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STUDENT NEWS PUBLICATION OF ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, COLORADO
EST. 1913
The student news site of Englewood High School

The Pirateer

The student news site of Englewood High School

The Pirateer

The student news site of Englewood High School

The Pirateer

STUDENT NEWS PUBLICATION OF ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, COLORADO
EST. 1913

Student Life

Humans of Englewood (during a pandemic)

Humans of Englewood (during a pandemic)

Pirateer Staff
April 22, 2020

Based on the "Humans Of New York" project, EHS Broadcast Journalism, Journalism, and Yearbook students set out to get reaction from students, families, and staff about the current situation we face as...

Minelik is the 2020 EHS winner of the Daniels Fund scholarship.

Who is Aniah Minelik? Senior and scholarship recipient

Pirateer Staff, Staff Writer
April 12, 2020

  Get to know this year's Daniels Fund winner, Aniah Minelik. According to the scholarship program website, Minelik is one of the 212 students from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and...

A student is going to use the liquid for their experiment.

How creative is EHS?

Katie Rucki, Pirateer Staff
February 26, 2020

Does EHS have enough creative classes for its students? Englewood high school has a lot of classes that pique curiosity and inspire a different outlook, but there's still a need for a couple more creative...

Posters for the GSA club are hanging around the counseling office and in the halls. Counselor Dawn Cominsky is in charge of GSA, the Gender Sexuality Alliance at EHS, “We talk about current issues in the LGBTQ community, we talk about current laws."

In Your Skin

Trinity Gallegos, Pirateer Staff
February 14, 2020

Imagine if you were struggling with your identity. You are a teenager, already going through changes in appearance, voice, behavior, and sexuality. But you are also lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender...

Help Lines-Provided by Counselor Dawn Cominsky

Mental Health Check-Up for the Holidays

Katie Rucki, Staff Writer
December 11, 2019

The school day can be incredibly stressful for some students at Englewood High School. Does a child's mental health affect their education? Numerous studies point to the prominence of mental illness in...

Student demonstrates the "Eraser Challenge," one of many social media challenges that cause harm to students.

The Dangers of Social Media Challenges

Seth Betancur and Julian Galvan
December 11, 2019

Englewood High School has seen an alarming rise in the number of social media challenges, some of which are doing harm to the student resulting in the need for medical care. One of the security guards...

Senior Heavenlee Escobar plays the main female lead who goes on many bad dates in search of her true love. Here she is fending off unwelcome attention.

Check, Please! takes the cake

Jaydin Webb, Editor-in-chief
November 19, 2019

Dating is hard. Bad dating takes it to a different level. Englewood actors put on Check, Please this past weekend to sold-out audiences Thursday and Friday. The culinary students prepared a meal to...

A little stunned, a little excited. 9th graders start high school with Link Crew members who help them navigate the school.

The First Week Back Brings Excitement

Jaydin Webb, Editor-In-Chief
August 21, 2019

;   First Day of Class It is a chance to be a leader, "I relied on a lot of seniors last year and many were my friends. I can do the same and take younger students under my wing and do the same,"...

Students in high school are learning boundaries when it comes to swear words. Impressing their peers with a curse word can get them in trouble.

I sw*(#r

Matthew Turner, Pirateer staff
March 12, 2019

Cursing, on and off campus, has spurred some raves, rants, and reviews in student newspapers recently. An article in The Herald at Arkansas State University, for example, explores how “cursing becomes...

The carpet in the middle school hallway cuts down on sound.

Sound Mitigation

Nisha Adams, Pirateer staff
March 11, 2019

We wanted to know! Do the new carpets cut down on the sound? Rhy Robinson, the dean of students at the middle school says "Have you noticed the difference in the quiet between the two? When I'm up in...

Time Flies

Time Flies

Stormie Martinez, Pirateer staff
March 11, 2019

When we talk about our days, they are filled with many things. Many adults may say our day is spent with our eyes closed...sleeping. But talking to Englewood students finds, that's not true! Junior...

New Upgrades to Englewood High School Stadium

Ikaika Gonzalez-Bentosino, Pirateer Staff
March 11, 2019

The winds of change are coming and they are sweeping through our Pirate Stadium. Beginning in late spring 2019, massive upgrades to nearly every part of the outdoor facility will start to take shape. Athletic...

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