The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

The student news site of Glenn High School

The Growl

Staff Stance: Exemption process unnecessarily difficult

Staff Stance: Exemption process unnecessarily difficult

Staff Editorial May 30, 2017

While allowing students to exempt from finals is a good idea, the process to exempt from finals is both tedious and unnecessary. The actual process to exempt includes filling out an exemption ticket, and...

Students need to learn to manage stress

Catherine Nolan, Staff Reporter May 25, 2017

What you experience as stress is the result of your reaction to the events, circumstances and people you encounter. You’re surrounded by potential sources of stress. Your job, family, friends, schedule,...

Staff Stance: Campus should have more decorations

Staff Stance: Campus should have more decorations

Staff Editorial May 25, 2017

The student body should advocate for more free-spirited creativity among the campus. Art and imagination are major aspects of what makes life beautiful and are also keys to academic learning. Tones of...

AP testing needs improvements

Hannah Stedman, Staff Reporter May 25, 2017

After studying in a classroom for 10 months for what takes at least a year to learn, students wake up in the wee hours of the morning to take a college level test. No pressure, but if you fail you’ve...

Thank you for being a friend

Thank you for being a friend

Layla Smith, Staff Reporter May 16, 2017

It was incredible how I had gone several months without speaking to anyone because I was too shy, but because I chose to sit next to two incredible people my life changed in ways I thought were only things...

Making the Grade

May 16, 2017

With an overwhelming amount of Glenn students in LEO, we are forced to ask ourselves why this is happening. Because Glenn is a new school, faculty and staff are focused on sorting out issues and making...

Staff Stance: new CAVE is causing more problems

Staff Stance: new CAVE is causing more problems

Staff Editorial February 8, 2017

The new Cave schedule is not working. We should return to the original Cave schedule from the first semester because it gave students the freedom of choice to see the teachers they need to see. The...

Phone restrictions too strict in classroom

Catherine Nolan, Staff Reporter February 8, 2017

Students have been using cell phones consistently in their daily lives for almost a decade, but many public schools continue to resist allowing the devices into the classroom. Schools generally now have...

Staff Stance: Grades going in quicker could enhance school preformance

Staff Stance: Grades going in quicker could enhance school preformance

Staff Editorial January 17, 2017

Students face the daily struggle at school every day- grades. Grades let students know how well they are doing in the class and if they have mastered the required curriculum. We have noticed that many...

Teachers restricting CAVE make it harder for students to succeed

Noble Shaw, Staff Reporter January 4, 2017

Teachers have been restricting their CAVE on half of the days in the week, which is forcing other students to go to other teachers, thus leading to over 30 students in one class. This is unfair to the...

Staff Stance: Students should be allowed to stay inside after school hours

Staff Stance: Students should be allowed to stay inside after school hours

Staff Editorial December 15, 2016

Every day after school, students are let out of class at 3:45 p.m. to leave for the day. However, students don’t just leave the school, they’re basically forced out by the teachers and AP’s. We strongly...

Give former military members more chances to serve

Brodie Hill, Staff Reporter December 2, 2016

We should allow the active military personnel to stay longer and they should be allowed to pursue college during service. They should be given another opportunity if they have left the military too. My...

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