With many new propositions on the ballot this year, there are a few to look in to, and not just Amendment A’s measure to prohibit slavery. One measure connects to students, the controversial Amendment 73, which plans to raise taxes on high income earners to bring more money to schools. The…
It’s hard to blame anyone. It’s difficult, heart-wrenching, real. So when we point the finger at schools for not doing enough for their students, we need to realize that it’s not easy for them either. They spend nearly seven hours a day with the student body. There has to be some sort of connection.…
Objectively, change raises doubt, especially when it is so drastic and the result of it is unpredictable. As eyebrows raise over how the varsity boys basketball team will perform this upcoming season, the group is preparing and adjusting nonetheless. TK Hammond, senior, who has been on the varsity team all 4 years,…
On Oct. 19 through Oct. 21, social studies teacher Emily Muellenberg, senior and Falcons For Progress president Maddie Crea, and senior Niaz Jamshidi traveled to Washington D.C to attend the Student Gun Violence Summit. At this summit, Muellenberg, Crea, and Jamshidi, along with about 100 students and 50 educators from across the United…
As a child who hoped to be deaf so she could escape the mean remarks of other kids, Andye Wolff, DHH teacher, turned to special education and deaf studies in college. Wolff didn’t have the best school experience, especially in high school. “School in California was very separated. It was very different…
Adria Herscher, director of choirs and music department chair, is considered by many of her students to be one of the more influential teachers at HR. Though she has succeeded in a lot through all her years of teaching, she has also faced many hardships. Yet, you can still find her dancing and singing…
Highlands Ranch High School contains a variety of educators, but Heather Berry, science teacher, has been recognized on multiple occasions for surpassing expectations, and as of recent, has become DCSD’s sustainability learning specialist. On top of receiving numerous awards, one even taking her to the White House, Berry is also HR’s very own…
Every year, FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) hosts a Halloween community event known as Trick or Treat Street at HR. This year, this event is taking place on Monday Oct. 29. “Trick or Treat Street is an annual community event where kids from all over Highlands Ranch can come…
From getting blackout drunk at a friend’s party to bringing a vape to school, teenagers make many questionable choices. High school is a time in an adolescent’s life when they experience many new things for the first time. This age range is around when many teenagers begin to partake in risk-taking behaviors. But how…
JV boys tennis started this season with a record setting number. They had 30 players show up, which was the largest turn out the team has ever gotten. The big group of players only had two weeks to practice before they had to compete in their first games. Because of that, Sam Kurucz,…
Model United Nations, a club to bring together students with an interest in social studies and the world around them, has a conference Saturday Oct. 20 in Boulder. Kelsey Newman, junior, said, “Model UN is a club that stimulates being a member of the United Nations. You practice negotiation and interaction skills.” Before…
