As a freshman coming to high school from a small private school, I had no idea what to expect MCHS to be like. I had heard some good things here and some bad things there. After making it through the whole year, I now can make a justified opinion....
Student Voices
In 2014, GreatNews.Life established the Student Voices internship program (formerly #1StudentNWI), allowing high school students to share an insider’s view of everything happening at the high schools on a monthly basis. The GreatNews.Life staff not only edits and publishes their work but also sends feedback to the students to help them grow as journalists.
#1StudentNWI: Another End to a Great Year at La Porte High School
Science Olympiad Champs On May 9, the LPHS Academic Super Bowl Science Olympiad team won first place at the Indiana Association of School Principals Academic Super Bowl Competition. The Area and State team, consisting of seniors Matt Bartels and...
#1StudentNWI: Awesome Spring Sports and Superstar Students at Michigan City High School
Spring Sports With no more than two weeks left in each sport, the time of spring sports at MCHS is coming to an end. Sports offered by City this season are girls’ tennis, baseball, softball, boys’ golf, boys’ and girls’ track, and unified...
#1StudentNWI: Closing Out the Spring and Bringing in the Summer at La Porte High School
A Night of Honor Every year, La Porte High School hosts the Pride Banquet, a dinner held to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of the top ten percent of the senior class. Each student brings his or her parents and invites one educator or mentor...
#1StudentNWI: Setting Up Freshmen For Academic Success at Michigan City High School
In the past MCHS has been criticized for not offering higher level classes for freshmen and sophomores, and now that the high school is offering them, it seems as if the word about how great these classes are for the students that experience them....
#1StudentNWI: The Latest and Greatest News from La Porte High School
National Honor Society Inducts New Members On March 17, members of the junior and senior classes were inducted into the La Porte High School chapter of National Honor Society (NHS). Students were invited to fill out applications to join the club, and...
#1StudentNWI: Michigan City High School’s Den Experience
For someone outside of Michigan City, looking in on City’s student section, the "Wolves Den" (mainly known as "The Den"), you cannot help but wonder what “Den Delirium” is like. Every football game, every basketball game “The Den” goes out...
#1StudentNWI: Speaking Beautiful and Valentine’s Day Fun at La Porte High School
Students “Speaking Beautiful” Recently, Dove has created a campaign called #SpeakBeautiful, in which they are trying to create a more positive atmosphere online by putting a stop to people posting hateful messages about themselves and others....
#1 Student NWI: What’s Happening at Michigan City High School?
Day by day, week by week, school can become a boring, recurrent cycle. That is…until spirit week. Hosted by Student Council, five days of costumes, decorations, and school spirit made up the second spirit week, the last of this year. To show school...
#1StudentNWI: Winter 2015 Happenings at La Porte High School
AP English Students Bring Creativity to the Classroom: Each year around this time, the students in Debora Hunter’s senior AP English classes have to get their creative juices flowing for a large creative project. This project has been in place for...