Carlmont reels from the effects of COVID-19
By Ruya Yaman and Zachary Khouri
June 1, 2020
As discussion rages on about the future of Carlmont, students and staff weigh-in to offer their opinions and experiences with online learning. This story was originally published on Scot Scoop News on May 30, 2020....
Wildcats Find Ways to Help During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Taila Lee, Woodside High School - CA
June 1, 2020
COVID-19 has affected everyone’s lives, and though times are tough, students at Woodside High School are finding ways to support their communities. Wildcat Masks “I have a bunch of friends and family that are kind of on the frontlines,” Elise Hadidi said. “At the beginning of quarantine...
Teaching from home: a new reality for teachers
By Diana Kohr and Pranav Mishra
June 1, 2020
For centuries, the traditional classroom has remained virtually unchanged: desks and chairs, pens and notebooks, teachers and students. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, has radically changed this image, forcing teachers to rethink their strategies in order to adapt to online learning....
Strain on meat supply chain, rising prices effects dietary choices
By Lucia Kouri, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
May 29, 2020
COVID-19 breakouts and coronavirus-induced slowdowns at meat processing plants have significantly reduced meat supply and increased meat prices in the US, forcing some families to reshape and reflect upon their diets. COVID-19 outbreaks have placed significant strain on the nation's food supply chain, particularly in meat processing plants, where more than 100,000...
Learning curves
By Jenna Crowley, Cathedral Catholic High School
May 29, 2020
For Cathedral Catholic High School student Taylor Lepisi ‘22, the inability to attend on-campus school has proved a serious obstacle for his learning capabilities. “For me, as a student, it's easier to keep track of upcoming assignments when the teachers are constantly reminding you," Lepsisi...
Impacts of COVID-19 on the senior class
By Steven Curto and Tanner Smith
May 29, 2020
On March 17, Gov. Laura Kelly ordered K-12 schools across the state to close for the rest of the academic year and transition to remote learning plans. The district was forced to cancel prom and postpone graduation until July 25, which has taken a toll on the senior class. To cope with the sudden...
Helping her community with a mask-making campaign
By Ana Cuen, Liberty High School - TX
May 28, 2020
Scissors, thread, stitches, and a camera. Simple materials on their own, but with the potential to save lives together. Most people have been staying home to help slow the spread of COVID-19. However, sophomore Stephanie Chung has taken it a step further and has created a campaign to make fac...
Students adapt summer plans, find new opportunities during social distancing
By Peter Pu, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
May 28, 2020
Despite canceled and postponed programs worldwide, the coronavirus pandemic has not stopped students from planning a productive summer break that maintains social distancing. Internships Internships including SummerLink programs for business, social sciences and humanities have been affected. Out of 2...
A musical response to COVID-19
By Scarlett Houser and Olivia Capochiano
May 28, 2020
It has been seven weeks since the Shelter in Place order has been given. Seven weeks since Texans have had the collective realization that we are now left to our own devices on how to spend our lives. For the musicians of McCallum and beyond, it has been a golden opportunity to do what there is often...
COVID in the community: Mrs. Nadine Kassity-Krich
By Cole Hume, Cathedral Catholic High School
May 28, 2020
University of San Diego admissions officer Mrs. Nadine Kassity-Krich discusses the novel coronavirus’s impact on admissions, and what incoming undergraduate and graduate students can expect for the Fall semester. This story was originally published on El Cid on April 25, 2020....
Celebrating The Graduates
By Lacie Perry, Cedar Park High School
May 28, 2020
The COVID-19 virus may have taken away spring sports, prom and traditional graduation plans, but it can’t take away their celebration, thanks to one mom, Lisa Hunt, who started the “Adopt a Senior” group on Facebook for LISD seniors. The “Adopt a Senior” was created in central Texas during...
‘Zoom bombers’ target Cal High’s video conference with Vietnam War veterans
By Isabelle Coburn, California High School - CA
May 27, 2020
Nearly 100 Cal High juniors had their Zoom meeting for U.S. history hijacked on Friday when they were continuously shown screen shared videos depicting racial abuse, suicide, executions, and pornographic material. The meeting was designed to give students taking U.S. history an opportunity to interact...
A virtual reality: Juniors tour their future schools online
By Makinsey Drake, Parkway West High School
May 27, 2020
With colleges closed all around the country due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, college-seeking students have had to explore their future school options via virtual tours. Juniors Reese Berry, Bri Davis and Nicholas Harms have all attended virtual college tours as an alternative to in person visi...
RSD Community Lends Helping Hand to Students and Families
By Lauren Pickett, Marquette High School
May 27, 2020
Rene Moore, senior, faces a new stressor amid the threats of an unparalleled crisis in recent history with the novel coronavirus pandemic. She is concerned for her grandparents' medical issues and financial insecurity. Her grandmother is unemployed and her grandfather is out of work due to a shutdown...
COVID-19 impacts economy
By Mia George and Ella Podurgiel
May 27, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has delivered the fastest, deepest economic shock in history,” according to an article by the Guardian published Mar. 25. This article also said that as a result of the spread of Coronavirus, all sectors of the economy and financial markets have been dramatically affect...
‘They did not have any tests’: how Covid-19 tore through the tri-state area
By Jared Mitovich, Pascack Hills High School
May 27, 2020
On March 13, the day school closures were announced statewide, there were 50 reported Covid-19 cases in New Jersey. By April 13, the virus would infect over 100 in Woodcliff Lake and Montvale alone. With preliminary studies in New York indicating that 14.9% of its population had contracted the coronav...
Behind the scenes of COVID-19 testing with Mr. Rick Chandler
By Charlotte Burchetta and Libby Kaseta
May 27, 2020
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, healthcare and other essential workers are dedicating their time and skills to serve others in this time of need. Mr. Rick Chandler, Senior Vice President for Strategic Development at Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx, New York, helps organize and coordinate...
Junior Ava Thompson founds FaceTime Storytime volunteer service
By Anna Brodsky, Archer School for Girls
May 26, 2020
Inspiration comes in many forms — and for junior Ava Thompson, it came from a meeting with a teacher and a bag of childhood books from her garage. At the end of March, Thompson had the idea to found FaceTime Storytime, a volunteer service in which teenagers read to younger children over video chat....
Stuck-at-home boredom makes hair dyeing an exciting pastime
By Amanda Cassel, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
May 26, 2020
The governor may have deemed hair salons to be non-essential businesses, but when teens are stuck at home facing extreme boredom, some take matters into their own hands by turning changes in hair color and style into entertainment. “It’s just no one can see how bad you look over Zoom, and it’s...
Students sharpen culinary skills by baking during quarantine
By Chareena Pascua and Christopher Sarenana
May 26, 2020
Since the start of the quarantine, many students, including junior Amelia Sanchez, have spent their time baking either to ease anxiety or use up some of their free time at home. “I never used to bake that often but with more time on my hands, I have been baking about two to four days a week,”...
CSU colleges move fall term classes online while others plan for in-person instruction
By Lucy Dou and Sonali Carumbaya
May 26, 2020
On Tuesday May 12th, Chancellor Timothy Chite of California State University announced that this fall, the nation’s largest four-year college system is planning to cancel most in-person classes. Instead, all 23 campuses will offer online classes to students. The current decision has considered the...
Athletic adjustments
By Caroline Chandler, West High School
May 26, 2020
Amongst the flood of cancellations, spring sports seasons are no exception. What will become of the summer season has yet to be announced. Athletes are doing their best to stay in shape and keep their hopes up for next year’s seasons. However, college recruitment plans have also been cut short, having...
The Talking Point: Episode Five: Hope?
By Eli Weiss, Shalhevet High School
May 26, 2020
In this episode, staff writer Juliet Wiener interviews science teacher Dr. Elizabeth Basheer on the why it may take so long to develop a coronavirus vaccine and Senior Editor Alex Rubel shares his thoughts on how to stay motivated as a senior in the age of COVID.Co-hosts Molly Litvak and Benjamin Ga...
Will Schools Be Back to Normal in the Fall?
By Mario Grugan, Tyrone Area High School
May 26, 2020
As summer looms with no end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight, the big question on every student's mind is: "What will happen next school year?" Unfortunately, public health officials, politicians, administrators, and teachers all seem to have the same answer: “We don’t know.” As the picture...
The Effects of COVID-19 on Children and Their Families
By Nicole O. '20, Padua Academy
May 26, 2020
School closures have been a huge effect of COVID-19. Usually, only older students are thought of during this time. High school and middle school students have the advantage of being able to easily meet with their teachers, do class work, and still hang out with their friends on a virtual level. However,...
Local eateries cautious about resuming dine-in services
By Samantha Powers, McCallum High School
May 26, 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott announced on April 27 that starting May 1, essential businesses could reopen to 25% capacity. These essential businesses included restaurants, movie theaters, and malls. In Austin, some restaurants responded to the order by reopening to partial capacity, but a lot of Austin restaurants...
High-Risk: Living With Chronic Illness During COVID-19
By Arpitha Sistla, Marquette High School
May 26, 2020
A day in the life of Jesse Deutch, sophomore, looks a lot like any other teen in quarantine’s day. She sleeps in, does her schoolwork, FaceTimes her friends and scrolls for hours through TikTok to occupy herself and avoid the inevitable boredom that comes with self-quarantine. However, unlike...
Additional costs, plummeting endowment will leave multi-year financial impact on Lab
By Berk Oto, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
May 26, 2020
Whenever someone enters one of the Laboratory Schools buildings to pick up something out of a classroom, they have to be escorted by security personnel. And when they leave, custodial crews clean up everywhere they went and everything they touched. “We’ve always invested a lot in cleaning, but...
Across the Region, Cheerleading Tryouts Go Virtual
By MacKenzie Hyde, Tyrone Area High School
May 26, 2020
Due to the coronavirus, athletes across the country have been forced to be creative in order to prepare for what will hopefully be the fall sports season. Makeshift at-home gyms, team zoom meetings, and remote workouts have become common for athletes of all sports. For high school cheerleading squads...
Learning to accept
By Andrea Plascencia, Lewisville High School - TX
May 26, 2020
Spring tends to be a time of euphoria for teachers and students. Though tasks are endless and stress is at an all-time high, the underlying excitement about the quickly approaching summer always prevails. The end of year, though unbearable at times, is jam-packed with events and activities to give the...
Religious observances during quarantine
By Tasneem Nasufovic, Ulaa Kuziez, Ridwan Oyebamiji, and Ulaa Kuziez
May 26, 2020
With holidays arriving during a pandemic –and social distancing measures remaining in effect across the globe to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus–students describe how their practices changed during this unprecedented time. Ramadan: Ramadan is a holy month observed by Muslims as a month of ...
Prisoners deserve better during COVID
By Sophia Van Beek, The Masters School
May 26, 2020
In an Alabama state prison, an anonymous man is hunched over a camera pleading for his life; another inmate claims that “death is imminent” according to a CNN report. One hundred inmates rioted for their lives when six people at the Washington State Penitentiary tested positive for COVID-19, according...
Opening Up
By Isa Muhlecke, Gretna High School
May 26, 2020
Starting on April 2, all non-essential businesses in Nebraska were ordered to close. Businesses like movie theaters, salons, shopping malls and gyms all closed on that day. Since then, Nebraska has started the path to flatten the curve, with fewer people contracting COVID-19 since the closure. However, staying closed has caused businesses to lose money, even facing bankruptcy. Which is why ...
New York allowing minyans, Los Angeles not yet
By Molly Litvak, Shalhevet High School
May 22, 2020
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Wednesday that religious gatherings of up to 10 people will be permitted there starting tomorrow, but Los Angeles rabbis say they have not heard anything about when davening and religious services might be permitted in Los Angeles or California. Head of...
Working Out While Staying In
By Sarah Percy, Francis Howell Central High School
May 22, 2020
Quarantining in your own home is no easy task. The hours become days, the days weeks, and the weeks a month. And all the while, as time goes on, your motivation continues to deteriorate with each passing minute. Motivation to do the school assignments that at this point seem monotonous and a way to...
Trapped
By Hanah Kitamoto and Misha Canin
May 22, 2020
Six feet. That’s the distance every person is recommended to stay physically apart from others, according to the CDC. Although social media and other online communication methods can partly fulfill the sense of isolation, some may believe seeing a friend over a screen simply isn’t the same as in-person....
Cal High students are working in grocery stores as essential workers
By Liann Bielicki, California High School - CA
May 22, 2020
Mile-long lines, brawls over toilet paper and waves of frenzied shopping have put the brunt of the coronavirus panic on grocery store workers. While other workers across the world may find ways to turn their jobs digital, these employees must be at work because of the highly essential nature of their...
Working from home: teaching while parenting
By Bess Frerichs, West High School
May 22, 2020
When schools closed after spring break to not reopen for the rest of the year, science teacher Jenny Eustice had to figure out how to homeschool her kids while teaching her classes. Jenny’s kids are both elementary age: her daughter Peyton is eight and her son Charlie is six, and while elementary schools...
What Will The Future Look Like?
By Connor Thompson, Lake Ridge High School
May 22, 2020
COVID-19 has brought our way of life to a screeching halt, but we have adapted. First responders have gone above and beyond the call of duty to keep those who have been infected alive. Grocery store employees have continued to work so that the American public still can put food on their table. Just two...
COVID-19 has transformed the world into a classroom
By Sydney Kim, Sacred Heart Greenwich
May 22, 2020
This year, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a period of great uncertainty and enormous change. Although we have reshaped our definitions of work, shopping, and socialization, we, as a country and as a world, are struggling to redefine education. As politicians, principals, and parents...
Quiet Halls and Longer Days
By Rachel Kuntz, Powell High School
May 22, 2020
First, the cancellation of sports practices and activities. Next, a three-week spring break. And then, the cancellation of all spring events and the transition to remote learning. No one could have prepared for where we are today, bringing worries of the repercussions that follow. Despite...
New mothers face isolation challenges amidst COVID19
By Kayla Estrada, Kings High School
May 22, 2020
Lisa DeBord felt blessed to have her husband with her the whole time during the delivery of her third child on April 3. The hard part came afterward when no one was allowed to visit. “No one was allowed to visit me after my son was born, including my Mom or my other children. All doctors and...
COVID-19 and the class of ’21: a new approach to college admissions
By Taylor McGuire and Eliya Howard-Delman
May 21, 2020
With colleges and universities closed due to COVID-19, many students approaching their senior year are wondering, “what will the application process look like for me?” With SAT and ACT tests canceled or postponed and college campuses closed, the application process is bound to be exceptionally different...
Atlanta community comes together to support healthcare workers
By Lindsay Ruhl, Henry W. Grady High School
May 21, 2020
Although the Atlanta community can’t physically come together, people across the city have come up with various ways to stay connected while supporting healthcare workers fighting COVID-19. Every night at 8 p.m., residents in the Midtown area go out on their balconies to cheer and chant for the frontliners. “I live right in the middle of the cheeri...
Is This Love? Episode 6: Self-love in self-isolation
By Kimberly Mitchell, Anna Feng, Zachary Khouri, and Samantha Chu
May 21, 2020
Two months into quarantine, people all around the world continue to adjust to their new life under a pandemic. In this episode of Is This Love? Zach, Kim, Alena, and Anna discuss how social distancing and coronavirus have affected their progress towards self-love and how to stay positive amidst a glo...
COVID-19 poses difficult dilemma for rising college freshmen
By Cate Bikales, Lincoln High School - OR
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 has created a challenging situation for current high school seniors: go to college in the fall or skip it? According to a national survey of 487 rising college freshmen conducted by the Art & Science Group, a higher-education consulting firm, one in six high school seniors who originally...
Georgia Census groups scramble to change practices amidst COVID-19
By George Lefkowicz, Henry W. Grady High School
May 20, 2020
The United States Constitution mandates that every 10 years, the government counts everybody under its jurisdiction. Since its start in 1790, the U.S. Census has attempted a direct count of every person in the country to determine direct taxes, congressional districts and billions of dollars of funding...
COVID-19 economic crisis impacts Grady community economically
By Ava Smith, Henry W. Grady High School
May 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected public health, it has also affected the health of the economy. Amid shutdown orders across the country, Georgia was one of the last states to issue a “shelter at home” policy and mandated that “non-essential” businesses close their doors. One...
Senior Slump: The Favorable, The Dreadful and The Disheartening
By Addie Dawson, Cedar Park High School
May 20, 2020
This 2020 school year is the most unique year that many of us have ever lived through, with a global pandemic breaking out right before school let out for spring break on March 13. Little did the students know, once they left for spring break, they’d really be leaving for an early summer vacation,...
LCPS Changes Grading Policy Due to Covid-19
By Morgan Fischer, Dominion High School
May 20, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic closing LCPS schools, the LCPS administration and school board decided to change how the 4th quarter would be graded as well as how final grades would work for students across the county. LCPS has been teaching its students through its Continuity in Education plan in which,...