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The class of 2024 is especially disconnected from the upperclassmen of CHS due to their hybrid freshman year. https://unsplash.com/license

The separation of CHS’ upper and underclassmen

Francesco Thorik-Saboia January 28, 2022

Freshmen in high school can have trouble fitting in, especially at a school like CHS where they probably aren’t going to know most people in their own classes, let alone students in other grades. Factors...

84% of those who made resolutions kept them according to YouGov.

Out with the old, in with the same for students in the New Year

Justin Longo January 28, 2022

With 2022 just beginning, so too does the yearly tradition of the American public setting forth on their New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps due to newfound free time provided by pandemic limitations, they’re...

Many students at CHS follow in their siblings footsteps when deciding to attend. https://unsplash.com/license

All in the family: siblings on finding success at CHS

Ethan Wen and Andrew Seckular January 28, 2022

In a small school of around 300 students, many may feel that living in the shadow of a sibling would hinder their own high school experience. However, a large number of siblings have traveled together...

During winter break students try to relax even with finals looming over their heads. https://unsplash.com/license

Winter break has students on thin ice before finals

Luke Bigley and Ethan Wen January 28, 2022

The longest break of the school year, winter break, allows students and teachers to ring in the New Year during an almost two week period from Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. However, this break occurs just weeks...

The focus of many Americans during the holiday season is on buying gifts. https://unsplash.com/license

Consumerism snakes its way into the holiday season

Cindy Lin and Adina Saks January 28, 2022

What used to be a day of religious significance has become a trillion-dollar industry synonymous with consumerism. Once representing the season of giving, the modern holiday season has come to be an embodiment...

ExL Prep reported that 41% of students accepted to the MCVSD Class of 2025 used their services.

Putting the MCVSD application process to the test

Nicola DeGregorio and Julia Homza January 28, 2022

MCVSD students are already familiar with the stressful, competitive standardized testing process before junior year SAT season. These students are first introduced to this process in eighth grade, when...

Cichon climbing at Last Rope Regionals in Philadelphia with Gravity Vault Middletown’s competition team.

1 in 300: Alexa Cichon climbs to the top with Gravity Vault Middletown

Evie Seetoo and Brody Lippincott January 28, 2022

Alexa Cichon takes niche, underground pastimes to new heights with her passion for competitive rock climbing. Climbing locally and out-of-state, the junior from Neptune Township has found the perfect adventurous...

Breakfast sales return and students are enjoying the yummy food and revenue that comes with it.

CHS clubs get a run for their money during the pandemic

Ronit Khromchenko and Dara Fisher January 28, 2022

Like the rest of Communications High School, the landscape of clubs has had to change and adapt with the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the largest clubs at CHS, The Cultural Communications Club (CCC), provides...

Millana Young draws for various reasons including her own enjoyment, to be
published and for social media.

Millana Young draws attention to female-run publishing business

Francesco Thorik-Saboia November 24, 2021

Many artists work for commissions, a process where someone is paid to create artwork based on the client’s request. However, most commission-based artists aren’t in high school, and even fewer have...

Harmon poses with Chak Wimberly after a workout.

Kelly Harmon brings brains and brawn to the MCVSD

Henry Frieman November 24, 2021

Kelly Harmon’s alarm beeps at 4:30 a.m. every morning. She heads off to the gym for a cardiovascular workout, then tackles a strenuous work day as the MCVSD Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Then,...

Students still feel the affects of virtual learning today. https://unsplash.com/license

Technology intrusion blurs lines between school, home

Alisa Kharod November 24, 2021

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been on their computers and phones much more frequently and for longer periods of time. According to the New York Times, “scientists say that children’s...

The 2007-2008 Inkblot edit board and staff.

Thomas Evancho: editor-in-chief to administrator

Lillian Chen November 24, 2021

“Work for the students. Work for each other. Our paper is important. People are counting on us,” wrote Editor-in-Chief Thomas Evancho in his goodbye to the paper in volume 6, issue 6 of The Inkblot....

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