Business Entrepreneurship Plans To Open School Store.
Libby De La O
November 25, 2019
The business entrepreneurship classes are currently reviewing the possibility of a walk-in school store containing snacks, drinks, and spirit wear. Teacher Erika Halloran’s fifth period hopes to have this idea become a reality. “An environment like that would be helpful, so you can also teach students things...
Disney + In High Demand.
Lillie Morisaki, photographer/writer
November 25, 2019
The new streaming platform, Disney+, signed up over 10 million people in a little over a single day when it was released, Nov. 12. Disney + has access to Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney media including original shows, movies, spinoffs, and shorts. Disney+ will rival all other streaming platf...
Lack Of Speech Class.
Jacob Abernathy
November 18, 2019
Sally sells seashells by the seashore -- every kid's worst nightmare in speech class. Slurred s’, Rs pronounced as Ws, and lisps are all common speech problems. “I went to speech classes from preschool to second grade, then again in seventh grade and sophomore year,” senior Sam Figgins said....
Debate Club.
Sam Figgins, Photo Editor
November 18, 2019
After years of declining participation, the Speech and Debate Club has began a revamp of its program. The club has experienced low participation for the past few years. “Last year I was asked to take over from Mr. Cole,” English teacher Jennifer Beckmann-Brown said, “Mr. Erwin asked me be...
Our Trash, Our Responsibility, Our Home.
Mallory Abshear
November 18, 2019
Paper. Food. Plastic. Common trash people throw away: 4.5 pounds per person per day to be exact. But 4.5 pounds is too much for the dying planet to handle. Each day, the average person throws away almost 6 pounds of trash with 1.5 being recycled. All of this trash goes to local landfills, which p...
Class News, Careers, and AP Options
Noah Suermann
November 6, 2019
From AP classes, to dual enrollment, options exist to turn a freshman into a college-ready senior. As a freshman, choosing classes can be daunting. The engineering field is interesting but there's also the medical path. Then there’s AP classes, weighted, but being a more difficult. There are ...
School Software Standardization
Noah Suermann
November 6, 2019
Upload. Share. Create. It’s easy nowadays. But maybe not so easy with so many different forms of software for students and teachers to learn, use, and keep track of. District-utilized softwares, like Infinite Campus, are great tools for keeping academic and financial records; however, contracts with SchoolMessenger, SurveyMonkey, and Voicethread are...
Ramp Up Recycling
Ryan Tripp
November 4, 2019
Destructive Fires. Disrupted wildlife. Dangerous Toxins. Gasses accelerating Climate Change. All unmindful consequences from not properly recycling. Because of this, the school needs to implement more programs to reduce the amount of waste that is unsustainably put into landfills. Firstly, air hand...
Out With The Gold And In With The Blue.
Morgan Smith
November 4, 2019
June at 7 p.m., the Class of 2020 will walk into graduation looking like no other class before. In response to concerns with the old tradition about the yellow gowns, the graduation ceremony will feature all blue gowns with a yellow stole. “It’s sad to see the tradition go but at the same time, you ...
Students Review New Take On Howell Time.
Caitlin Quirk
November 4, 2019
A month into the new Howell Time, administrators listened to feedback and made changes. The administration's main goal was to get students to become more connected with each other, and the first Howell Time saw a small group discussion on qualities students like in friends. Another activity saw leaders he...
Modern-Day Internment Camps in China for Muslims.
Graceson Kennedy, Co-Web Editor
November 4, 2019
The religion of Islam has been practiced in China for over fourteen hundred years. However, recently, the Muslim population has become an extreme minority in the communist empire. As of July 2019, China had abducted over one million Uighur Muslims from their homes and placed them into camps. When globa...
First Junior College Fair for Howell.
Matt Ryan, Journalism Student
October 22, 2019
District juniors had the opportunity to learn and start thinking about colleges at the Junior College Fair, Sept. 18, at Howell Central, the district office organized the event. There were 113 different colleges and universities represented at the fair, and students had the opportunity to walk around ...