1017 ways to Succeed at Hoover Highschool

1. Ask questions: It’s the only way people, specifically teachers, will know if you understand.To be successful you must know whats going on around you. There is no such thing as a stupid question. 2. Stand up and scream at pep assemblies: Make your class look good. The spirit stick is a coveted award. Enjoy [...]

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RAI Opinion

The Regent Admission Index Score (RAI) is what helps you get into colleges. The calculation is  (2 x ACT composite score) +(1 x percentile high school rank) +(20 x high school GPA) +(5 x number of high school core courses) = your RAI score. The requirements for college have changed.  It’s not as easy to just be [...]

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The Next Step

New school, new people, new atmosphere: high school. The stage in life that seems most important. High school. A time where you find out who your real friends are and even where you discover who you are. Walking in freshman year, I kind of knew what to expect. I went to Meredith so I was [...]

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3 Peat In The Making

“3 Peat: The act of winning an important event three years in a row.” There is an extremely high chance that this is going to be the third year the girl’s soccer team wins conference. Junior forward, Laura Hollister said, “We have a really good chance at winning most of the games the rest of [...]

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Volunteering Feeds the Soul

Junior Melissa Hollister found herself at the Hoover soccer field on April 13th. As a member of the girl’s soccer team it wasn’t her first time gracing the field but this time was different. Today she and some peers were joined by special Olympians from the organization LINK. As a part of the volunteer day organized by STARS, Hollister and [...]

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Cracking Down

It’s getting close to the end of the year and it’s not the time to start slacking. This is the time of year were students have to keep everything up so that they can finish off the year strong. Tests also are a big factor now. ACT’s, AP tests, and finals are just around the [...]

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