Four hours of my Sunday night were spent cramming for yet another test in an AP class, along with several other tests, leading me to an extremely stressful Monday.
The day passed, the tests ended and...
In between spurts of drilling vocabulary flashcards, hastily filling out review packets and finally reading that chapter in your textbook, you hit the refresh button more times than you think your browser...
It’s sad but true - sleep deprivation is something that high school students are extremely familiar with. Either insomnia rips away sweet sleep, or projects, tests and essays have us up all night long.
We...
Walking into the Commons on Tuesday, Oct. 29, you could see a group of Student Council members standing by the stairs, with one of them holding a microphone. This is not a very uncommon occurrence, and...
Log onto Facebook and you’re likely to observe the train wreck that is teenage grammar. Misused homonyms run rampant and apostrophes are strewn about. What if we offered a course that would teach students...
The school’s recent late start and early release days create opposing viewpoints among students. Some favor late start days because they receive additional sleep. The most common praise students...
When you stop and think about it, the purpose of high school and college is to prepare young people for their lives in the work world. But how can we actually prepare ourselves for work life sitting in...
Those five inches of plastic hanging from the rear-view mirror of a car is a right of passage for juniors and seniors. Being able to drive yourself to and from school gives one a great sense of freedom...
Early morning, musty locker rooms and physical movement. Sounds like a delightful recipe for a wonderful day, right? Not to mention confusing rules of sports never played and just a slight pinch of sexism...
A typical student comes home on a Monday afternoon after taking all seven classes, which only occurs once in the usual school week.The weekend, a tedious C day, and now homework from all classes contributes...
Walking in the hallway, a passerby could see students all dressed in black or wearing pajamas this week. Different themes that are set to wear for each grade level throughout the week. Students don't...
Since my freshman year the water fountain in the ESOL hallway's water pressure is so low that no one can even drink from it.
This is a real inconvenience for many kids including the newspaper staff,...
