Two weeks after Hurricane Beryl, the Tantuco family was still without power.  Amazingly, it was the first time their Afton Oaks home had gone without electricity, including May’s derecho and the...

For Baldwin students working at Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House, giving the patrons a good scare is the goal. Junior Sophia Colwell realized she had a talent for it during her very first shift. “The...

Most people in their twenties are planning their future, creating joyful memories, and exploring the world, but 26-year-old Krista Iuliano was busy fighting to have a tomorrow. Iuliano, a current South...

Mutamun Awadalla ‘27 takes out his phone during class, ignoring instructions from his teacher to keep it in his backpack. Then, he refuses instruction to put his phone in the phone pockets, and is...

Since the summer after sophomore year, Christopher Li ‘25 knew he wanted to plant a garden at Westwood. A year later, after collecting all the needed administrative approval, grant money, gardening...

The tumultuous college admission process, filled with looming deadlines, bombards millions of American students each year with stress, uncertainty and the pressure to stand out in a sea of applicants....

“You’re just faking it.” These words, often thrown carelessly at students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reflect the harmful misconceptions that cloud the condition. For...

Your fingers flutter across the keyboard. Click. Enter. Bursts of AI-generated text appear, filling the screen in just a few seconds. The answer is instant, but behind this seamless interaction lies a...

For new English teacher and cross country head coach Hannah Batchelor, her path toward joining the education profession took longer than usual – four years, in fact. Even though she grew up with family...

Eyes glued to his screen, Central senior Alexander Wang spends hours upon hours tinkering away on a project. What project you might ask? Wang is a part of Naperville North’s Huskie Robotics. The team...

Before his time at McCallum, Paul Pew taught band, orchestra and math to middle schoolers in Washington. Upon his move to Austin in 2007, he saw a job opening at McCallum. Pew took the position as a...

As technology advances, cyber crimes have become increasingly prevalent in society. The internet connects people from various demographics, regardless of race, age, or gender. While this connectivity...

When business teacher Diane Fickel asked her class “Who likes public speaking?” only Layan Ahmed ’25 raised her hand. Little did she know, this was just the beginning of her BPA journey. “Being...

Editor’s note: *Indicates source would only agree to be interviewed with the condition of anonymity as he is currently serving in the military. Trapped behind cold, gray barracks for nearly two years,...

At five years old, Sophomore Ella Moore had to be rushed to the hospital and put under anesthesia. When she woke up, she had a port in her collarbone and had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,...

Many parents can feel disconnected from the lives of their high school kids and are not sure how they can best support them. Woodside offers many resources for parents in both English and Spanish that...

Every fall, dozens of City High students sit alongside the undergraduates in seminars and lectures at the University of Iowa. These students are enrolled in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Option Program...

“It was a perfect October day: warm, at least in the mid to upper 70s, with no wind at all. In fact, it was the kind of heat and stillness that we used to call ‘earthquake weather,’” said Michael...

Robotics meets Homecoming. An unlikely meeting of two seemingly unrelated concepts, the Wilsonville robotics team Error Code Xero now hopes to bridge that gap by bringing their applied STEM concepts to...

Ever since senior America Franken was little, she’s always wanted to run her own business. Franken remembers sitting down with her mom and brainstorming business ideas such as creating their dream restaurants...

After singing an outstanding performance of the national anthem at a Texas Rangers game, Taylor Smith-Bothun prepares for a new week as the new associate principal of Coppell High School. Smith-Bothun...

When I first strolled down the bustling streets of Daegu, the air came alive with vibrant noises: vendors shouted across the market, the unmistakable beats of K-pop blasted loudly from every corner, scents...

Senior Stacy Saucedo is recovering from the feeling of being punched in the stomach, “at least three times”. Or at least, she would like to move on, but the pain returns every month, often to the extent...

It’s a crisp Monday morning, and Westridge is slowly waking up as a steady stream of students walk onto campus. Some head to their lockers or the Commons. Others head to the library. Despite the early...

She learned multiple Romance languages – Spanish and Italian, with French almost added to the mix – but she wasn’t truly in love with any of them. A magnet student at Bellaire High School from...

Scripts ready, cameras set, and gear packed, the film students prepare for their annual trip to New York for the All-American High School Film Festival – which might be for the last time due to new...

This fall, Diwali ー the Hindu festival of light ー and Halloween will both be celebrated on October 31. For many Indian families, this has aggravated culture tensions, leaving them in a tug of war between...

We’ve all heard of the gender pay gap – the fact that women are paid less than men for doing the same work. But the bigger, less talked about issue is the gender wealth gap. Wealth measures the value...

Tate Bruns (‘26) walks into College Prep class and puts her cell phone in a pocket on the wall. Last year, one could assume that if a student put their phone in the sleeve, it was by choice to get extra...

Four years ago, doctors gave Archer parent Eric Borstein three to six months to live. Last week, he walked 202 miles. From Los Angeles to San Diego, Borstein traversed Southern California for the first...

Having spent most of her life in China, junior Lindsey Niu was fluent in Chinese long before she set foot into Advanced Placement Chinese for the first time. Despite coming into class with a far deeper...

Junior Keoni Mallari’s school day starts at 4:30 a.m. He gets ready and gets dropped off at his bus stop, which then takes him to Five Star Elite Barbering College. He spends three hours each morning...

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From August through November, western monarch butterflies complete their migration from west of the Rocky Mountains to Southern California and Mexico, passing through the Bay Area. On their extensive 3,000...

A clock ticking past midnight and the rustling of a blanket invade the ears of Olivia Dothage as she competes in a staring contest with her ceiling. Dothage spends restless nights counting the hours before...

The story begins at 8:02 a.m., New Year’s Day, 2008. The mother is given a dozen red roses and a $50 gift certificate. The father is given a $50 gift certificate. The baby receives a $200 savings...

Kicking off their shoes and tossing their heavy backpack onto the floor, a student arrives at home after a long day at school. They slump onto their bed and mindlessly open TikTok, spiraling into an hour...

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Winston Churchill famously remarked that history is written by the victors, a truth that reflects the complexities of America’s historical narratives. The past of the United States is marked by the...

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