COVID-19 has rewritten the budgetary landscape for the 2020-2021 school year.  Thankfully, Illinois State University has supplied U-High with many of the essentials needed for the school to reopen for in-person blended learning.  “We’re really lucky in that ISU is purchasing a lot of the...

Connecting through social media Members of the class of 2024 entered the building as students for the first time on Monday, October 19, and Wednesday, October 21, eight weeks after classes started virtually in August. Although not all the freshmen have chosen to return for blended learning, they...

Weathering this divisive election George Floyd’s death at the hands of police at the end of May sparked a tidal wave of outcry against police brutality nationally and locally, resulting in countless protests focusing around the Black Lives Matter Movement. Now on the eve of the 2020 election, one...

Football The leaves are falling; through these halls the students, at long last, walk, but Hancock stadium remains quiet. Instead of scrimmages on the field, the football team is working tirelessly in the weight room in preparation for a season they hope will still happen “My philosophy this...