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Leadership students addresses seasonal depression issues

By ELIA DIETZ For the month of November, IHS Leadership Seminar is focusing on uplifting students dealing with depression or other mental health issues. During academic advising, students made their own personalized hand turkey, writing what they’re grateful for on it. Leadership provided paper and other crafting materials to academic advising teachers to hand out to their students. Students traced their hand on a piece of paper then cut and designed it however they wanted. On the hand turkey, students wrote what they are most grateful for this month. Hand turkeys are hung up outside of 10th period classrooms to be displayed in the hall. Spanish teacher Mr. Henninger expresses, “I feel like you get your standard answers and you think, oh yeah, I didn’t even realize that I was thankful for that.” As the fall and winter seasons begin, the rate of students dealing with anxiety or depression heightens.

November 22, 2022

Taylor Swift evades time and expectations with “Midnights”

By EMMA SHEERAN Taylor Swift recently released her 10th studio album ‘Midnights’ and it took no more than a day for it to break streaming records and make history. Though there have been some differing opinions on the album, it cannot be denied that it is one of her most successful and popular releases. Swift took the record from Adele’s “25” for the biggest weekly take for an album, selling 1,578,000 copies of “Midnights” in its release week. She held all 10 spots on the Billboard Top 10 chart consecutively. She also took the record for the third-largest streaming week ever for an album, and it is also now the largest streaming week ever for an album by a female artist. How she does this has always been a wonder, but one might speculate that it has to do with her unique ways of keeping her fans engaged. Her unique

November 19, 2022

High Arrow Staff Spotlight: Gabi Isenberg

By ELLA MOSCO Gabi Isenberg is a freshman and a first-time reporter for the High Arrow. Gabi joined journalism at the beginning of the 2022 school year. Gabi was inspired to join because she was involved in the Crimson Arrow, the junior high school newspaper. Gabi says, “Last year I was president of the Crimson Arrow and was very passionate about it.” The Crimson Arrow and High Arrow have different responsibilities. “The High Arrow is more professional and we have more responsibilities, Gabi describes. Gabi’s favorite class this year is English. “My favorite subject is English, it can be easy, yet challenging at the same time,” Gabi says. During the school week, Gabi is a part of the Athena club. Athena Club is a women’s leadership-based club. The members focus on community service and giving back. Gabi is also a part of the Newspaper Journalism Club. Gabi is involved with

November 17, 2022

Ella Mosco assumes leadership role in The High Arrow

By ADDISON MOSCO Ella Mosco is a sophomore and joined journalism to improve communication and writing skills. She is a second year journalism student and a house leader. Freshman Gabi Isenberg explains, “Ella shows great leadership skills and is an efficient house leader. She is very entertaining and makes journalism class fun.” Ella swims for the IHS swim team and enjoys being a part of it. In her free time she watches movies, walks around town with her friends and reads books. Her favorite class is biology because she finds it interesting and enjoys life science. She likes biology because there is always something new to learn about. Ella expresses, “The most annoying question I get asked is ‘Which one are you?’ because I am an identical twin and get asked that often.” Freshman Sydney Anderson comments, “Ella is a great house leader and she definitely makes sure I get

November 17, 2022

High Arrow Staff Spotlight: Elia Dietz

By ELLA BARLEY Elia Dietz is a freshman at Indiana High School and a first-year reporter for The High Arrow. She joined newspaper journalism with the intent to write entertaining yet instructive articles for IHS students and staff to get important information. So far, she has done just that. As a High Arrow reporter, Elia has written some informative and engaging articles. Her first was titled, Exciting changes bring new energy to Art classes, where she explains information regarding the art classes provided at IHS. She is currently working on a piece regarding Athena club, which she is a member of. Elia hopes to write about many more topics in the future. Other than the newspaper, Elia is involved in numerous things here at IHS. Along with being a member of the Athena Club, she is a member of the French Club, since she takes French as one of her

November 16, 2022

The main office welcomes new staff

By ADDISON MOSCO This year, IHS welcomes a brand new office staff. Mrs. Gallo, Mrs. Schwartz, and Mrs. Smith are the friendly faces of the main office this year. The main office is always working hard on keeping things organized and making sure everything is easier for everyone in the school. The office welcomes a returning face in Mrs. Schwartz, who moves into the main office secretary position replacing the retired Mrs. Joyce Shirley. Mrs. Schwartz loves seeing students and staff pass through the office. She has been working in the office for about two years now so she has grown accustomed to the job. “The most challenging thing about working in the office for me is not having enough time in the day to get things done,” Schwartz comments. Mrs. Gallo is the newest Administrative assistant. She is in charge of a little bit of everything. She works with

November 15, 2022

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