Kaneland Krier : The student news site of Kaneland High School.

Taking an AP class can guarantee a pass

By: Stevie Kumar, Reporter | August 10, 2017
“The Dark Tower” goes to the big screen

By: Alex Malawski, Editor | August 9, 2017
A live cinematic experience: the works of Hans Zimmer

By: Alex Malawski, Editor | August 5, 2017
Lovin’ Lolla

By: Ashley Edwards, Reporter | July 28, 2017
Flower Boy brings new things to the hip hop world

By: Evangelos Lekkas, Editor | July 25, 2017

Four years of success in theater

Stepping into the role of theater director is not an easy task. A lot of time, effort and labor goes into putting a show together here at Kaneland. Fo...

June 26, 2017

District 302 joins the “Pass Illinois Budget Initiative”

By: Annika Berger, Editor

School District 302 has joined an effort called the “Pass Illinois Budget Initiative,” whose purpose is to encourage legislators to get a budget through...

June 19, 2017

Kaneland warning parents about Netflix show “13 Reasons Why”

By: Josh Kellum, Reporter

Around the country, schools are warning about the Netflix series, "13 Reasons Why," even Kaneland has done so. On May 8th, Kaneland School District sent out an email to...

June 12, 2017

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On Sunday, April 9, Kaneland High School hosted the 2017 Kaneland Community Fine Arts Festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Students, teachers, artists and volunteers attended the festival to view all the art on Sunday. Multiple artists appeared at the festival and showed off previous art work and even wor...

April 19, 2017

Sugar Grove Public Library teen programs

By: Thomas Eastham, Reporter

Whether you have some down time in your schedule or want to get out and make some new friends, the Sugar Grove Public Library offers a range of programs for kids of all ages. Genna Mickey is the head of these programs. Mickey has been running the teen library programs since last August, she is t...

February 23, 2017

Rise up, wise up, eyes up: Student takes a stand for immigrants

By: Ava Mandele, Editor in Chief of Web

On February 16, 2017 immigrants across the Chicago area, and all over the U.S, are participating in “A Day Without Immigrants” . “A Day Without Immigrants” is a campaign meant to send a message to President Trump, who has spoken passionately about plans to close the border between Mex...

February 16, 2017

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Opinion

The dangers of tanning beds being exposed

By: Donny Sommesi, Reporter

Tanning beds should not be an escape to wanting a tan. We are only given one set of skin, so instead of going online to search for the nearest L.A. Tan...

July 21, 2017

Fidget spinners fail to help you focus

By: Emma Glennon, Reporter

People are always looking for new ways to focus, or new ways to have fun. However, some of the things that they try don’t work and are just the next fad ...

July 6, 2017

Pulling fire alarms is no joke

By: Emma Glennon, Reporter

Fire alarms are meant to be pulled for emergencies, they are not meant to be pulled for pranks. There are just some things that aren’t meant to be used ...

May 19, 2017

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Features

Life saving teens

By: KT Mattern, Reporter

While a lot of teens would rather lay around all summer, a good number of high schoolers dedicate their summertime to working outside with jobs like lifeguar...

July 12, 2017

Goodbye Kaneland, hello retirement

By: Alex Malawski, Reporter

We have all had that one teacher who was our favorite. Whether it be a math teacher, a gym teacher or a counselor, there’s no doubting that we all have a ...

June 2, 2017

Bass fishing club casts into their next season

By: Justin Erlandson, Editor

One of the newest activities to Kaneland, the Bass Fishing club, was made by freshmen and sophomores who were looking for an activity to do for fun. It w...

May 31, 2017

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