The Montana Meth project came to Capital High on January 13th to launch wave 5 of the campaign against methamphetamine use in Montana. Capital Highs auditorium played host to the top people involved in the Montana Meth campaign, including executive director of the project Bill Slaughter and Secretary of State Linda McCulloch.
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by Claire McGuire
Mr. Carlson has been in the Capital High system for a long time and now that he is leaving there is a huge process to replace him taking place. The many candidates have been pared down to five prospects. And these five were put to some serious tests. They all had outstanding qualifications and would make a great addition to the Capital High administration family. All of the candidates but one are from out of State and the fifth is our current vice-principal Mr. Chancey. Some came from as far away as Georgia and others were simply returning home after growing up in Helena and moving away. The five candidates were, Rebecca (Becky) Hamm, Mohan(Mo) Vaswani, Walt Chancy, Craig Crawford, and Elisabeth(Lisa) Hudnutt. All the Candidates had a chance to introduce themselves at a reception given at Capital High on March 18th for students, teachers and parents. Anyone with a vested interest in the new principal had an opportunity to grill the candidates at the end of an already rough process.
The process itself was incredibly thorough the candidates had to go through first a written portion with a prompt, next a long extensive interview in from of a panel of 16 and then were paraded around Helena and the school, all the while being watched very closely. All of the candidates were very different and had many things to offer. They were very good with public and easily won over the crowd at the reception with jokes and personal tidbits. The teachers and parents seemed generally impressed, Jamruska-Wilson, a teacher in the building commented that, “It looks like we have five very strong candidates.”
Mr. Carlson will be retiring at the end of this year having served 40 years in our building, and he was certainly enjoying the reception. When asked Carlson said that he “enjoyed meeting the candidates, its a great process.” Assuming nothing goes horribly wrong the decision will be made some time in April. The purpose of the board is to provide a very well informed and differing recommendation for Dr. Messenger to help him make the difficult decision between the perspective administrators. There were many rounds of cuts simply to get to the final five position and it seems as if every candidate has a real hunger for the position. All of the perspective administrators talked about how great the community was and how much they enjoyed how successful the school already was. Mohan Vaswani one of the younger prospects was delighted with the atmosphere saying that the school was great and that must be behind “the incredible longevity.”
The reasons for wanting to come to Montana may have differed slightly. Some wanted more responsibility, some wanted a place to raise a family and still others simply wanted to return to their original home. Although many are sad about the departure of a great leader with Randy Carlson it seems as if the future is bright no matter the choice. After a few days of very rigorous interviewing all that was truly revealed was that there seems to be no bad choice for the future of Capital High.
Duh duh duh… that sneaky word, credit, has come up again. Maybe it was a fun commercial singing about some credit report website, or a story on the news about increasing debt due to credit cards. There is an abundance of negative information about credit out there, and for good reason- used incorrectly, credit can not only affect your life in the future, but can drastically affect your lifestyle today!
On January 27th Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s new “magic” and “revolutionary” tablet known as the Ipad. With this announcement, Jobs proclaimed that they had now introduced a piece of technology that would present a nearly perfect way to surf the Internet, view photos, and experience your music library. However, there did appear to be quite a few hang ups with the information provided in Jobs’ keynote, namely the lack of Flash capability.
This year DECA, a group within Capital High that competes in events that are geared towards business and technology, has shown itself to be a force to be reckoned with statewide. They have just recently competed in their national qualifying competition and have wrapped up their season with an incredible amount of success. According to Mrs. Conn, DECA’s adviser, 13 kids from Capital High placed first in their events.
So we all know college is super expensive and prices are on the rise, right? But what if there was some way to take high school classes and get college credit for it? There are two obvious answers that come to mind: dual credit and advanced placement (AP) classes. Dual credit can sometimes be problematic; the curriculum is not standardized and many colleges will not accept dual credit readily. But what about AP classes? The curriculum is standardized, and most colleges tend to accept AP credit.
Montana high schoolers love their drugs. In Montana, 31.6% of Montanans aged 12 to 20 consumed alcohol in the past month, and 24% of 12 to 20 year olds participated in binge drinking in the past month. Across the country, 12.5 million underage teens drink each year. In fact in 2005 underage teen drinking consumed 15% of all alcohol sold in the United States, totaling $19.8 billion in sales. Underage drinking costs tax payers $61.9 billion a year in medical costs and lost days of work. The topic of alcohol always seems to incite the fiery question as to whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18 or remain at 21.
President Obama’s State of the Union inflamed the passions of manyAmericans when he stated that: “The Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people.” But what exactly did the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC do?
Whether you are just beginning your college hunt as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or possibly (gulp) senior or putting the finishing touches on your selection, its clear that the road from high school to college is both rocky and uncharted for many students today. As a senior who has undergone a lot of research on the topic of the college choice, I have crafted a handy guide for all ages and levels of college searching in order to help out future generations.
While it may be depressing having a little (or a lot) less dough in your pocket for entertainment, the Internet provides many free entertainment sources. When it comes to the Internet, it seems that many of the best things in entertainment are free.
In these hard economic times, most people are thinking more about saving money than having fun, but there are definitely ways to do both. Finding not only a cheap hobby but also one that is fun and new could be a good thing for anyone. There are plenty of fun but very expensive activities out there and there are also plenty of cheap and utterly boring activities, but a happy medium between the two is best. Five activities that should appeal to a variety of different types of people are bicycling, playing Frisbee, playing badminton, arts and crafts, and thrift store shopping.
It seems that in times of economic woe, the fabulous, albeit frivolous, is the first to be cut from our newly revised budgets. A slashed budget however, does not necessarily mean you have to give up your penchant for shopping altogether. These are the times to look at shopping as a (fierce) challenge.
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