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"The more stress you put on yourself, the harder it’ll be,” Hupp said.

Finals advice from seniors

Anna Newland and Rachel Finan December 13, 2021

Open up a KHS student’s email and you will be hit with reminders to turn in missing work followed by a jumble of finals information. For many students, the end-of-semester-panic has started to kick in....

The KSD department chairs met to for discussions and announcements Wednesday night.

KHS Weekly Update 11/19/21: Turkey week, course selection, final exams

Grace Marcus, print managing editor November 22, 2021

Retirees: Larry Anderson, Thom Champion, David Drury, Bill Gunn, Sean McCarthy, Molly Stephenson, Jeff Townsend and Romona Miller have announced their retirement for the end of this school year.    Turkey...

School work stacks up for many students around finals week.

Call Ed: The case for finals

TKC Staff February 11, 2020

Final exams have always been used in higher education to test for overall understanding of course content. But each year the testing season raises controversy. The grades on these crucial exams have the...

Snow day woes: A call for Kirkwood to adapt finals

Snow day woes: a call for Kirkwood to adapt finals

Lily Bartin, VoK editor December 17, 2019

A snow day is usually a cause for universal excitement among students, but on Sunday, Dec. 15, the announcement was met with widespread anxiety. Monday’s snow day would eliminate a valuable day of review...

Here are the Quizlets for all of your finals

Here are the Quizlets for all of your finals

Charlotte Heinrich, editor-in-chief December 8, 2019

It’s that time of year, they say. Yeah, yeah we get it. I’m not talking about your Christmas music or your letter to Santa (even though you’re 16). I’m talking come-to-school-at-the-crack-of-dawn...

Cheerleaders support their team with chants on the sidelines.

Important dates for seniors

Jack Rintoul, editor-in-chief May 2, 2019
As the year begins to come to an end for the class of 2019, the next week or so holds a lot of days with important events for seniors.
photo courtesy of Google under the Creative Commons license

Finals, Finals and More Finals

Keegan Pfeifer, Writer May 21, 2018

As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer in Missouri, that can only mean one thing; Summer break. As the last day of school draws nearer, this means that finals are coming up. Stress heightens...

Secrets for Schooling Exams

Secrets for Schooling Exams

Charlotte Heinrich, features writer May 15, 2018

As the sun lingers in the sky for a few minutes longer each day, our daydreams of summer no longer seem unrealistic. Ignoring the nag of our alarms and turning our history notes into doodles would be too...

Sleep: a waste of time

Sleep: a waste of time

Brendan Davidson, sports writer May 15, 2018

As the school year draws to close, students are more stressed than ever with finals, AP tests and homework. We have minimal time to relearn much of the year’s content for each class. Loads of work exhaust...

Train your brain

Train your brain

Maggie Burton, artist May 9, 2018

For this editorial cartoon, I wanted to focus on the double whammy that AP students have to face at the end of the year. Along with final exams, some students will have to take AP exams around the same...

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