It is a general opinion for students across the country that junior year of high school can present the most difficult curriculum. However, honors-level seniors at Mount Carmel may disagree with that ...

Words are more powerful than actions. They can hurt more than a punch to the stomach while at the same time can be more comforting than a hug. Literature is important, and what’s even more important ...

In the spring of 2023, the Mount Carmel Drama Department returned after a pandemic hiatus and performed a theater festival with several short acts. The performances were a big hit with the audience, ...

Ask any firefighter about their job, and the same line will be brought up: “The greatest job in the world.” With the Chicago Fire Department being the second largest department in the US and one of ...

Imagine sitting in class, staring at the clock, waiting for that bell to ring. Now, imagine a different class, where the teacher makes learning exciting and fun. Which class would you prefer? Mount ...

“This year’s chess state tournament was very important to me because it showed the start of a new era for the Mount Carmel chess team.” So said Evan Wiersema ’24 last year after the IHSA Chess State ...

As universities are shifting back to requiring test scores from applicants, it is important for students to perform well on their tests. Most American high school students take the Scholastic ...

I did not know where to go to high school in seventh grade. My dad and brother went to Mount Carmel, but I was not sold on it yet. Yet now the week before graduation I could not be more confident in ...

There have been 26 state championships won across all sports in Mount Carmel history, and two of them happened this year. It has been an awesome athletic year here at MC. With the football program ...

After 40 years and 23 players wearing the jersey, Zander Gorman epitomizes what it means to wear 27. At the start of this season, he was named one of the team’s captains, fitting for a player with his ...

Who is Mrs. Kristina Luster? She’s a new counselor at Mount Carmel High School. Mrs. Luster is originally from Chicago but worked in Atlanta, Georgia, for 6 years, and she was the director of college ...

It wasn’t that long ago when my fellow seniors and I started our college admissions processes. Just over a year ago when we were easing into our junior year at MC, most of us were unsure of what ...