“I told myself I was ready to go, this is the end of me,” senior Nate Koplin said about his near-final thoughts during his accident last year.   Koplin’s accident took the community by surprise last August when Koplin and his friend Carter Underwood (12) were diving in the Snake River. “We’d dove off this dock millions of times, it was just a dock we always hung out at,” Koplin said. What Koplin didn’t realize was the sandbar...

Skyline cheerleaders hosted the annual Mr. Skyline earlier this month, and instead of holding it in the evening, the entire school was able to watch as it was an assembly right before lunch.   Nine brave senior boys braved the stage to perform an opening jungle dance routine to “Tarzan and Jane,” complete with lifts and gymnastic stunts and skimpy jungle attire. No one will be able to forget the image of Nick Carter (12) slingshotting...

In 2018, the United Nations released their most recent climate report. It stated that the international community has 12 years to reduce pollution to slow climate change before the conditions of our environment would become too polluted to live in. This has gathered attention to the growing fear of environmental destruction by people all over the world. However, there is already a goal for people to rally with. A group of students from all...

Statistics say 1 in 6 children in Idaho go to bed food insecure. This means they do not know where their next meal is coming from. Many students here at Skyline take advantage of free breakfast and lunch, but many of them may not realize we have our very own food pantry to help students get through weekends and breaks when they don’t have access to food.  The success of the Souper Bowl shows us that Skyline likes to take care of its own. This...

Idaho Legislator Barbara Ehardt, from Idaho Falls, has introduced a bill to the state to change the sex education system. The new law would mean a few things for curriculum: parents would have to “opt in” in order for their students to take sex ed, guest instructors would be limited, curriculum would be created by community members and parents, and overall, it would create an expectation that parents and churches be responsible for teaching...

   In 2013, the US government shut down over the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare; the shutdown lasted for 16 days. In Jan. of 2018, the government shutdown as a standoff over the bill for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), where Republicans wanted to eliminate their protection in the US and the Democrats wanted to ensure it; the shutdown only lasted for three days. In Dec. 1995, the government shut down for 21 days while...

 Automatically locking doors, individual key cards for access and entry, better cameras--these and other changes may soon appear at Skyline despite the fact the bond failed. Why all of the inconvenience? An attempt at increasing school safety.   As of mid October, the US has reported 65 school shootings, 65 shootings that have wounded and killed hundreds of innocent children looking up to a bright future. All these shootings, yet patrons...