![Delicately placing the string to form the shape of a cornucopia, seniors Haley Burton and Avery Nelson create the November arrangement for the Flower of the Month Club. This club is led by Advanced Floral Design Students and provides a monthly arrangement to community members who subscribe to receive them. “I think flower of the month club is a really impactful way to show your loved ones ‘hey I really care about you,’ or even if they’re just for yourself, they’re a little pick-me-up throughout the month that [say] ‘I’m doing ok, and these flowers make my day a little bit brighter,” Nelson said. “I like giving people flowers because people value the flowers more and they value themselves more.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ava-Holmes-3-edit.jpg)
![Within the U.S., the busiest shopping period of the year is Cyber Week, the time from Thanksgiving through Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year, shoppers spent 3.3 billion on Cyber Monday, which is a 7.3% year-over-year increase from 2023. “When I was younger, I would always be out with my mom getting Christmas gifts or just shopping in general. Now, as she has gotten older, I've noticed [that almost] every day, I'll open the front door and there's three packages that my mom has ordered. Part of that is she just doesn't always have the time to go to a store for 30 minutes to an hour, but the other part is when she gets bored, she has easy access to [shopping],” junior Grace Garetson said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSC_0249.JPG-1200x801.jpg)
![French teacher Marieme Toure serves a plate of the Senegalese food she prepared for her AP French Language and Culture class, to senior Faiza Syed. “I never had Senegalese food before,” Syed said. “I thought it was so cool that she was able to bring a part of her culture [and] background to us.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_0798-1200x906.jpeg)
![NEW CHALLENGE, NEW TEAM MEMBERS: Every season, VEX creates a new game that robotics team members are faced with and have to build a robot to compete in. This year’s game forces students to create a robot that is able to stack rings onto mobile goals in order to score points. The change in games each season is something that robotics teacher Audrea Moyers appreciates.
“One of the things that I like about VEX is that they have a new problem to solve every year,” she said. ¨Even though the equipment’s the same, they have to analyze the game, and they have to come up with solutions that are unique that year. They are using their knowledge from prior years, but they have to kind of redesign a problem.”
As returning teams were faced a new game, some new teams and members had to adapt to a uncommon playing field and game.
“Three of our four teams were competing for the first time this year, and they had very different experiences match to match, so I think they learned a lot,¨ she said. ¨It’s hard just watching a video online to know how it’s actually going to be in person, so they all learned a lot about what gameplay is like, how to work with an alliance partner [and] how to adapt during the day to changes.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_9283-1-1200x800.jpg)
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Green Hope High School (Cary, NC)
October 14, 2024
Prosper High School (Prosper, TX)
October 15, 2024
Carlmont High School (Belmont, CA)
October 29, 2024
Daegu International School (Daegu, )
October 31, 2024
Walter Johnson High School (Bethesda, MD)
November 9, 2024
Liberty High School - TX (Frisco, TX)
November 25, 2024
Westwood High School (Austin, TX)
November 26, 2024
South Windsor High School (SOUTH WINDSOR, CT)
November 26, 2024
Baldwin High School - PA (Pittsburgh, PA)
November 27, 2024
Delaware Valley Regional High School (Frenchtown, NJ)
November 27, 2024
Hagerty High School (Oviedo, FL)
December 3, 2024
Wentzville Liberty High School (Lake St. Louis, MO)
December 5, 2024
Kingwood Park High School (Kingwood, TX)
December 9, 2024
The American School in London (London, )
December 10, 2024
Fuquay-Varina High School (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina)
December 17, 2024
The Harker School (San Jose, CA)
December 27, 2024
Downers Grove South High School (Downers Grove, IL)
December 27, 2024
Huron High School - Ann Arbor, MI (Ann Arbor, MI)
January 2, 2025
Bernards High School (Bernardsville, NJ)
January 6, 2025
James Bowie High School (Austin, TX)
January 10, 2025
Brea Olinda High School (Brea, CA)
January 13, 2025
Burlingame High School - CA (Burlingame, CA)
St. John's School - TX (Houston, TX)
Pleasant Valley High School - IA (Bettendorf, IA)
Parkway West High School (Ballwin, MO)
Sunny Hills High School (Fullerton, CA)
Alexandria City High School (Alexandria, VA)
Nonnewaug High School (WOODBURY, CT)
Willis High School (Willis, TX)
Sage Creek High School (Carlsbad, CA)
Westminster Christian Academy (Town & Country, MO)
Rutherford B. Hayes High School (Delaware, OH)
North Allegheny Senior High School (Wexford, PA)
Rancho Cucamonga High School (Rancho Cucamonga, Ca)
Foothill Technology High School (Ventura, CA)
Day Creek Intermediate School (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
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McCallum High School (Austin, TX)
Francis Howell North High School (St. Charles, MO)
Strath Haven High School (Wallingford, PA)
West Chicago Community High School (West Chicago, IL)
Kennedy High School - IA (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Xavier College Preparatory (Phoenix, AZ)
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Richard Montgomery High School - MD (Rockville, MD)
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Gulliver Preparatory (Pinecrest, FL)
Marco Island Academy (Marco Island, FL)
Jonathan Alder High School (PLAIN CITY, OH)
Coppell High School (Coppell, TX)
Texas A&M University - College Station (College Station, TX)
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duPont Manual High School (Louisville, KY)
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The Masters School (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
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The Blake School (Minneapolis, MN)
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Clague Middle School (Ann Arbor, MI)
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Maize Career Academy (Maize, KS)
Mansfield Legacy High School (Mansfield, TX)
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McLean High School (McLean, VA)
Mountain View High School (Mountain View, CA)
St. Mary's Episcopal School (Memphis, TN)
Friends School of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - KY (Lexington, KY)
South Broward High School (Hollywood, FL)
Portola High School (Irvine, CA)
Kaneland High School's student news publication (Maple Park, IL)
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, IL)
North Cobb High School (Kennesaw, GA)
Ocean Lakes High School (Virginia Beach, VA)
Four Corners Upper School (Davenport, FL)
Columbia Heights High School (Columbia Heights, MN)
Clover Hill High School (Midlothian, VA)
University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)
Westridge School (Pasadena, CA)
Lincoln East High School (Lincoln, NE)
Woodside High School - CA (Woodside, CA)
Doherty High School (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO)
Woodbridge High School (Irvine, CA)
Lovejoy High School (Lucas, TX)
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Adel DeSoto Minburn High School - IA (Adel, IA)
Olathe West High School (Olathe, KS)
Pittsburg High School - KS (Pittsburg, KS)
Silver Creek High School (Longmont, CO)
McKinley High School - HI (Honolulu, HI)
Londonderry High School (Londonderry, NH)
Shorecrest Preparatory School (, )
Johnson High School (Buda, TX)
HB Plant Senior High School - Newspaper (Tampa, FL)
Shaler Area High School (Pittsburgh, PA)
Wilde Lake High School (Columbia, MD)
West Brunswick High School (Shallotte, NC)
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Philadelphia, PA)
Altoona Area Junior High School (Altoona, PA)
Bloomfield Hills High School (, )
Fossil Ridge High School (Fort Collins, CO)
Patriot High School (Nokesville, VA)
Solon High School (Solon, OH)
Southern Lehigh Senior High School (Center Valley, PA)
Arlington High School (Arlington, Tenessee)
Minneapolis South High School (Minneapolis, MN)
Hickman High School (, )
International School of the Sacred Heart (Tokyo, )
Manitou Springs High School (Manitou Springs, CO)
Powell High School (Powell, WY)
Laguna Blanca School (, )
Fort Worth Country Day (Fort Worth, TX)
Benilde-St. Margaret's School (St. Louis Park, MN)
DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (DUNCAN, OK)
Stafford High School (Fredericksbur, VA)
Wadsworth High School (Wadsworth, OH)
Shalhevet High School (Los Angeles, CA)
Robinson High School - FL (Tampa, FL)
Bronx River High School (, )
Pace High School (New York, NY)
Normal West High School (Normal, IL)
Hackley School (Tarrytown, NY)
Carnegie Vanguard High School (Houston, TX)
Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy (Miami, FL)
California Scholastic Journalism Initiative (Sacramento, CA)
Lightridge High School (Aldie, VA)
California State University - Fresno (Fresno, CA)
George Washington University Online High School (, )
Norton Science & Language Academy (Apple Valley, CA)
Lake Forest Academy (, )
Middle College High School (Santa Ana, CA)
Mentor High School (Mentor, OH)
Windsor High School (Windsor, CO)
Lampasas High School (Lampasas, TX)
Los Altos High School (Los Altos, CA)
Texas High School (Texarkana, TX)
Homewood High School (Homewood, AL)
FULLERTON UNION HIGH SCHOOL (Fullerton, CA)
South Forsyth High School (Cumming, GA)
Walnut Grove High School (Prosper, TX)
Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC)
Colonia High School (Colonia, NJ)
Immaculata-La Salle High School (Miami, FL)
Normal Community High School (Normal, IL)
Louisa County High School (Mineral, VA)
Northwood High School (Irvine, CA)
Sartell High School (Sartell, MN)