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November 6, 2018
Smoke Signal Staff
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Dancing with Hart Stars brings in a full audience
October 30, 2018
Kathryn Supple, Arts & Reviews Editor
Hart dance team performed with faculty and students from Hart and Placerita October 6 in their Annual Dancing with Hart Stars. Members of the dance team chose either a teacher...
The loss that comes with summer homework
September 27, 2018
Leah Badie, Staff Writer
Summer vacation is a time where students should not have to worry about school. It is a time where they should get a break from doing school work. That can’t happen when...
Show Choir sets the stage
September 27, 2018
Grace Dormans, Staff Writer
Fall concert is just around the corner for Hart Show Choir. Groups are performing songs from musicals such as Hamilton, Waitress, Matilda, Mamma Mia and On Your Feet. The...
Monetization of college
September 27, 2018
Marissa Soto, News Editor
As we’re nearing the middle to end of our high school years, there is an important decision we have to make. This decision requires hours of thinking, writing and applying....
Hart Cheer flies their way into preseason
September 27, 2018
Maddie Westbrook, Staff Writer
Hart High cheer just began their 2018-2019 season. All three teams (frosh, JV, and varsity) showcased their stunts, tumbling, cheers and chants they worked all summer to learn...
Athlete of the Issue: Michael Colangelo
September 27, 2018
Kayla Badie, Staff Writer
Senior Michael Colangelo is a Hart Indian athlete who has devoted his time to the school’s football team. Colangelo has been playing for Hart’s team all four years, and...
Child separation separates the country
September 27, 2018
Child Separation at the Border (www.dallasnews.com) The debate over U.S. borders continues after President Trump set his zero tolerance policy in motion in...
Kanye’s music attracts listeners despite controversy
September 27, 2018
Mansi Sharma, Editor In Chief
Kanye West came out with his album, Ye, June 1, 2018. The album is fairly short and consists of seven songs titled “I Thought About Killing You”, “Yikes”,...

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Please consider eating dinner tonight at the Chipotle at the mall between 4 and 8 p.m. so Hart High journalism can receive 33% of the profits. All proceeds that The Smoke Signal receives from this fundraiser will go toward...

Mrs. Bae’s students’ cancer projects

Janny Oh, Opinion Editor

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

The Honors Anatomy and Physiology class organizes cancer fundraisers annually. Mrs. Bae, the teacher for the class, encourages her students to raise money for various causes to help cancer patients or researchers. Along...

Volleyball goes undefeated in Foothill League

Maddie Westbrook, Halloween makes us wonder if ghosts are real

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

Girls volleyball just finished off their 2018 season with an undefeated title. The varsity girls’ volleyball team went 10-0 in league. They have not lost one game in league and beat every team two times-- once at home and...

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Opinion

Missing the seniors again

Janny Oh, Opinion Editor

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

Befriending people who are a year older than you is a horrible mistake. There’s always that thought at the back of your mind. You know that they’ll be gone a whole year before you. Even if they’ll stay in the area, Hart High School won’t be the...

Why Kobe is the G.O.A.T.

Christ Keuchguerian, Staff Writer

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

Kobe Bryant, a legendary and well respected player by many was drafted into the NBA straight out of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania . Although Bryant wasn't the best coming into the NBA, he sure was one of the most hardworking players....

Volleyball goes undefeated in Foothill League

Maddie Westbrook, Halloween makes us wonder if ghosts are real

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

We’re killing our planet

October 30, 2018

We’re killing our planet. There’s twelve years left before climate change is irreversible. There’s...

The simple joys of Fall and Halloween

October 30, 2018

Halloween. Without it, the actual occasion wouldn’t be as exciting! Spooky decorations start going...

The best candy

October 30, 2018

Loser candy. No one in the right mind wants to walk five miles around the neighborhood and crawl through...

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Arts and Reviews

Lil Wayne releases his first full album in seven years

Chris Stoker, Staff Writer

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

At the tail end of September 27, Lil Wayne released his highly anticipated album, Tha Carter V. This was Wayne’s first album in seven years. Wayne had talked about releasing the album since July of 2012, but his label head,...

Show choir sings their hearts out at the fall concert October 30, 2018

Once Upon a Time Ends October 30, 2018
The book is always better, especially with Little Women October 30, 2018
Dancing with Hart Stars brings in a full audience October 30, 2018

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Features

This day in history: October 31

Compiled by Claire Moylan, Features Editor

October 30, 2018 • No Comments

1517 - Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the church of Wittenberg in Germany. 1541 - Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City 1795...

Student Spotlight: Annie Niednagel

October 30, 2018

A letter to my high school self: Mrs. Mohsen

October 30, 2018

Issue of the Issue: Katie Hill vs. Steve Knight

October 30, 2018

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Sports

The 2018 World Cup Was Unpredictable to Most
September 27, 2018
Kyle Brill, Staff writer
While the world watched France beat Croatia to win its first World Cup title in 20 years, soccer fans in the USA were sad that the U.S. Men’s national...
Hart Cheer flies their way into preseason
September 27, 2018
Maddie Westbrook, Staff Writer
Hart High cheer just began their 2018-2019 season. All three teams (frosh, JV, and varsity) showcased their stunts, tumbling, cheers and chants they worked all summer to learn...
Athlete of the Issue: Michael Colangelo
September 27, 2018
Kayla Badie, Staff Writer
Senior Michael Colangelo is a Hart Indian athlete who has devoted his time to the school’s football team. Colangelo has been playing for Hart’s team all four years, and...
Hart’s newest freshman on varsity
November 9, 2017
Stefani Woll, Sports Editor
Jensen Shrout is one of Hart's many athletic freshmen. She, however, is the only freshman who made a varsity team in any fall or winter sport for the 2017-2018 school year....
Athlete of the Issue: Ashley Cosey
November 9, 2017
Ruby Duncan, Copy Editor
Ashley Cosey is a senior starter for the girls volleyball program at Hart. She has been playing as an outside hitter for all four years, and she is planning on continuing...
Girls golf has an exciting season for the team
November 8, 2017
Mai Chiamthamachinda, Staff Writer
Winter is arriving and the girls golf season is coming to an end. Their final CIF game was held October 30 and lasted the entire day. The team successfully won multiple games...
Ultimate frisbee has become a Hart favorite
November 8, 2017
Connor Lee, Staff Writer
Ultimate Frisbee is a popular sport and is on the rise here at Hart. The objective of the game is to throw the frisbee into the endzone, earning a point for your team. The...
Football touches down after a rough start
November 8, 2017
Helen Ku, Copy Editor
The Valencia game October 6 finished with a score 14-42, the Hart Indians went against the Canyon Cowboys at Canyon High School October 13. Shrout completed a 34-yard pass...
#AlyssaStrong Update
October 12, 2017
Delaney Gibbs, Chief of Staff
The Hart varsity girls' volleyball team participated in a "Kills for Cancer" fundraiser for the Children's Hospital LA in honor of teammate, Alyssa Cosey. The varsity squad...
Hart football falls to Valencia, 14-42
October 10, 2017
Brian Figg, Copy Editor
On Friday night, the Valencia Vikings and Hart Indians faced off at the College of the Canyon's Cougar Field. Led on offense by Cal Berkeley commit JT Shrout, the Indians...