Girl Charged for Pushing Friend off 60 ft Bridge
Teenager Taylor Smith recently pleaded guilty to pushing her friend, Jordan Holgerson, off of a 60 foot bridge. She was charged with only two days in jail, but has to spend 38 days on a…
March 2019
Powerball Jackpot
The Powerball drawing yesterday matched a ticket sold in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The $768.4 million jackpot was the third- largest jackpot in U.S. history. According to CNBC, lottery officials are required to withhold 24 percent…
4 Day Weekend!
After the rush of getting everything turned in, students get a four day weekend. Friday through Monday the county will not have school. The weather is predicted to be in the 60’s and 70’s, leaving…
Betsy’s Budget Cuts
United States Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, revealed her budget cuts at the Department of Education on Monday to much controversy. DeVos cut the entirety of the budget for the Special Olympics in over 18…
A New Year of SCA
Champe’s SCA will be having new advisors for next school year. Ms. Richard and Ms. Mullee will be taking over the SCA advisor position as co-advisors. Elections for each grade are taking place with different…
Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Proposes Huge Pay Raise For Teachers
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced that once elected president in 2020, she will push to increase the wage of teachers all around the country by average of 23%. ““We are not paying our teachers…
2020 Democrats: Biden and Bernie Leads, While Harris and O’Rourke Closes In
A CNN/SSRS poll conducted this week showed a new narrative in the 2020 Democratic primaries. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders remained frontrunners, but Senator Kamala Harris and former Congressman Beto O’Rourke…
Statewide Tornado Drill
On March 21st, Champe will be holding a tornado drill during fifth block. This drill is a statewide event that takes place every year usually in the month of march. There will be three announcements…
Apes project
The AP environmental and AP computer science students have been working on a large project regarding maps. Mrs. Buskey, Mrs. Ginn, and Mr. Buskey teamed up with a company to help create maps that showed…
First Day of Spring
This year, our spring equinox has fallen on today’s date, March 20th, 2019. Today marks the first day of spring, and for those who don’t know, on the March Equinox, the Sun crosses the celestial…