Cocanower to become new associate principal

Recently CHS discovered that changes will be made within the CHS administration. Now, the specific change has been determined, as Renee Cocanower (director of student services) will become the new associate principal of CHS beginning next school year. She will replace Bryan Waltz (associate principal), who will become the principal at Concord South Side Elementary. [...]

The Funeral: The Ultimate Family Reunion

Over the years I have become used to the fact that outside of my immediate family, I really don’t have a family at all. I have two people who call themselves grandparents come over for Christmas; aunts, uncles, and cousins who most likely wouldn’t care if the entire family dropped dead; another grandmother who happens to [...]

China story update

Last month’s issue of The Minute focused on CHS’s upcoming trip to China. For the main feature, I had wanted to include Ivan Deng, a friend of Aaron Zou, in the story by conducting an interview via e-mail, but he was unable to respond before press time. However, he recently responded with some additional information.
In [...]

Congratulations to Kristen Laine

Congratulations to American Band author Kristen Laine for winning the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in nonfiction for books published last year. She will receive the award at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on March 30. Now Laine is in the company of authors such as Sebastian Junger (A Perfect Storm), Tracy Kidder (Among [...]

Green Bay’s Finest Finally Calls it a Career

Earlier this week the sports world was in mourning as Green Bay QB Brett Favre shockingly announced his retirement from the game after 17 seasons, 16 with the Packers. He will no longer grace us with his presence, wait until April to officially return for another season, or throw that crucial interception to lose the [...]

Take Your Share of ‘The Soup’

When wanting to catch up on entertainment news, talk shows, reality TV and other interesting videos while simultaneously getting witty, clever and smart commentary, watch The Soup. Every Friday night at 10 p.m. on E!, Host Joel McHale and crew select the funniest clips from TV shows, and Joel McHale responds to the clip with [...]

Summary of the March 3 School Board Meeting

8:15 - The meeting has ended.8:14 - Upcoming meetings:
March 17 - 11:45 a.m. - Elkhart Area Career Center
April 21 - 7 p.m. - Education Center
May 5 - 5 p.m. - Education Center
May 19 (last one for the school year) - 5 p.m. - Education Center
8:12 - Driver Education fee recommendation - For the first time [...]

Second Trimester Summary - Letter to Readers

Dear Readers,
This second trimester of Student Publications proved to be different than the first trimester because during the first week, I was named editor in chief.  This transition has been awkward at times because even though I was named king of the world, we still followed the archetype for magazine content editors, leaving me awkward [...]

Letter From the Editor - Issue 6

Welcome to the Bissextile Day (Leap Day) edition of The Minute. With the upcoming (at the time) holiday approaching, I thought it was really cool how we could have distributed the magazine on a day that does not even exist most of the time.
I find the concept of the leap day interesting. Having an extra [...]

Traveling to China

As the country rises in importance, China becomes more mysterious. The public perception that Chinese students are much more intelligent than American students seems to dominate. If this is true, though, then one would think that American educators would be quicker to learn how the system functions. Regardless, the time has come for the Concord [...]