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Mead High School’s Student News

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Students work against the clock in order to stay ahead.

Schools should have later start times (Opinion)

Kaylina Madrill-Gruenberger, Writer September 19, 2024

Personally, I have noticed that on days that I start at 7:45 am, I am a lot less productive. I wake up tired, as I have stayed up doing various things whether it be work, homework, chores, etc. This leads...

Students often rush through tests to "beat the clock".

Timed tests should be taken out of schools (Opinion)

Aspen Bingham, Content Editor February 6, 2024

Throughout students’ schooling, many will encounter timed exams as a way to test their knowledge. These timed tests do more harm than good and don’t actually show what a student knows. Speed doesn’t...

This whiteboard shows the different choices for the day along with some motivational quotes.

New lunch lines in Mead High School should be improved (Opinion)

Raul Mares, Content Editor January 14, 2024

Administrators' new addition at Mead High School is three separate lines for lunch, with each line having a different selection of food for that day.  This doesn't seem like a bad idea, but at the same...

MHS admin rolls out new policy in hopes of decreasing digital distractions.

Students with failing grades to be placed in digital detention

Savanah Bayer, Content Editor November 29, 2023

Digital detention will be implemented at the start of the second semester for those who have failed a course during first semester. Digital detention prohibits a student from having full access to the...

My experience in American schools has been different than those in Italy.

The foreign exchange student experience: Italy to America (Commentary)

Chiara Puccia, Writer September 29, 2022

Moving from one country to another, I believe, is the most challenging thing that someone could do. It doesn’t matter if it’s just for one year or if it’s forever: it’s just difficult. You don’t...

Dance

Reflecting on the last four years of high school: persevering through challenges (Commentary)

Adley Wattier, Writer May 20, 2022

As an incoming freshman, I had a lot of thoughts and feelings about what my high school experience would (or should) be like. I remember sitting in the gym and learning about all the extracurriculars I...

it's okay (poem)

it’s okay (poem)

Anonymous November 5, 2021

The normal happy girl steps Into school She waves and does her Usual hellos But as she is smiling her mask Falls down   No don’t be silly Not the masks that the school Requires...

With the start of the 2021-2022 school year, supervision has skyrocketed around Mead High

With the start of the 2021-2022 school year, supervision has skyrocketed around Mead High

Enola Potter, Writer September 22, 2021

As of this school year, students have noticed an increase in supervision. The parking lot is the most notable location of additional supervision and security.  Students now have two lunches, supervision...

Hybrid and online both have positives and negatives.

Students debate pros and cons of hybrid and remote instruction

Paris Stark, Writer January 30, 2021

Due to the re-opening and second round of hybrid instruction, students are now being told they can return to school after being sent home last semester. Many experienced quarantine (if they were exposed...

A photo of the front of the school.

Colorado School closure extended through April 30 among national reaction to COVID-19 outbreak

Blake LaVanchy, Content Editor April 13, 2020

As of April 1st, Governor Jared Polis has extended school building closures through April 30th meaning that online schooling will continue until at least April 30th.  During a previous press-meeting...

A picture of a laptop and an online learning checklist.

How you can stay focused during online learning

Marina Goter, Editor-in-Chief April 6, 2020

It may be hard for some of us procrastinators to do school work at home. I could do homework... Or I could watch Netflix... Or I could play a game. The list goes on. Why do school work when you can be...

Lindsey Zanini ('23) is a special needs student who enjoys playing tennis, her favorite sport.

Mead High School responds to concerns surrounding the inclusion of special needs students in PE classes

Audrey Long, Writer December 11, 2019

Everyone can agree that being left out is wrong and disheartening, yet within Mead High School, this has increasingly become a problem for students with special needs. While the school makes sure to give...

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