475 Days
Lauren Teixeira, Ludlow High School
I’ve been waiting for today for 475 days, Alexandra Silva thought to herself as her orthopedist told her she was cleared to play soccer. It was July 14, 2016, and Alexandra,...
June 1, 2017
“Orange is the New Black” is also the Color of Success for alumni Heather Jeng Bladt
Ryen Hernandez, Bernardo Yorba Middle School
While most middle school students fill their after-school hours with homework, sports, and social media, Heather Jeng Bladt, an alumni of BYMS, Esperanza High School and USC’s...
June 1, 2017
Handprint for Kesten added to senior wall
Olivia Farmer, Baldwin High School
The sister of Ty Kesten, the Baldwin student who died in a motocross accident last year, added her handprint to the senior wall over the weekend as a tribute to her brother. That...
May 31, 2017
Emerson teen raises awareness of friend’s battle with cancer
Nina O'Connell, Emerson Junior-Senior High School
Jaiden Mason, a sophomore at Emerson Junior-Senior High School, is on a mission to help save her friend’s life. Her friend and neighbor, 14-year-old Natalie Lopac, has been...
May 31, 2017
Thin blue line
Grant Schlichting, Cannon Falls High School
It’s eleven O’clock on a Saturday night and Officer Paul Larson has just pulled over a rusted green blazer that has a tail light out. As he steps out of the squad car...
May 31, 2017
Walking to remember
Julia Ganbarg, Pascack Valley High School
Joanna Connors cannot stand cancer. So instead she walks. On Oct. 8, 2014, the unimaginable happened. Joanna Connor’s mother Lisa passed away from a rare form of leukemia...
May 30, 2017
Wayzata’s First Honorary Diploma
Joe Kottke and Elisabeth Oster, Wayzata High School
On Wednesday May 10th Esther Reichert Begam, an 88 year old Holocaust survivor received Wayzata’s first ever honorary diploma. Begam was taken when she was eleven to...
May 30, 2017
Community Bands Together to ‘Strike Out ALS’
Matthew Correa, Patchogue-Medford High School
On May 18th, 2017, Patchogue-Medford High School held its third annual ALS walk as part of the ALS Ride For Life. As described by alsrideforlife.org, the ALS Ride For Life...
May 26, 2017
“13 Reasons Why”: Important conversations parents should be having with their children
Ria Talukder, Lake Zurich High School
Parents and their children can sometimes be speaking different languages when it comes to understanding what is going on in the other’s head. A recently popular Netflix...
May 25, 2017
Local rhythmic gymnasts find the sport challenging, yet rewarding
May 24, 2017
Fourteen-year old Jodie Mendoza has been doing rhythmic gymnastics at Rhythmic Olympica in Glendale for...
Students make-up AP exams due to flooding
May 23, 2017
AP Students across Rockwood will take their exams later than expected after floods closed schools earlier...
May 22, 2017
Just like the construction worker who bonds with his tools or the surgeon that feels connected to his...
AP tests stress students, security alike
May 17, 2017
Advanced Placement students began to take their respective exams starting on May 1, leading some to groan...
“Orange is the New Black” is also the Color of Success for alumni Heather Jeng Bladt
Ryen Hernandez, Bernardo Yorba Middle School
While most middle school students fill their after-school hours with homework, sports, and social media, Heather Jeng Bladt, an alumni of BYMS, Esperanza High School and USC’s...
June 1, 2017
“13 Reasons Why”: Important conversations parents should be having with their children
Ria Talukder, Lake Zurich High School
Parents and their children can sometimes be speaking different languages when it comes to understanding what is going on in the other’s head. A recently popular Netflix...
May 25, 2017
Recent Arts & Entertainment Stories
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May 11, 2017
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May 5, 2017
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Breaking the stigma: mental health on campus and in the culture
Eloise Rollins-Fife, The Archer School for Girls
One in five. Twenty percent. Theoretically, nearly 100 Archer students. That’s how many adolescents, ages 13 to 18, currently live with or will develop a serious mental...
May 11, 2017
Recent Health Stories
Sleep Deprivation: The Teenage Nightmare
May 8, 2017
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New York’s new college plan shows little ‘HOPE’ for affordable college
Mitchell Smith, Starr's Mill High School
The state of New York has recently made history. A new law passed allowed families making under $100,000 to have access to free in-state tuition at New York public colleges...
May 5, 2017
Recent Opinions Stories
Preparing for AP exams? Here are the do’s and don’ts
May 5, 2017
Perhaps you’re in just as much shock as I am, but the time for AP testing...
Against our will: Taking AP tests is now forced upon teenagers
May 1, 2017
Forcing people to sit down for hours on end, not being allowed to speak, eat...
Schools neglect the biological clocks of teens
April 26, 2017
Most teenagers would rather hear a tornado siren than their alarm clock. Consequently,...
Gender inequality in sporting event attendance can be corrected
April 12, 2017
In a world where only 6-8 percent of sports media coverage is of womens’ sports,...
Students deserve mental health screenings
April 4, 2017
In first and eighth grade, students undergo mandatory hearing and vision screenings;...
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