Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
October 10, 2024 • No Comments
Story, transcript, activities, relationships and talents: the five defining characteristics of a high school journey, according to learning coordinator Heavenly Hicks and college counselor Sharon Williams. Ms. Williams noticed...
Sohana Schneider, Assistant Editor
October 2, 2024 • No Comments
The U-High Midway is one of 34 high school newspapers in the country that are finalists for the prestigious Newspaper Pacemaker Award, and U-High journalists are also Top 10 national finalists for 11 individual awards...
Interest in election intensifies
September 24, 2024
With just a few weeks to go in a presidential campaign marked by a late candidate switch, rancor and assassination attempts,...
Undersea theme hooks attendees
September 23, 2024
Shell-shaped balloons hung from the ceiling, while streamers and fish decorations were wrapped around pillars in the lobby...
European exchange programs foster cultural interaction
September 20, 2024
German exchange students arrived at U-High on Sept. 6 and Spanish exchange students arrived Sept. 9, with each group able...
New course, taught by assistant principal, focuses on Native American histories
September 18, 2024
Correction: The time period for the class was changed from the “American colonial period” to the “pre-contact period”...
Last year, I found the Advanced Algebra class tough. Math has never been my strongest subject, and everyone around me seemed to be breezing through the content, barely asking...
I have had to fill out a form that asked for my identity recently, and I clicked Asian. Yet every time I clicked, I would cringe as I grouped myself with billions of other...
At around 6:40 a.m. on Sept. 13, Lab families received a campus lockdown alert monitoring an external threat. Moments later a second message was sent to notify recipients...
Breaking a personal record is something nearly every student athlete strives for. It's a testament to the hours of dedicated off-season training, after-school practices and determination during the toughest...
Milky toners, moisturizing cleansers and small glass bottles of serum are meticulously lined up on Jianna Hong’s vanity, ready for her elaborate...
This year’s fall play tells the story of a futuristic world where robots, initially created as laborers for humans, revolt against their creators.“Rossum’s Universal Robots” will take place in...
A pickle, massive and intensely red, is removed from a plastic bag. After its vibrant innards are scooped out and discarded, the pickle is stuffed with spicy-flavored gummy...
Along with the changing leaves and the chilly weather, the fall season brings in many activities to Chicago. From festivals to exhibits, here...
