09.07.07

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September 19th, 2007 - Carmel High School student Wins Ryan White Award: Carmel High School senior John Shi earned first place in the editorial/commentary division of the annual Ryan White Excellence in Journalism competition sponsored by the Journalism Education Association (JEA). His column, titled “Sex Education Policies Slow to Adapt to Reality,” appeared in the May 29 issue of the HiLite newspaper. Read more?

September 14th, 2007 - National Merit Program honors 38 students from Carmel High School: Grace Baranowski, Omar Bari, John Boeglin, Anisha Chakrabarti, Elliott Chen, Jaclyn Chen, Kelsey Collins, Abigail Edwards, Daniel Frascella, Jennifer Gitter, Kush Govani, Timothy Harris, Claire Horton, Alexandra Jacobsen, Yue Jiang, Susan Keen, Keun Bae Kim, Anne Lenzi, Hillary MacBain, Yifan Meng, Jesse Mentz, Alexander Metz, Megan Morrison, Harry Murzyn, James Peng, David Pison, Xingping Shen, John Shi, Yili Shi, Daniel Stamer, Erica Ting, Alexis Tryba, Lauren Waterman, Colin Watson, William Zhang, Ziwei Zhong, Tan Zou, Harrison Hines.

September 10th, 2007 - Carmel High School newspaper earns Superior rating from Quill & Scroll: “The anonymous judge gave the paper an International First Place Award for superior achievement. Newspapers earning between 900 and 1,000 points earn that distinction. Carmel’s paper earned 936 points out of 1,000 and additionally earned superior achievements in all five of the evaluation’s individual categories – policy guidelines, coverage, writing and editing, display and design and business practices.” Read more?

A message from the editor-in-chief:

Hi everyone!

In this issue, look for our front page story on the security measures implemented this year and other new procedures at school. In our Spotlite section, you can find in-depth look at Carmel’s academic ranking compared to that other area schools and those around the nation. In the entertainment section, our resident movie guru, Sam Watermeier, reviews current fares at the theater. For football coverage and all fall sports, look to our sport pages to find interviews with the top players and previews of upcoming events.

For clarification, the page one story regarding ISTEP+ procedures lists the incorrect date for junior/senior excused absence forms. The forms are due September 13th, 2007.

Continue to check back to this website for exclusive features as we strive to expand our coverage online. Drop me a line at jchen@hilite.org if you have any comments or concerns.

As always, thanks for reading the HiLite.

Top Story - Front Page
Tightening Security
For senior Sarah Harbison, this school year opened with an unpleasant surprise. “On the second day of school, I was walking outside to class and (Administrative Assistant Doug) Bird said, ‘you’re not going to be allowed to walk outside anymore.’ Later on, they made the announcement to the school.” Read more?