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Schoology is used to turn assignments in online and simplify the submission process. However, setting deadlines at midnight is hurting our students.

11:59: A Deadly Deadline (Editorial)

Heidi Heinlein, Perspectives Editor February 12, 2018

There are 24 hours in a day. Six hours or so are devoted to sleeping, seven hours to school, an hour or two to get ready and go back and forth between home and school, plus extracurricular activities....

Having Wi-Fi at school can be useful for furthering education but this poses a threat. The first step to ending cyberbullying is building firewalls to protect students.

Cyberbullying stops here: Wi-Fi restrictions keep school safe (Editorial)

Heidi Heinlein, Perspectives Editor January 29, 2018

Cyberbullying plagues schools nationwide but it is difficult for schools to combat abuse that is done behind a screen. Allowing school Wi-Fi access to the students committing these acts gives them the...

Gluten-free foods have become infamous in the last decade. But why is it so difficult and costly to maintain a gluten-free lifestyle?

The struggles of a gluten-free lifestyle (Editorial)

Reese Daugherty, Perspectives Writer January 23, 2018

In the past decade, a certain trend has swept its way across America. On various labels, menus, and even on some hygiene products are two infamous words: Gluten-Free. However, to the 3 million Americans...

Spotify and Pandora are both music streaming apps but which is better?

Spotify vs Pandora: Listen up (Editorial)

Kathleen O'Neill January 11, 2018

Spotify and Pandora are both apps which are used to stream music from your devices.  While they both are musical media powers, it is constantly either Team Spotify or Team Pandora. In today's society,...

Feminine products are often provided in the nurses office, but at a price. These essential items should be available to all.

Menstrual products should be offered free in school settings, period (Editorial)

Reese Daugherty, Perspectives Writer December 15, 2017

Female menstruation is often seen as a taboo topic in most settings. In general terms, people simply don’t like to talk about periods. However, avoiding or suppressing a topic of this magnitude can be...

High school students can blow through money fast and are often unprepared physically and financially for their futures. National Career Development month gives students the resources to thrive out of school.

National Career Development Month: There’s still time to cash in (Editorial)

Ashley Ivanoff, Perspectives Editor December 11, 2017

As December arrives, we seem to have overlooked a certain aspect of the past month. November 2017 was National Career Development month and the significance of this month and the many important lessons...

School schedules are often debated: which style of school year is best for the student? Year round schooling has many benefits for the students and teachers.

Year-round schooling is better for you than you think (Editorial)

Kathleen O'Neill November 28, 2017

While difficult to understand at first, the year-round school schedule is built to help the student. There are several variations of year-round schooling but it usually consists of several three to...

Senior Jamie Hafner works on an activity to prepare for her senior book chapter in AP Literature.  While senior book chapters can be difficult to complete, there are many benefits to the students during the writing process.

Senior book chapters: Evoking nostalgia or bringing anxiety? (Editorial)

Ashley Ivanoff, Perspectives Editor November 16, 2017

Senior book chapters are infamous in Carlisle High School and are often seen as a drag by the seniors working on them. With the bad reputation they have, should we continue to push this assignment? How...

New dress code guidelines have restricted teachers from wearing jeans during certain dress down opportunities.  Is this really something that needs to be limited?

The problem with denim: should teachers be allowed to wear jeans? (Editorial)

Treston Johnson, Perspectives Writer October 30, 2017

“Readily distinguishable from students,” “positive role modeling,” and “professional responsibilities” are the images a Carlisle High School staff member must project in order to “present...

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