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Junior Logan Forbes (left) being pied in the face by junior Colin Ingraham (right)

Laughing Out Loud: CHS Wingin’ It’s December Performance Brings It

Lyric Koch, Perspectives editor December 19, 2023

Carlisle's hilarious improv comedy troupe, "Wingin’ It” has been performing shows at Carlisle High School for over 18 years. Their most recent show was on December 5th, where they played a series of...

A new era dawns for Carlisle Area School District as the board will hear proposals for a reorganization of K-8 schools at their meeting on October 12th, 2023.

The Feeling of One Carlisle: Carlisle School District to Change Schooling Configuration

Jillian Grimes, News Editor October 12, 2023

During the May 11, 2023 board meeting, Carlisle Superintendent Dr. Colleen Friend introduced 11 different total plans that show how a new school system structure and grade layout could look. The district...

STANDING TOGETHER: This photo contains the two main contributors in the process of the approval course, student and teacher; Stroud (left) and Wagner (right) together in his classroom.

Students Stand Up: How Student Activism Can Make an Impact

Jillian Grimes, News Editor May 10, 2023

The Carlisle Area School Board approved AP African American Studies, an AP course that many students desire, at a board meeting on April 20. The course was endorsed by the Board with a unanimous decision...

YOURE INVITED: This photo showcases the invitations for the Masquerade Prom.

Masquerade Mystery: Prom is celebrated off campus

Jillian Grimes, News Editor April 19, 2023

Amidst the stress of the final quarter of the school year, one last dance always finds its way to shine through it all: Prom.  Contrary to previous years, Prom is going to be held off CHS campus this...

BFFS: Colin Farrell as Padraic sits on the front porch of his house with his pet donkey, Jenny.

‘Banshees of Inisherin’: Giving your friend the finger (Review)

Ryleigh Underwood, Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2023

A deeply haunting and moving film, the ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ experienced one of the biggest Oscar snubs I’ve ever seen at the March 12, 95th Academy Awards. Set in 1923 on the fictional island...

FOSTER THE MAGIC: This photo was taken by PennState Freshman Ashtyn Cartwright during their THON. THON was accompanied by the theme Foster the Magic, featuring students holding up diamonds with their hands to support the event and organization.

Saving and Changing Lives: Mini-Thon event returns to Carlisle

Jillian Grimes, News Editor March 13, 2023

In the U.S. 16,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, it is the prime cause of childhood death, according to PennState Health's Four Diamonds’ program. Four Diamonds’ approach to childhood...

Bryce getting used to the new year and all that comes with it.

What’s new at CHS

Alex Landis, Student Life Editor November 10, 2022

During the 2021-22 school year, Carlisle High School piloted a new block schedule for high school students. Over the summer district officials reflected on the school year and devised a series of changes...

Andrew Diehl and Colin Ingraham playing The Clapper.

The Stars of CHS’s Hollywood Homecoming Perform at Wingin’ It!

Summer Miller, Staff Writer October 17, 2022

“Ew, no,” is generally the resounding reaction to attending a high school improv troupe’s comedy show. Skepticism is natural, of course, but Wingin’ It!’s show on Monday, October 17th, at 7pm,...

A heart-shaped balloon flies, decorating a memorial site outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday, May 30, 2022. In a town as small as Uvalde, even those who didnt lose their own child lost someone. Some say now that closeness is both their blessing and their curse: they can lean on each other to grieve. But every single one of them is grieving. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

80 Minutes of Horror: Why did the Robb Elementary tragedy happen? (Editorial)

Ryleigh Underwood, Editor-in-Chief June 1, 2022

There is nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said. On May 24, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas with two AR-15s. He killed 19 children, ages 8-11, and...

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