assignment that teachers assign to allow students to explore their literary horizons through edits, revisions, critical thinking, sweat, and blood. In order to write an...
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Young Huang is an immigrant from China transferring to spend the rest of the school year at CC. Hello, my name is Young. I just came to the United States recently because my whole family immigrated from China. The goal of immigration came from my uncle, who is already living in the United States....
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Rivers and Revolutions is a program offered at CCHS for juniors and seniors, organized and directed by former social studies teacher Michael Goodwin. 2012 is the “pilot year,” and the program will be offered during the fall and spring semesters. If it is successful, it will continue for more years to come. In the...
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April showers may bring much more than May flowers this year. In fact, CC seniors hope that their push for “rain days” this spring will catch the administration’s attention. To any member of the senior class, the appalling lack of snow days this year has seemed much more like a curse than a freak...
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Students attending CCHS next year can expect a thirty-pound package to arrive in their mail in August of 2012 – an iTechPack. This package will include a selection of Apple products: an iPod Nano, an iTouch, an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, and – it is even rumored to contain...
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Rather controversial news reached the student body today when the administration stated that in an attempt to save money, the 2012 junior-senior prom will be combined into a massive, amazing K-12 prom, open to any student in any grade level in the Concord-Carlisle school district! What’s more, this all-ages extravaganza will become an annual event in the Concord-Carlisle...
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Beginning in the fall of 2012, a new system of teacher evaluations will be put into place at Concord-Carlisle Regional High School. Students will now be able to evaluate their teachers based on several different criteria at the end of each quarter. These evaluations will become part of each teacher’s permanent file and will...
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Three consecutive days every year in the lower gym, CCHS holds Challenge Day, an event offered to all students. About 100 people attend each day, including students, teachers, and other adults from the community. When asked how Challenge Day began, leader and physics teacher Brian Miller explains that “It started with a girl...
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Co-written by Emily Roberts and Madeline Guth The recently elected freshman president, Abby Wester ‘15, has a few words about what she plans to do with her new leadership, and some details on things that any freshman wants to know about our newly elected leader. First off, we asked her one of the most...
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I’m not trying to dispute tests in general. For many classes, they really are the best way to evaluate a student’s competency in a certain subject. Frankly, while I may have personal preferences as to how I am graded, I don’t have an issue with a teacher’s chosen method. I do, however, care about...
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