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The Student News Site Of Central Kitsap High School

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The Student News Site Of Central Kitsap High School

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Akalwold smiling as his photo is taken.

Future Music Teacher Maleku Akalwold Leaves CKHS with a Positive Effect on Students

by Justin Majette, Reporter, Social Media Manager
December 11, 2024

The Central Kitsap High School music program has a new face in the building. Western Washington University student Melaku Akalwold has been a student teacher under CKHS Band Director Michael Woods since...

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Seniors Aiden Huntley and Daniel Granstaff work through the day's lesson and classwork in Eric Schuette's 5th period Algebra II class.

How Two CKHS Teachers Made “No Homework” Work in Their Classrooms

by Cypress Cowley, Reporter
May 28, 2024

For public schools across the nation, the debate over the necessity of homework is one that has been rehashed and reevaluated by students, parents, and educators time and time again. The case for and against...

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Lance Coyer sits down with a student to assist them with an assignment in his financial math class.

‘Why Didn’t I Learn This in High School?’: Financial Math Class Feature

by Cypress Cowley, Reporter
May 18, 2023

Transitioning into adult life post-high school can be exceedingly difficult, especially when having to undertake new pressures and responsibilities like preparing for college, moving out, entering the...

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Literature and Arts Magazine members Marisa Oishi, Natalie Story, and Emma Caballero vote on what the final contest for Figments Magazine should be during their after school meeting.

Figments Magazine: Elevating Student Arts

by Cypress Cowley, Reporter
March 30, 2023

Central Kitsap High School does not die down after school lets out for the day – it flourishes. The commons bustles with activity; at one table, students gather round to play Dungeons & Dragons,...

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Blair Taylor catches air on his skateboard.

Inside the Mind of Mr. Taylor

by Cypress Cowley, Reporter
February 7, 2023

Skateboarding, punk rock, and live shows. A PhD, political theory, and environmental philosophy… For Central Kitsap High School’s new teacher, Blair Taylor, the aforementioned fit together quite...

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The jolly couple attending the "Breakfast with Santa" community event (all article photography by Theresa Johnson)

My Grandparents Are Santa and Mrs. Claus

by Kenneth Goodrich, Reporter
January 8, 2023

Chet Johnson first put on his holiday suit in 2015, when a local school invited him to attend as Santa Claus. The jolly character stopped by to greet the children in every classroom from Pre-K all the...

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Online exposure has increased in the last two years as a result of the global pandemic forcing students to stay home.

The impact of influencers on school culture

by Madison Grant, Reporter
June 9, 2022

Social media, a relatively new phenomenon in the last twenty years, has become a more centralized part of the day-to-day lives of most people, due to its ability to connect people from around the globe...

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Interview with Central Kistap High School 2022 Valedictorians, Salutatorians

by Sophia DeBon, Reporter
June 5, 2022

The valedictorians and salutatorians of the 2022 school year were recently announced. Several of them discussed their journey here, how it feels to be given this title, words of advice for fellow students,...

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Delving Deep Into the Art Work and Inner Artists of AP Art Students

Delving Deep Into the Art Work and Inner Artists of AP Art Students

by Talor Avery, Reporter
May 27, 2022

Each year, Advanced Placement students have the opportunity to display and develop their artistic abilities through their sustained investigation. This is an assignment where students pick prompts and...

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Bethani Juarez (left) and Nadine Dockendorf (right) pack up after their Anatomy class, dressed up in their best Western attire.

Week of April 18-22

by Jasmine San Juan, Reporter
April 27, 2022

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Josiah Johnson awaits a pass from his teammate during the Central Kitsap vs Gig Harbor Varsity basketball game.

Josiah Johnson: How Perspective Framed his Success

by Jasmine San Juan, Reporter
February 6, 2022

The crowd cheered in all directions, chanting the name, “Jojo,” as Josiah Johnson, Junior, faked out a Gig Harbor basketball player. The court was warm in the fully packed gym as the referee’s heavy...

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Chertok waves from his desk phone.

Mr. Chertok’s Journey to Becoming an Assistant Principal

by Rosalie Johnson, Reporter, Editor-in-Chief
November 29, 2021
Chertok’s introductory year at CKHS - or in his eyes, “the best school on the peninsula” - is the first year since 2019 that the school has seen students and staff at full time and capacity. Despite the struggles that students and staff have endured as well as obstacles encountered  (for example, the readjustment to pre-COVID-19 work and engagement levels) Chertok’s vision of opportunity at reidentifying and recreating a culture that best represents CKHS is an “exciting environment to be in.” 
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