The San Mateo County American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 829 union picketed in front of Burlingame City Hall for 16 hours on Monday, Dec. 4, citing intimidation...

Counter-protestors came out in a show of love and support for Manual students today in order to muffle the hateful chanting from members of Westboro Baptist Church who were protesting near Manual’s campus....

Following a year with an unprecedented number of book bans, action against libraries in the U.S. has only increased. Individuals have begun issuing bomb threats to libraries across the nation, causing...

For the purpose of maintaining his anonymity in this story, we will refer to a physician at Kaiser Permanente as Physician A. America’s largest healthcare strike in history ended on Friday, Oct. 13...

In the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) use has been on the rise. According to EdWeek, roughly 25% of high school students use AI in the classroom, which is a higher number than in past years. ...

The metallic creature whirs across the stage. Time ticks down. The audience holds its breath. 249 points! With that, freshman Aasiya Sheikh’s team broke a world record at FIRST, an international...

As the colder months set in, most Marin residents with adequate housing can head indoors to stay warm, but for the approximately 1,000 unhoused people in Marin County, this is not an option. Unhoused people’s...

Ankeny students remember their love for reading starting in elementary school, but they might not have realized some of their peers were struggling in the very thing they enjoyed. At some Ankeny elementary...

On Friday, Nov. 17, approximately 30 high school students from across Marin walked out of their schools in support of Palestinian civilians and a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The group of teens...

Math teacher Charles Cowey rolls up to the elevator on his scooter to see the bright yellow ‘out of order’ sign plastered across the doors. His broken foot doesn’t allow him to climb stairs like...

For the safety of minors, students' faces have been blurred and students will be referred to by their initials. On Day 26 of the Israel-Hamas war, students from various cultures, ethnicities, ages,...

Fake bomb threats have plagued multiple MCPS schools over the past month. Eventually, the police linked the threats to a 12-year-old boy who cannot be charged for his offenses, due to his age. Blair...

The Frenchtown Bookshop has successfully fought the local Zoning Committee after a neighbor's noise complaint led to a cease and desist letter being sent to the business. The local establishment is...

A Shalhevet delegation of 21 students, four faculty, and many alumni and families stood in the front row of the March for Israel this past Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in what speakers...

The Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations held a rally for Israel on Nov. 14 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. According to...

The California Department of Education published a revision of the California Mathematics Framework (CMF) on July 12, 2023 to “offer guidance for implementing content standards,” according to the California...

From 7:55 a.m. until 8:35 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, Wayland community members protested against the recent antisemitism in the “Wayland Stands Against Hate” rally. The rally took place outside of Wayland...

During the Nov. 7 board meeting, the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) Board of Education heard public comments regarding a potential policy that would ban the LGBTQ+ flag from all classrooms,...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an investigation into 6PPD-quinone, a chemical found in tires, following a decline in fish populations believed to be linked to the...

The NASH cafeteria is home to many different sounds: the excited call of hungry students, the scraping of plastic utensils on styrofoam trays, and the echo of locker doors slamming nearby. But recently...

After being signed into law June 7, 2023, by Gov. Mike Parson, the Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, which restrains minors’ access to gender affirming care, went into effect Aug....

The Republican election night party for candidate Daniel Cameron, which took place at the Downtown Marriott Hotel, was full of families with young children, older constituents and even a young man in an...

If you’ve been driving around the Twin Cities, you may have noticed that many first-ring suburbs—cities that share a border with a major city—have been including more bike lanes, trails and sidewalks,...

Several Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members proposed a new ban to eliminate new smoke shops and signage being built in Westport, according to their discussion on Oct. 16.  Most commissioners,...

For the past year, many teachers nationwide have been fighting the use of AI in classrooms. Now, the school district is turning the tables. In August, USD 497 purchased software called Gaggle that advertises...

Monday evening, sophomore Claire Moody passionately spoke at the Board of Education meeting about students' irritation with mastery scale grading.  Mastery scale grading is a redesign of the traditional...

Cherelle Parker, mother of a Springside Chesnut Hill Academy student, is on track to become the first female mayor in the history of Philadelphia. A Mount Airy native, Parker served as a member of the...

Redwood Shores: a suburban area filled with families and wildlife in the Bay Area. With uniform houses lined up behind perfectly cut lawns, many view this small town as the ideal place to settle down....

Frightened students were clustered in the corners of classrooms for over an hour this morning while SWAT teams scoured the halls of duPont Manual High School, investigating an active shooter threat. Just...

In a federal lawsuit alongside 41 other states, North Carolina Attorney General Mark Stein filed a lawsuit against social media conglomerate Meta.  Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and other companies,...

The situation at a glance... The Kalven Report In the politically turbulent 1960s the University of Chicago president appointed a committee to define the role of the university in terms of “political...

As ChatGPT continues to become a larger part of our everyday lives, certain teachers, like history teacher Derek Smith, are deciding to teach it as a teaching tool. “I think it's such a revolutionary...

“Most people would say it was a heroic thing, that I jumped into action when I did,” Coppell Middle School East cross country coach Austin Yaeger said.“To me, I just felt like something needed to...

California’s 2023 fire season has been subdued compared to past years, allowing for less damages to local communities and more pristine skies.  Heavy rainfall in this past spring helped alleviate...

Personal, technical, and workplace skills. These are the three components that uphold the SkillsUSA framework and have subsequently become integrated into a community service project making a tangible...

It's a typical Wednesday morning at Coppell High School and the day of an AP English Literature unit test. CHS English teacher Benjamin Stroud holds 29 test copies. Little more than half his students...

On Sept. 20, the Fairfax Police Department and the Ross Valley Fire Department (RVFD) responded to a 911 call regarding an arson attack near Peri Park in Fairfax. The RVFD quickly extinguished the fire,...

As fears and tensions rise around the Israel-Hamas conflict, adults and students alike are highlighting the importance of accountable online news sourcing, informative discussions, and showing support...

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Various students, parents, and people of the FHSD community were seen holding up signs and heard speaking out during the Board of Education meeting on Oct. 26, after a newly proposed policy, if approved,...

Hearing about a new proposed law, junior Avery McMahon was shocked. As co-president of the Bowie book club, she was disgusted. Reading further, she couldn’t help but think: school libraries are under...

On Oct. 20, CESJDS alumnus Omer Balva (‘19) was killed by an antitank missile fired from Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, while serving as a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...

As a brand new year starts at Prosper High School, hundreds of new students swarm the hallways in search of their classes. Out of the 3,434 students that attend PHS, a whopping 350 of them are brand-new...