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  • May 14 Friday, June 18: Asynchronous instruction for all.
  • May 14 June 8 will be a SYNCHRONOUS Remote Instruction Day following the In-Person instruction schedule
  • May 14 Tuesday, June 1-Friday, June 11: AP Exams Online
  • May 7 Graduation/ last day of school is June 18th
  • May 7 No School on Friday, May 28th, Monday, May 31 & Tuesday, June 1
  • May 7 Last day of final assessments for seniors is June 11th
  • May 7 Senior Prom is 5-9pm on June 17 at the Gran Marquis
  • April 22 PTO Clothing Drive will be held on Saturday, May 1st
  • April 22 May 3, CHS will accommodate all hybrid students to attend school 5 days per week
  • October 29 If you are going out of state or country, you must quarantine for 14 days
The student news site of Colonia High School

The Declaration
The student news site of Colonia High School

The Declaration
Alexa Leviten

Alexa Leviten, Editor

Alexa Leviten is a 16-year-old Junior at Colonia High School. She was born on October 2, 2004. She is an active member of multiple clubs & activities such as Student Council, Interact Club, Film Club, Student advisory, and cheerleading. As a result, her favorite thing to do within the Interact Club is going to Hand-in-Hand dances (held for special needs adults). Five words to describe her are adventurous, independent, caring, easygoing and hardworking. In her spare time, she likes hanging out with friends, trying new things, and discovering new shows and movies. In her future, she wants to travel the world, attend a good university, and follow a career path she loves. The unknown is scary, but she is excited and nervous to see what the future holds. 

All content by Alexa Leviten
remembering all of the vocabulary used to describe gender identity and sexual orientation can get confusing. This info graphic will help with that.

Taking a look into Pride Month

June 17, 2021
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress singer, and model.

Quote of the day- Marilyn Monroe

June 11, 2021
Henry James OM was an American author that was regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and modernism.

Quote of the day- Henry James

June 11, 2021
Jenny Han is an author for young adult fiction and children's fiction.

Quote of the day- Jenny Han

June 10, 2021
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was best known for depicting the 1920's as the Jazz Age, a term he popularized.

Quote of the day- F. Scott Fitzgerald

June 8, 2021
Maud Hart Lovelace was best known for her Betsy-Tacy series as an author.

Quote of the day- Maud Hart Lovelace

June 7, 2021
Carl Edward Sagan was a cosmologist, palentary scientist, astromomer, and so much more.

Quote of the day- Carl Sagan

June 4, 2021
Andrew Boyd is an author, humorist, and a veteran of campaigns focused on social change.

Quote of the day- Andrew Boyd

June 3, 2021
Rachel Louise Carson wrote an influential book called Silent Spring as well as being a marine biologist and conservationist.

Quote of the day-Rachel Carson

June 2, 2021
Edward Estlin Cummings was an American painter, poet, author, playwright, and essayist.

Quote of the day- E.E. Cummings

May 27, 2021
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was a Stoic philosopher and a Roman emperor from 161 until 180.

Quote of the day- Marcus Aurelius

May 26, 2021
Stephenie Meyer is best known as being the author of Twlight, a vampire romance series.

Quote of the day- Stephenie Meyer

May 25, 2021
While finishing planting in the field house rain garden, Mayor McCormac awarded Frankie Vasquez and Colonia High School with renewable energy awards.

Ecology club adds rain gardens to Colonia High

May 25, 2021
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and film director. He has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for both Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow.

Quote of the day- David Mamet

May 24, 2021
James Brian Jacques was an English writer known for his Redwall series and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. 

Quote of the day- Brian Jacques

May 18, 2021
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. He became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. 

Quote of the day- Oscar Wilde

May 17, 2021
Sabaa Tahir is a Pakistani-American young adult novelist. She is best known for her New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and its sequels. 

Quote of the day- Sabaa Tahir

May 16, 2021
Ernest Miller Hemingway was a lot of things, including being an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman. 

Quote of the day- Ernest Hemingway

May 15, 2021
Douglas Noel Adams was an English author, screenwriter, humorist, essayist, dramatist, and satirist.

Quote of the day- Douglas Adams

May 14, 2021
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.

Quote of the day- Terry Pratchet

May 13, 2021
Visiting colleges during your Junior and Senior year is important to make sure you like your college.

Shared Experience: College tours during Covid-19

May 12, 2021
Marissa Ann Mayer is an American businesswoman and investor. She is a co-founder of Sunshine Contact and an information technology executive.

Quote of the day- Marissa Mayer

May 11, 2021
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician. He ran 3 times as the party's nominee for President of the US in the elections of 1896, 1900, and 1908. 

Quote of the day- William Jennings Bryan

May 7, 2021
Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian fantasy fiction writer. Most of his novels have fictional settings but resemble real historical periods.

Quote of the day- Guy Gavriel Kay

May 6, 2021
Anthony Christopher Clark is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is currently the executive director of the MLB Players Association.

Quote of the day- Tony Clark

May 5, 2021
Paulo Coelho de Souza is best known for his novel, The Alchemist. He is also a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. 

Quote of the day- Paulo Coelho

May 4, 2021
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, was a Roman emperor and Stoic pilosopher, born in Severus Annius Verus. 

Quote of the day- Marcus Aurelius

May 3, 2021
George Timothy Clooney is a well-rounded individual who is an American actor, producer, film director, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He has also won three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards. 

Quote of the day- George Clooney

April 30, 2021
Ann Brashares is an American young adult novelist who is best known for being the author of the The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. 

Quote of the day- Ann Brashares

April 28, 2021
Emanuel James Rohn was professionally known as Jim Rohn. He was an American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. 

Quote of the day- Jim Rohn

April 28, 2021
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the US from 1861 up until his assassination in 1865. 

Quote of the day- Abraham Lincoln

April 27, 2021
Carl Gustav Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and founded analytical psychology. His work has made an impact on different fields of anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, psychiatry, and more. 

Quote of the day- Carl Jung

April 26, 2021
William James was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist. He was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.

Quote of the day- William James

April 15, 2021
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, actor, television host, and businessman. He also created the Jimmy Dean sausage brand.

Quote of the day- Jimmy Dean

April 14, 2021
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance. He was also a  painter, theorist, sculptor, architect, scientist, draughtsman, and engineer.

Quote of the day- Leonardo da Vinci

April 13, 2021
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell was known professionally as Anaïs Nin. She was a French-Cuban-American diarist, novelist, essayist, and wrote some short stories and erotica. 

Quote of they day- Anais Nin

April 12, 2021

Quote of the day- Alain De Botton

April 9, 2021

Quote of the day- Tom Bodett

April 8, 2021
Stephen Chbosky is an American novelist, film director, and screenwriter, and film director who is best-known for writing the book and movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. 

Quote of the day- Stephen Chbosky

April 7, 2021
Ann Clare Boothe Luce was an American author, US Ambassador, and public conservative figure, and politician, best known for her hit play The Women in 1936. 

Quote of the day- Clare Boothe Luce

April 6, 2021
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher, still influential in the Christian religion and known as the

Quote of the day- Charles Spurgeon

April 5, 2021
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. is an American politician, clergyman, and was even an athlete. He was the quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners in college football and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. 

Quote of the day- J.C Watts

April 2, 2021
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist who is best known for a novel he wrote, The Alchemist. 

Quote of the day- Paulo Coelho

April 1, 2021
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, founder of modern nursing, and statistician. 

Quote of the day- Florence Nightingale

March 31, 2021
Emanuel James Rohn is professionally known as Jim Rohn. He was an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author. 

Quote of the day- Jim Rohn

March 30, 2021
Mary Kay Ash was an American businesswoman who founded Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.

Quote of the day- Mary Kay Ash

March 29, 2021
William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer who has earned many awards for his work.  

Quote of the day- Brad Pitt

March 26, 2021
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, activist, and diplomat. She was also the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.

Quote of the day- Eleanor Roosevelt

March 25, 2021
Gabrielle Bonheur

Quote of the day- Coco Chanel

March 24, 2021
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia, also known as

Quote of the day- Leo Buscaglia 

March 23, 2021
Understanding diversity recognizes and accepts that each individual is unique and different in many ways.

Quote of the day- Maya Angelou

March 22, 2021
After a perfect set by her teammates, junior Inaya Stanford tries to get Colonia the point. THe team is currently 4-3 with eight more games to go.

After a delayed season, girls volleyball is finally here

March 18, 2021

Quote of the day- Mike Dooley 

March 12, 2021
Robert Orben is a professional comedy writer who has also worked as a magician. He has written many books on comedy and magicians.

Quote of the day- Robert Orben

March 11, 2021
Regina Brett is an American author, podcaster, inspirational speaker, and newspaper columnist who currently writes for The Cleveland Jewish News. 

Quote of the day- Regina Brett 

March 11, 2021
John Michael Green is an American author who won many awards for his novels and is also a YouTube content Creator. 

Quote of the day- John Green

March 9, 2021
Geena Dunne is an Australian feminist writer and is the founder of The Cova Project which is an Australian charity. 

Quote of the day- G.D. Anderson

March 8, 2021
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, director, and narrator who has been in a variety of film genres. 

Quote of the day- Morgan Freeman 

March 5, 2021
because of the unfair wages social workers get, there is hesitation for some to go into this field of work.

Bringing attention to the importance of social workers

March 5, 2021
Roy T. Bennett is best known for being an author of many inspirational books that shed light on positivity and perspective.

Quote of the day- Roy T. Bennett

March 4, 2021
Zanele Muholi is a South African activist and artist who works mostly with photography and videography. She uses her art to highlight the beauty and individuality of black LGBTQ women.

Quote of the day- Zanele Muholi

March 3, 2021
Are you less inclined to even wear jeans these days? Well you aren't alone even though some research suggests that your performance is related to how you dress.

[Photo] Quarantine changes fashion preferences

March 2, 2021
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and short-story writer. His novels took place during the Jazz Age, a term he popularized. 

Quote of the day- F. Scott Fitzgerald

March 2, 2021
Putting together an outfit gives joy to some people, but not everyone.

Dressing up is good for the soul

March 2, 2021
Germany Kent is an American print, broadcast journalist, and social media etiquette expert. 

Quote of the day- Germany Kent

March 2, 2021
Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon was an author and rock band manager of  

Quote of the day- Ambrose Redmoon

February 26, 2021
Steve Jobs went to Reed College in 1972 and dropped out that same year to travel through India. He later studied Zen Buddhism. 

Quote of the day- Steve Jobs

February 25, 2021
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress from Houston Texas. 

Quote of the day- Beyonce

February 24, 2021

Quote of the day- Drew Barrymore

February 23, 2021
Thomas John Watson Sr. was the CEO and chairmen of International Business Machines. He was in charge of the company from 1914 until 1956. 

Quote of the day- Thomas J. Watson

February 22, 2021
George Sand was a French novelist who was a romantic writer known mostly for her so-called rustic novels.

Quote of the day- George Sand

February 19, 2021
Brene Brown is a researcher, author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers, and lives in Texas.

Quote of the day- Brene Brown

February 18, 2021

Quote of the day- Dr. Henry Link

February 17, 2021
Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. He died on January 24, 1965, in London.

Quote of the day- Winston Churchill

February 17, 2021
To make a relationship last, communication and effort have to be there.

Stages of relationships and falling in love in 2021

February 13, 2021
Thich Nhat Hanh has published titles about meditation, mindfulness, and engaged Buddhism. In the United States alone, he has sold over five million books. 

Quote of the day- Thich Nhat Hanh

February 13, 2021
Paul Bede Johnson CBE is an English journalist, author, popular historian, and speechwriter. 

Quote of the day- Paul Johnson

February 11, 2021
Dr. Travis Bradberyy is the award-winning co-author of The Seagull Manager and Emotional Intelligence 2.0. He is also the co-founder of TalentSmart. 

Quote of the day-Travis Bradberry

February 11, 2021
Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, global spiritual leader, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition. 

Quote of the day- Thich Nhat Hanh

February 10, 2021
Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and novelist who was a prime minister twice. 

Quote of the day- Benjamin Disraeli

February 9, 2021
Bruce Lee is known for his huge role in making the martial arts film genre popular to North American and European audiences. 

Quote of the day- Bruce Lee

February 4, 2021
Grenville Kleiser was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1968. He was a North American author as well as a couple other things. 

Quote of the day- Grenville Kleiser

February 3, 2021
Stephen William Hawking was a famously known English theoretical physicist. He sadly passed away at age 76. 

Quote of the day- Stephen Hawking

February 3, 2021
Peter Abelard was many things back in medieval times. He was a French scholastic philosopher, musician, poet, composer, theologian, teacher, and preeminent logician. 

Quote of the day- Peter Abelard

January 29, 2021
Brian Koslow is the founder and CEO/president of Breakthrough Coaching, Inc. It is a company that gives business training to professionals that aspire to become top earners in their fields.

Quote of the day- Brian Koslow

January 28, 2021
Alfred Austin DL was an English poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896. 

Quote of the day- Alfred Austin

January 27, 2021
Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor as well as the founder of several clinics and businesses involving medicine. 

Quote of the day- Jon Kabat-Zinn

January 26, 2021

Mladenovic piano skills take her to Carnegie Hall to play with their symphony orchestra.

January 26, 2021
John Ray was widely known as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Before 1670, he used to write his name as Wray, not Ray, but changed it after

Quote of the day- John Ray

January 25, 2021
Stephen Richards Covey was an author, businessman, educator, and keynote speaker. His popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Quote of the day- Stephen Covey

January 23, 2021

Quote of the day- Epictetus

January 23, 2021
Through all the bad in 2020, exciting and new things are awaiting in 2021. 2020 taught Americans about endurance; we endured the pandemic, natural disasters and even a stock market crash.

Both the good and bad of 2020

January 21, 2021
Desmond Tutu established a career in education but later turned to theology. From that, he became one of the worlds' most prominent spiritual leaders. Because of his efforts, in 1984, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Quote of the day- Desmond Tutu

January 21, 2021
Anthony Jay Robbins (Tony Robbins) is an American author, coach, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. Robbins is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books. 

Quote of the day- Tony Robbins

January 20, 2021
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He wasn't as recognized while alive but now is considered a figure in the history of poetry and art of the Romantic Age. 

Quote of the day- William Blake

January 19, 2021
Roy T. Bennett is the author of The Light in the Heart. He hopes his writing will help others become everything they are capable of becoming.

Quote of the day- Roy T. Bennett

January 15, 2021
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, disability rights advocate, and lecturer. She lost her sight and hearing around the age of nineteen months due to a lot of illness. 

Quote of the day- Helen Keller

January 14, 2021
David Joseph Schwartz, Jr. was an American motivational writer and coach as well as a few other things. He was best known for authoring The Magic of Thinking Big in 1959. 

Quote of the day- David Joseph Schwartz

January 14, 2021
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a lot of things. But he was mainly a German poet, novelist, playwright, and scientist. 

Quote of the day- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

January 12, 2021
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