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The Skyline Horizon

The Student News Site of Skyline High School

The Skyline Horizon

The Student News Site of Skyline High School

The Skyline Horizon

How Juniors at Skyline Prepare for ACT

How Juniors at Skyline Prepare for ACT

Ployanda Mahapong April 16, 2024

American College Testing (ACT) is a standardized test used by many colleges for admission. It tests students’ knowledge of English, Reading, Math, and Science. This year at Skyline, Juniors are preparing...

Pre-IB is Changing Students’ Futures

Pre-IB is Changing Students’ Futures

Auzeen Tashnizi March 28, 2024

Many students at Skyline High School take advantage of the rigorous and challenging IB diploma program Skyline offers. IB stands for International Baccalaureate, and it is a 2-year program students can...

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Popular Spots Students Spend Lunch

Amanda Chanhmany March 14, 2024

Lunch is arguably the best part of the school day. It is a time that students have to themselves to rest and spend time with friends. Since the demolition of the Skyline cafeteria and the remodeling of...

Teacher Feature: Skyline Welcomes New Math Teacher and Basketball Coach

Jay Stembridge and Jacqui Blanchard February 29, 2024

Shortly after winter break, Justin Hadlock joined Skyline’s faculty as a new math teacher and women’s basketball coach all in one. Replacing long-standing math teacher Kathryn Bares who left to join...

Panorama Surveys Provide Data Necessary For Cultivating Student Success

Panorama Surveys Provide Data Necessary For Cultivating Student Success

Kiana Reid November 28, 2023

Panorama Surveys were administered this September, and are intended to be used in forming interventions to help students wherever the data deems necessary. The surveys, officially called Panorama Student...

Schwartz Enlightens on English

Erika Kruckenberg and Paul Webb October 5, 2023

Mary Schwartz is a new English teacher at Skyline Senior High as of the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year.  Located in room 119, she is teaching mainly 10th grade classes with a couple 9th grade...

Skyline’s Newest Math Teacher Excited to Coach Basketball

Victoria Schultz and Eszter Vizhanyo October 5, 2023

Arielle Meredith is a new math teacher and head basketball coach at Skyline High School, teaching Secondary Math I. She previously taught at Taylorsville High School for 7 years, coming to Skyline to take...

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Lambourne Excited to be Back at Skyline

Avy McKinnon and Sophia Colby October 5, 2023

Rocky Lambourne is Skyline High School’s returning Honors Calculus BC and Honors Secondary Math 3 teacher, with extensive experience in mathematical education. Lambourne has taught at Skyline before,...

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Most Popular Assigned Readings This Year (And Why Students Loved Them)

Eszter Vizhanyo May 31, 2023

Assigned reading, while it often forces students to read books that they don’t enjoy reading, also prompts a deeper connection with the books that students read, and introduces people to books that they...

Who Marches to the Beat of the Nest's Drum?

Who Marches to the Beat of the Nest’s Drum?

Chioma Okoro May 30, 2023

The close-knit Drum line is an important group at Skyline, yet, to much of the student body, a lot is unknown. We hear the well-known sets at assemblies and sport games; but what is the hard work that...

Dungeons and Dragons Publisher Under Heavy Scrutiny

Dungeons and Dragons Publisher Under Heavy Scrutiny

Eszter Vizhanyo May 23, 2023

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. and publisher of popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, is under fire from fans following a massive overhaul to their Open Gaming License,...

A Guide to AP/IB Testing

A Guide to AP/IB Testing

Siena Locante May 11, 2023

Testing season, which occurs throughout the month of May, can cause a lot of stress and anxiety in students, particularly those who haven’t had the experience of sitting through an AP/IB exam before....

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