The Voice

The Voice

The Voice

Ashley Knipp, Author

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Freshman Emily Benz, freshman Linda Kay Haddad, and sophomore Olivia Krewer are winners of the Read for a Lifetime Achievement Award

Read for a Lifetime Achievement Award winners announced

By Ashley Knipp
May 4, 2012
Freshman Emily Benz, freshman Linda Kay Haddad, and sophomore Olivia Krewer are the only students from Huntley High School to win the Read for a Lifetime Achievement Award issued by Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White this year.
LRC celebrates National Library Week

LRC celebrates National Library Week

By Ashley Knipp
April 11, 2012
The LRC is decked out with activities and prizes for National Library Week (April 9 – 13). Not all of district 158 celebrates libraries this week, but HHS’s LRC media specialist, Sandy Brooks, has always enjoyed doing something special.
Juniors across the nation will be taking the ACT on April 24 (H. Sturckey ).

State downgrading the ACT

By Ashley Knipp
March 27, 2012

This year is the first year that the state has cut funding for the writing portion of the ACT. Huntley’s 2012 juniors will be taking the ACT on...

New technology coming into the LRC

New technology coming into the LRC

By Ashley Knipp
March 2, 2012
Sandy Brooks, Huntley High School LRC media specialist, received 10 free Samsung tablets for piloting the new Follett app in January. The app is set to be finished and released to the public by the end of March.
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.
Volunteering in the library has seen a decline in recent years due to limitations on in-school volunteering (A. Knipp).

Volunteering in library has been limited in recent years

By Ashley Knipp
February 10, 2012
A few years ago, there was at least one student volunteer in the library per class period. Today, there are no volunteers. Not because our students are selfish, but because for right now, they are not allowed to volunteer at the library during school hours.
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