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A snowflake from the very first Michigan snow of 2024.

The First Snow

Lexi Scholten, Reporter December 12, 2024

On November 29, 2024, at 4:17 pm was the first snow of the year. This was unexpected snow because the weather said it was just going to be cloudy all day, not snow. Snow is one of the amazing types of...

Senior Le’Naiyah Garrett, senior Hailey Daubert, and senior Samantha Cross hold up their newspaper chain to show the length.

‘Twas a Night Before Christmas: A Study of 1939

Tyler May, Copy Editor December 12, 2024

On December 20, 2024, the Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site is hosting a ‘Twas a Night Before Christmas event as a way of honoring the site's historic timeline. This year they step back in time to...

Winter break recap

Andrew John Watson, Reporter January 5, 2024

Chieftains just came back from winter break, which took place from Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. this may leave some wondering how they spent it. Some Chieftains spent their break traveling. sophomore Kristian...

Students shop at Meijer for Toys for Tots.

Giving back through team building

Loriana Mannino, Managing Editor December 12, 2023

This holiday season, seniors in the Sophomore Senior Program (SSP) did more than mentor their sophomores. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, senior mentors participated in a team building day, which included several...

Birch, please.

Birch, please.

Gracie Wetherington, Copy Editor December 15, 2022

Christmas trees are a loved tradition all over America. Tons of people spend time putting together a tree or going to pick out one in a field. They put ornaments on the tree and drink hot cocoa with the...

GameStop, popular video game store that sells games, consoles, and other electronics. photo by mct campus

New holiday video games released for 2021

Austin Lamphier, Reporter December 9, 2021

For this holiday season, stores will be packed with the newest and latest video games. This year has had some heavy hitters so far, such as “Hitman 3”, “Resident Evil Village”, “New World”,...

It’s never too early for Christmas music

Ethan Smale, Editor in Chief December 3, 2021

Christmas celebrations seem to begin earlier and earlier as the years go on. With this being said, it’s important to draw a line as to when too much is too much. For several reasons, this line should...

Is the Nightmare before Christmas a Christmas or Halloween movie ?

Is the Nightmare before Christmas a Christmas or Halloween movie ?

Nevaeh Tanner, reporter December 1, 2021

It's that time of year again where people are starting to get into holiday music, game, food, and many more. But one of the most important things around this time is movies whether it be with friends or...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talks about the infrastructure for a new Michigan Connected Corridor on Aug. 13.

Michigan extends restrictions amid rising COVID cases

Simmi Singh, Online reporter December 17, 2020

Restrictions that were put in place by Michigan's health department have been been extended to Dec. 20. The restrictions were supposed to end on Dec. 8, but due to rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in Michigan,...

Movie fans enjoyed watching "Elf" during Movie Magic Lakeside's opening weekend.

Lakeside opens new drive-in theatre

Ethan Smale, Business Manager November 30, 2020

With all of the social distancing being required because of COVID-19, the amount of things people can do for fun is limited. There is a constant interest in fun things to do outside of the home, while...

We are skipping Halloween and going straight to Christmas

We are skipping Halloween and going straight to Christmas

Shea Hathcock, Online Reporter October 17, 2020

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, many families have skipped Halloween altogether and have begun bringing out the trees and garland instead. A favorite holiday of  many, Christmas is now only a month away...

Many Americans do their Christmas shopping on Black Friday.

Tis’ the shopping season

Anthony Barney, Editor December 19, 2019

Mark the calendars, starting Nov. 1, tis’ the season of shopping. The explosion of fireworks in the north parking lot of Oakland Mall, hosted by Macy’s, is used to initiate the Christmas shopping season....

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