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Ken Block: HHIC

Ken Block: HHIC

Sam Cole, Writer/Designer
January 6, 2023

     On Jan. 2, 2022, Ken Block, a racing legend who co-founded DC Shoes and Hoonigan Racing, passed away at age 55 after a snowmobile...

Democracy 2022:

Democracy 2022:

Thomas Hill, Writer/Designer
November 7, 2022

Stephanie Veit: Stephanie Veit currently works at the Fort Wayne International Airport in business development and manages the real estate the airport...

Midterms: 2022

Midterms: 2022

Azalea Orsini, Writer/Designer
September 27, 2022

The 2022 Midterms Elections are coming up! In the state of Indiana, the Secretary of State, a Senator, and the Representative for Allen County’s district...

Monkeypox virus

Monkeypox Information

Samuel Cole, Writer/Designer
September 27, 2022

On July 23, 2022, monkeypox was declared a health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the New York...

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Homestead’s Fight Against Vapes

Elaina Schilt & Yevva Ireland, Writer/design
September 26, 2022

Student vaping has become a prevalent issue in high schools across the nation, and Homestead High School is no exception. HOMESTEAD’S NEW POLICY The...

Bus Driver Shortage

Bus Driver Shortage

Madeline Phuong, Junior Editor
December 16, 2021

    Southwest Allen County is facing a pressing staff shortage.      The district’s shortage of bus drivers is especially impacting students...

Homestead Theatre’s Lend Me A Tenor

Homestead Theatre’s Lend Me A Tenor

Thomas Hill, Website Manager
November 30, 2021

After being canceled last year due to everyone’s favorite coronavirus pandemic, Homestead’s fall play has made its magnificent return. And let me say,...

50th Year Anniversary

50th Year Anniversary

Ganga Subramanian, Junior Editor
September 30, 2021

If you couldn’t already tell by the expansive cracks in concrete walls, concerningly sticky floor tiles, and the strange brown liquid dripping from ceiling...

Magistra Beckman: Teacher of the Year

Magistra Beckman: Teacher of the Year

Claire Elliott
May 21, 2021

Megan Beckman, known as Magistra to her students, is SACS’s Teacher of the Year. It is a just title for the Latin teacher. Beckman teaches Latin courses...

Spring Arts Week

Spring Arts Week

Madeline Phuong
May 20, 2021

It’s back! Spring Arts Week graces the virtual halls of Homestead High School for its 20th anniversary. In 2001, former Homestead English teacher and...

Earth Day

Earth Day

Claire Elliott
April 28, 2021

Created in 1970, the Dawn of the Contemporary Hippie, Earth Day grows in popularity each year. It serves as a reminder of one’s environmental sins; with...

Stop AAPI Hate

Stop AAPI Hate

Madeline Phuong and Ganga Subramanian
April 25, 2021

Pulled by the opportunity of striking it rich in gold, East Asians began to immigrate across the Pacific Ocean during U.S. westward expansion. In 1871,...

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