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Smoky Now Endorses Incumbents Anne Egan and Angela Garland for the Board of Education

We can continue the work the CCSD Board of Education has done for the past four years and set priorities to support and uplift the district community. We can continue to build awareness surrounding...

Sex, Scandal, and Censorship: Who Do You Vote For?

Cell Phone Policy

With the start of the upcoming 2023-2024 school year, students are faced with new policies that have been implemented: ID requirements, hall zones for bathroom passes and significantly, the added...

Senior Checkout Postponed

PowerSchool SIS has been shut down for the past weekend. With Senior Checkout being scheduled for today, Mon. May 15, has been postponed to tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. “This past Sunday, we...

Free School Lunch Upcoming 2023-2024 School Year

As a result of the Colorado midterm elections in the previous year, voters successfully contributed to passing Proposition FF, which entailed the opportunity of free school lunch given to every...

Drug Culture at Smoky

The drug culture at school is a serious issue that affects many students around the world. Many students smoke, sell and buy drugs at school without worrying about getting caught. “I can walk into a...

The Modern Medieval: Fantastical Fashion and Cultural Immortality

Sun-dappled emerald forests brimming with mystical fae, valiant knights, and malevolent lumbering dragons tormenting royal damsels within ivy-covered towers reaching to the heavens, the Middle Ages...

Power Outage at Smoky

During students’ fourth-period classes today, the power went out and students and staff evacuated the school immediately. Teachers were expecting an announcement or further instructions the moment...

Hazel Mental Health is Here to Help

Recently, Smoky Hill has partnered with Hazel. Hazel is a therapeutic service, now available for students grade 6-12. The scheduled sessions with licensed mental health professionals are virtual,...

Opinion | Cherry Creek’s Announcement About Deceased Seniors

As graduation season approaches, a difficult topic has come up in the Cherry Creek School District. Recently a petition has started for Eaglecrest High School to read the names of deceased seniors at...

Bask in the Classics

For many, the blistering period from May to August consists mainly of lethargic lounging and highly elevating one’s screen time hours, but despite its often less-than-savory reputation summer reading...

‘Enchanted to Meet You’: Planning Prom 2023

A highly anticipated upperclassmen-exclusive event of the year- prom. Many are in preparation by renting out tuxedos and switching from short to long dresses to participate in the formal dance that...

School Threat Targets Smoky Hill Principal and Students

On Monday, Apr. 4, a person by the name of John Smith threatened the Smoky Hill High School community and its Principal Andre Bala. In less than an hour, students all over Smoky have spread awareness...

Opinion | Walkout Flop

East High School reopened a wound that many schools nationwide have been dealing with. What happened at East High made many students more aware of the gun laws being passed. On Apr. 5,  a nationwide...

PowerUp

At Smoky, the school provides a reading and writing class to give extra help to students who are showing below-grade-level reading skills. The class has recently made new changes and is starting a...

Beyond the Hill Night

Beyond the Hill Night will be presented on the April 10, from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. by the Smoky Hill High School Counseling and Post-Grad Center. Craig Quintana, Post-Grad Coordinator said, “Beyond...