Cougar Chronicle

The Final Stretch: Help Your Teachers Help You

by Gia Acosta, Writer
June 6, 2018

June 5, 2018 Late assignment deadlines, AP and State testing, and extra credit opportunities…*sigh* it must be near the end of school. Yes, May and June can be very stressful months for students,...

Ray Goren: One to Watch

by Gia Acosta, Writer
May 23, 2018

May 22, 2018 Ray Goren is the newest up-and-coming artist on the scene and he is definitely one to watch. The 18-year old New York born prodigy was influenced from a young age by artists such as Amy...

[Photo] AP Classes: Are They Hurting Our Students More Than We Think?

by Collin Smith and Gia Acosta, Writers
May 29, 2018

Mr. Wilson's AP Environmental Science students relax in class the day after taking their AP exam.

AP Ain’t Nothing But A Thang

by Gia Acosta, Writer
April 24, 2018

April 24, 2018 Well it’s that time of year again. AP testing season is here and with that comes the stress and anxiety of preparing for those massive college level exams. AP tests are a culmination...

School Shootings Becoming a Harsh Reality

by Gia Acosta, Writer
March 21, 2018

March 20, 2018 From Columbine to Parkland, school shootings have been a hot topic in America for some time. However, it seems that with the most recent school massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...

CK + Memes = Quality Content for the Students of Central Kitsap

by Gia Acosta, Writer
February 21, 2018

February 20, 2018 Popular in 2017, internet memes have followed us into the new year. If you consider yourself a ‘meme god’, enjoy poking fun at CK, or are just looking for dank memes online, look...

Finals 101

by Gia Acosta, Writer
January 23, 2018

January 23, 2018 Well, Cougs, it’s that time of year again! Finals season is upon us and with all the stress of studying and figuring out schedules, it might be helpful to take a second...

Teens and Drugs

by Gia Acosta, Writer
December 1, 2017

November 28, 2017 Adolescence is no doubt a time for experimenting, but how many teens are actually indulging and why? In a poll of CK students, thirty-eight percent of CK teens have admitted to taking...

Maggie Messerly: Not Your Average Teen

by Gia Acosta, Writer
November 22, 2017

November 22,2017 Being a high school student isn’t always the easiest thing. However, for junior Maggie Messerly, high school is just one of the many things she juggles in her busy life. From working...

[Photo] Homecoming Court Profiles

by Victoria Steffee, Editor
November 21, 2017

The lovely editor of the newspaper

#MeToo

by Gia Acosta, Writer
October 31, 2017

Oct 31, 2017 If you’ve logged into Twitter or Facebook recently, you’ve probably noticed that your timeline has been scattered with a series of people sharing stories using the hashtag #MeToo. The...

Grow Up

by Gia Acosta, Writer
October 16, 2017

Oct 17, 2017 Are today’s teens taking longer to grow up? That is the proposed question in a recent health article from CNN. The article goes into depth on certain statistics about teens and how they...

Letter From The Editor

by Gia Acosta, Editor in chief
October 3, 2017

Get Ready with Me: the Real World

by Gia Acosta, Writer
October 3, 2017

October 3, 2017 As a senior in high school, I didn’t know that life was about wandering foreign cities, or drinking good coffee but I guess that’s part of what I learned on my holiday in Europe...

CK choir represents at UPS Festival

by Gia Acosta
November 9, 2016

Members of CK’s choir traveled to the University of Puget Sound on Friday, September 30th, and Saturday, October first, to sing in the Northwest High School Honor Choir Festival. Fifteen students from...

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All Smiles > Junior Sophia Miana has been cheering for the CK for three years now.

Cheerleaders

by Gia Acosta, Reporter
October 4, 2016

Students, families, and friends packed the stands at Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 30th, to watch the CKHS Cougs take on the Gig Harbor Tides. While the student section was going wild and the...