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  • (08/25) Picture Day
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  • (08/20) Montgomery Parade
  • (08/18) Elburn Days Parade
  • (08/16) First Day of School
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Kaneland Krier

Warmer weather challenges the dress code

Warmer weather challenges the dress code

By: Hannah Nauert, Reporter April 14, 2015

Summertime has come and you’re stuck sitting in your jeans because shorts are too revealing to wear to school. The school dress codes are harsher towards females, restricts what they can wear, and takes...

Reporter Samantha Nuno

Dress code targets girls

By: Samantha Nuno, Reporter April 1, 2015

Reading the Kaneland High School student handbook made me realize that almost all the rules of dress code aims to hide females’ shoulders and other body parts. The average student’s outfit is usually...

Lauren Lindow is a reporter for the Kaneland Krier.

Men need feminism too

By: Lauren Lindow, Reporter March 5, 2015

Recently on Twitter, the hash-tag #Meninist has been used to protest against feminism. What these “meninists” don’t realize is that their problems can be solved through feminism. Feminism is not...

Kristen Becker is a reporter on the Kaneland Krier

Keeping the moment of silence

By: Kaitlyn Becker, Reporter March 5, 2015

At the beginning of the day I find myself rushing to my first hour class. I’m almost always late, and come in right after the pledge, during the moment of silence. When I walk in I see kids sitting down,...

Senior Jarod Erlandson

Senior’s perspective: six things I wish I knew as a freshman

By: Jarod Erlandson, Executive Editor February 19, 2015

Walking into high school as a freshman is intimidating, to say the very least. The first day quickly turns into a week, then a month, then a year, and before you know it-- you're a senior about to graduate....

Krier staff member Madeline Mohatt.

Has Disney Channel lost its magic?

By: Madeline Mohatt, Editor January 25, 2015

Has Disney Channel lost its magic, or have previous fans just grown out of the “Disney phase?” Nowadays it isn’t unusual to see various posts regarding Disney Channel’s lack of quality shows....

The Conjuring was released in 2013. It was directed by James Wan. (Courtesy photo from New Line Cinema)

Not-so-scary horror movies

By: Jack Coyle, Executive Editor October 30, 2014

As the month for trick or treating, ghost stories and costumes goes by, we can’t help but be reminded of the first time our older sibling made us sit through “Scream” and we had to sleep with a night...

With recent events, the National Football League is being torn apart.

The downfall of the NFL

By: Austin Kintz, Special Project Editor September 29, 2014

Baseball is known as America’s pastime, but football is America’s game. The National Football League games have made their way into families living rooms and have become a common occurrence every Sunday...

Walking the halls of KHS for the first time

Walking the halls of KHS for the first time

By: Ashley Dorsey , Editor September 2, 2014

Coming from a small town in Texas and as a new student at Kaneland High School this year, I noticed a lot of differences from my old school. At my previous school, we didn’t have lockers in the high...

Everybody is a genius. BUt if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. -Albert Einstein

School teaching wrong lessons

By: Kristin Staub, Executive editor May 21, 2014

  All throughout high school, it is embellished in our minds that the skills we are taught will prepare us for the rest of our adult lives. Sure, turning in assignments on time and  having to maintain...

Russian President Vladimar Putin’s annexing of the Crimean Penninsula is sparking controversial debate.

Putin’s actions similar to another tyrant’s

By: Nick Boose, Executive editor May 19, 2014

On Mar. 12, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the country of Austria. Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler’s goal was to unite German speaking countries. Sound familiar? Russian President Valdimir putin’s actions...

Birth control’s reputation isn’t always right

By: Alexia Orosco, Executive Editor May 19, 2014

    We all know the girl who likes to party, drink every weekend and has a tendency of getting a little carried away with guys that don’t typically care for anything more than a one night stand. As...

Are reality television shows really reality?

By: Alexia Orosco, Executive Editor May 19, 2014

We all know and love the famous television shows where the drama and the relationships throughout each episode keep us so intrigued. Reality T.V. should be known for presenting unscripted situations, but...

A women in the U.S. is assaulted or beaten every nine seconds according to domesticviolence.org.

The abhorrent hand of domestic violence

By: McKayla Helm, Executive Editor May 19, 2014

On Earth right now, there are about 62 million women who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, according to a survey by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)....

Birth control’s reputation isn’t always right

By: Alexia Orosco, Executive editor May 19, 2014

We all know the girl who likes to party, drink every weekend and has a tendency of getting a little carried away with guys that don’t typically care for anything more than a one night stand. As if you...

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