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Sophomore Katie Zornow chats with staff sergeant Nancy Alonso-Lorenzo through the Hugs for Soliders program (H. Baldacci).

Letters to a solider

By Holly Baldacci
March 2, 2012

Sophomore Katie Zornow returns home after a long day at school. She sighs and places her heavy, homework-filled backpack on the floor. Her back is...

Emily Stone finds diversity in Chicago (E. Stone).

A taste of the American melting pot

By Franca Onyibor
March 2, 2012
For Emily Stone, the prospect of life in America seemed unlikely. And yet, there she sat on Virgin Airline’s 3 a.m. connecting flight to America. Her plane took to the sky, and without notice, everything vanished. Her life in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire was no more.
Kuchta never gives up

Kuchta never gives up

By Omo Tseumah
March 2, 2012

She laces up her Nike running shoes. She’s set at the start line. The only thought rushing through her mind is winning. Beating the competition,...

The Clash of the Craigs

The Clash of the Craigs

By Tom Heagney
March 2, 2012
It was an unusually warm October afternoon at Hilldale golf club in Hoffman Estates, and junior Ryan Craig had just made the biggest shot of his golf career.

Teacher Margie Brand travels around world but stays close to home

By Tyler Davis
March 1, 2012
English teacher Margie Brand has traveled all around the world but always stays close to her large family.
Giving up the universe

Giving up the universe

By Kayla Garcia
February 26, 2012
For most of the science teachers at Huntley High School, just teaching science is all they have known, but for physics teacher Amanda Henk, it has been so much more.
Capturing bliss

Capturing bliss

By Megan Wilson
February 26, 2012
While Kate Duchene is driving to her next job, she feels nervous and stressed for what is to come. She steps out of the car and gathers her equipment. Sighing deeply, she rings the doorbell and waits while a flood of memories comes back to her. Duchene did not think that she would become a photographer, but rather an actress on stage.
The desire to give

The desire to give

By Ashley Knipp
February 23, 2012
Walking into the Grafton Township food pantry was stepping out of the fishbowl of high school, and reaching out to the real world.
Junior Roger Alverado manages the team proudly on and off the court (M. Krebs).

The boy behind the team

By Tom Heagney
February 19, 2012

On a Tuesday night, Valentine's Day, the sophomore Huntley boys basketball team finds itself down by three points, with one second remaining in overtime....

A look at Huntley

A look at Huntley

By Michael Geheren
February 5, 2012

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Living through language

Living through language

By Holly Baldacci
February 3, 2012
Sophomore Esha Munshi wakes from a muddled dream. Words and memories swirl around her head, fragments just out of her reach. Munshi’s dream, however, differs from the average American teenager’s. She dreams in a mixture of four different languages.
Alexis McFarlin sings and dances her way through the halls of Huntley High School. (Yazmin Dominguez, Voice)

The girl who always sings

By Yazmin Dominguez
January 27, 2012

  A "trance" that is what she calls it. A combination of dancing, singing, and daydreaming. She experiences it everyday, it is how she...

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