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The student news site of Carlisle High School

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The student news site of Carlisle High School

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The ThinkPad laptops (right) were originally distributed to the students. This year the district gave the 9th and 10th graders new Dell laptops (left).

Out with the old, in with the new laptops

Abigail Lindsay, Editor in Chief January 24, 2018

Laptops allow teachers to do so much more within their daily classes, but they can cause students a great amount of stress when these laptops are not working. At Carlisle High School, every student...

Gorillaz new album debuts new art.

Gorillaz come back with power with ‘Humanz’ (Review)

Olivia Boyd, News Editor May 8, 2017

Gorillaz has got the power with their new album Humanz bringing in dance-ready music perfect for any rave. To state the little known obvious, Gorillaz isn’t actually a real band in the sense...

Spent allows teenagers and adults to be able to experience how to survive being poor and homeless.

‘Spent’: Game teaches teenagers and adults about financial survival in the real world

Daija Berry, Staff Writer December 9, 2016

"It's just stuff.  Until you don't have it." This is the motto for a web game that is not just a fun question and answer situation but a lesson in surviving in the real world. “Spent” is an...

Students often skip reading the actual play and just read the translation of Shakespeares plays.

Sparknotes doesn’t get enough credit (Editorial)

Kenny Brenizer, Perspectives Editor November 11, 2016

Through the years of English class, you’ve probably encountered the classic novels, such as John Knowles' A Separate Peace or Lois Lowry’s The Giver. Well, maybe, considering that students who don’t...

Social media can be used as a learning tool that students would actually enjoy using.

Social media can improve student’s learning experience (Editorial)

Kenny Brenizer, Perspectives Editor October 25, 2016

More social media site are constantly appearing on our screens. Whether we like it or not, some of these sites become more important to us than we may realize. They provide a form of communication and...

Senior Sami Jumper faux-texts while walking through the halls.

Is faux-texting a social faux pas?

Brooklyn Norrell, Student Life Editor September 29, 2016

Appearances may be deceiving, as someone looking at their phone may be seeing nothing. Faux-texting is when someone is in a public situation but instead of interacting with the people around them,...

Many students claim that Schoology helps to facilitate turning work in.

Schoology brings more technology to the classroom (Editorial)

Kenny Brenizer, Perspectives Editor March 21, 2016

Schoology is a successful resource for both students and teachers in the classroom. It was created as an online website for teachers to easily manage class work and assignments. It’s set up in a...

Many students find it beneficial to take on school work within the comfort of their homes.

eDay: Effective means of making up snow days (Editorial)

Kenny Brenizer, Perspectives Editor January 13, 2016

The first eDay, or Flexible Instructional Day as the PA Department of Education calls them, was held last year on April 6, 2015 (a previously designated snow make up day). Students were told that instead...

Use apps Iike Todoist on your phone to help you organize your life.

More than just social media: use these apps for stress management

Maya Black, Student life writer and photographer December 22, 2015

Students go through stresses everyday that have to do with homework, studying, testing, and even meeting deadlines with paper work and with all that, personal life gets in the way also. Yet new technology...

In todays times, its not hard to find students on their phones within classrooms.  In the hallways and cafeteria, however, they are still considered to be off-limits.

Cell Phones Out of Class: Big Deal or Big Whoop? (Editorial)

Harry A. Wendelken, Student Life writer December 11, 2015

Smart phones are quite possibly some of the most amazing machines that have ever been invented. With the Internet, instantaneous communication, music, and pictures all accessible from the palm of your...

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