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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

Best of SNO

Winter Guard Moves Up to New Competition Class

By James Beers, Marquette High School February 13, 2025

Winter Guard starts off their season in a new class due to their performance last year. Watch the video to learn more about what this new class change means for the members. This story was originally...

Students walk out demanding awareness, advocacy toward immigration policies

By Andre Arcilla, Satenik Ayrapetyan, Linus Bossardt, Tania Lopez, Jenny Marquez, Genesis Cuellar-Figueroa, and Alex Salcedo February 12, 2025

Disclaimer: Profane language is present in the footage and images captured. The Pearl Post Editorial Board chose to include this footage without censorship in order to properly and effectively communicate...

Jelani Conteh (’26) leaps toward the hoop as he extends his arm to dunk Feb. 5. Member of the boys varsity basketball team Jack Duffy (’25) said the team’s collaboration helped them succeed. “The game was really well played for all of us,” Duffy said. “We really came together, showed a lot of chemistry and were able to, you know, get the victory.”

GALLERY Boys varsity basketball plays TASIS in season’s final home game

By Sophia Bateman, The American School in London February 12, 2025

This story was originally published on The Standard on February 7, 2025.

VIDEO East Asian Culture Club hosts Lunar New Year celebration

By Sophia Bateman, The American School in London February 12, 2025

This story was originally published on The Standard on February 7, 2025.

New student teachers

By Rowan Meyer, Hayden Strine, Adelyn Van Essen, and Landen Swift February 7, 2025

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on February 3, 2025.

Audio: Avoiding awkwardness — Phubbing disrupts interactions

By Edward Park, University of Chicago Laboratory High School February 7, 2025

Noises of rings and buzzes It’s a few minutes before class begins. As a student enters a room full of their peers, they notice everyone sitting quietly at their desks. Rather than chatting about how...

Doomscrolling

By Emily Chan and Eddy Miao February 7, 2025

This story was originally published on InFocus on January 30, 2025.

Lukas Doepke (’27) competes in the 50-meter freestyle Feb. 1. Doepke said he hopes to improve his style by the end of the season. “For my technique, I really want to get better at turns,” Doepke said. “I’d also like to get better at my freestyle because it’s, you know, the coolest one.”

GALLERY Swimmers compete in full-day meet

By Sophia Bateman, The American School in London February 7, 2025

This story was originally published on The Standard on February 5, 2025.

VIDEO: Black History Month kicks off with student-led assembly

By Joya Nath '28 and Matteo Ventresca '25 February 7, 2025

Mics boomed and shoes shuffled as students and staff settled into the Strath Haven auditorium for the annual Black History Month assembly. Student clubs Young Activists Coalition (YAC) and Black Students...

Business Beat: Florists make blooming impacts at La Bolsa Rosa

By Sabah Uddin and Rhea Chowdhary February 5, 2025

“At first it was just to help my sister, but then I wanted to get a little deeper,” La Bolsa Rosa florist Emma Garcia said. “It’s very cool to see…when you see the reaction of the person, sometimes...

English teacher ‘shows up’ cancer

By Brody Heidemann and Colton Knott February 4, 2025

This story was originally published on The Wingspan on January 31, 2025.

Tosa West Talks: I Made This!

By Evelyn Davis, Devin Long, and Emmersen Weber February 4, 2025

In this episode of Tosa West Talks - I Made This Podcast we talk with three sophomore students who made a catchy, unforgettable educational rap for their Sophomore required health class about the dangers...

Heads up

By Elena Konicki, West Shore Junior/Senior High School February 4, 2025

Staring at her artwork displayed on the ceiling of her beloved classrooms, senior Eve Looby said she feels a renewed sense of pride, knowing her school legacy is secured. She painted two ceiling tiles...

Flavor in Culture: How a Small Mexican Restaurant Captures Authenticity

By Sassy Garcia, Olivia Prentice, Nathan Smith, and Melanie Juarez Olivares February 4, 2025

La Michoacana is a small local Mexican restaurant that strives to bring culture and authenticity to its business and cuisine. While making sure to make all their customers feel welcome. This story was...

Santana Row rally gathers protestors against Trump’s presidential actions

By Samuel Tong and Charlie Wang January 31, 2025

Uriel Magdaleno, Silicon Valley Immigration Committee member: We're here to protest Trump's inauguration day. Since day one, he's promised to pass a bunch of executive orders that attacked the immigrant...

Audio: Dungeons & Dragons fosters creativity, connection

By Light Dohrn, University of Chicago Laboratory High School January 31, 2025

A group of U-High students gathers each week to play Dungeons & Dragons, an activity that they believe helps build community and imagination. As they step into the roles of their characters, the game...

Haven students honor MLK with day of service in Chester

By Matteo Ventresca '25, Strath Haven High School January 31, 2025

Students stood on one end of the table, smiling as they handed out bags filled with food and essential supplies to individuals and families dressed in layers. The sounds of “Thank you” and “Have...

Seniors Direct One Acts

By Stephan Bosnjak, Marquette High School January 31, 2025

The senior-led one acts will premiere on January 30th and 31st. The shows are "Bad Auditions by Bad Actors", "Oz", "The Search for Cindy", and "Rapunzel Uncut". Hear from one act director Alexandra Lappin,...

Winter white choir

By Devin Hoshaw, Millard West High School January 24, 2025

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on December 19, 2024.

Revitalizing West Chicago: Local businesses lead way in changing economy

By Antwan Angeles, Ana Hurtado, and Romina Pietanza January 17, 2025

The roads and sidewalks of downtown West Chicago tell a story of potential. Once a bustling railroad town, it now grapples with challenges common to many smaller cities: adapting to changing shopping habits...

Students share their experiences with the Southern California wildfire evacuations

By Jenny Marquez and Tania Lopez January 15, 2025

In this episode of the Room 22 podcast, co-host Jenny Marquez and guest co-host Tania Lopez interview sophomores Linus Bossardt, Jasmine Thompson and Isabella Tolosa about evacuating and keeping up with...

Daniel Bremer takes his opponent to the mat displaying impressive strength in the moment.

Photo Gallery: Orono Wrestling at Andover

By Nicolas Pasulka, Orono High School January 15, 2025

This story was originally published on The Spartan Speaks on December 18, 2024.

Rays Rap Clip – Annabelle Frazer

By Noa Batlle, Lauren Riley, and Lola Green January 10, 2025

In this clip of Rays Rap, Class of 2024 graduate Annabelle Frazer shares her experience about moving from a small town to a big city. This story was originally published on The MIA Wave on January 9,...

Marieme Toure Celebrates Culture Instead of Conjugation in the Classroom

By Melissa Waas, Rock Ridge High School January 9, 2025

French teacher Marieme Toure provides authentic experiences to her students that engage them with the French and Francophone culture; she wants them to explore the language beyond the grammar quizzes and...

LAUSD staff and admin sign final beam for new gym

By Lily Zimmerman and Isabella Adame Cordero January 9, 2025

Special thanks to Los Alamitos High School’s advanced film class, Focus Studios. Reporter: Lily Zimmerman Camera operator: Joe Burke Video editor: Isabella Adame Cordero News editor: Bella...

Classroom Conversations: The Struggles of a Teenage Immigrant

By Aline Gonzalez, Rock Ridge High School January 9, 2025

In this episode of Classroom Conversations, I discuss the difficulties teenage immigrants deal with at school, home, and during the holidays. During this episode, you will also hear about the English Learners...

Driving towards the basket, sophomore Cade Walker draws contact to the face on his way up. Millard West defeated the Chieftains 57-49.

Boys & Girls Basketball vs. Bellevue East

By Sam Whittaker, Millard West High School December 20, 2024

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on December 18, 2024.

Eagles Students Build Their Perch

By Braden Altrup, Wentzville Liberty High School December 20, 2024

This story was originally published on LHStoday on December 18, 2024.

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.”

Robotics hosts VEX tournament

By Lillian Gray and Wren Vanderford December 20, 2024

The McCallum robotics program hosted a Vex robotics tournament on Saturday Dec. 7, which drew in 27 teams, four of those were underclassmen teams from Mac—B, C, D and E. This season’s game is called...

Rock On

By Justin Small and Lydia Lange December 20, 2024

Since his sophomore year, Maxx Cockrum, senior, has held an interest in music, considering it to be one of his favorite hobbies. “But it’s always just been fun to hang out with my friends and...

Humans of FHN | Kimora Jordan

By Ben Bartels, Francis Howell North High School December 20, 2024

Kimora Jordan balances a hectic schedule as a junior. Being president of her class, a MAC Scholars leader, HOSA, and more. Ben Bartels interviews Kimora to see how she balances all her responsibilities...

Coffee Culture

By Stephan Bosnjak, Morgan Siegel, and Emily Chien December 17, 2024

Arriving at school everyday with an iced coffee in hand, Madeleine Donald, sophomore, said it's a necessity in her everyday life.  “I like caffeine, mostly because I get a headache if I don’t have...

Millard West goes All-State

By Jacob Larson and Aasif Sultani December 13, 2024

This story was originally published on The Catalyst on December 11, 2024.

Gator Tales: What it means to be a well-rounded student

By Vivian Amoia, Xavier College Preparatory December 13, 2024

Maryam Alqaderi '25, Bri Blair '26, and Saniya Dwivedi '27 share their experiences and how they contribute to their local communities. These well-rounded students balance academics, extracurriculars, family...

Humans of KPARK: Kiersten St. Julien

By Charlie Crass, Kingwood Park High School December 13, 2024

In the latest episode of Humans of Kingwood Park, host Charlie Crass talks with Kiersten St. Julien about her love for writing, her future plans and more. (Music: "Up to No Good" by Victor Natas" via freesound.org.) This...

Palo Alto Arts Festival

By Melody Xu, Palo Alto High School December 13, 2024

This story was originally published on InFocus on October 17, 2024.

VIDEO Writers Seminar holds first reading of school year

By Jaden Gardiola and Laila Taraporevala December 11, 2024

This story was originally published on The Standard on December 9, 2024.

Crave Cookies Opens Location in Ballwin

By Vihaan Madhavan, Marquette High School December 11, 2024

This past month, a new cookie shop, Crave Cookies, opened in Ballwin. MHSNews asked them how opening the store over the past month has been. This story was originally published on Marquette Messenger...

VIDEO Late Cafe spotlights student creativity, talent

By Sophia Bateman and Jaden Gardiola December 10, 2024

This story was originally published on The Standard on December 9, 2024.

Lessons in Chemistry

By Stephan Bosnjak and Anvi Talyan December 10, 2024

Utilizing a “becher” and “papier de chromatographie,” Pedro Rezende, senior, performed a chromatography experiment fully in French. Currently in their science language unit, the AP French class...

Holiday heroes

By Palin Nichols, Texas High School December 6, 2024

Eyes glow, teeth show and children of all different backgrounds and ages gather along the sidewalk of Target in Texarkana as police and fire department vehicles roll into the parking lot, lights flashing...

Photo Illustration | Erin Liu

Um yeah, so like…

By Erin Liu and Elizabeth Yang December 6, 2024

EL: Hi, I’m Erin. EY: Um, and, um and I’m uh, I’m Elizabeth. EL: “Um?” Don’t you know what your name is? EY: Well I do, but likeeeeeeeeeee,  . . . EL: Filler words...

Humans of KPARK: Rachel Hamilton

By Marie Wakefield, Kingwood Park High School December 6, 2024

In the latest episode of the Humans of Kingwood Park, meet freshman Rachel Hamilton. She spends part of the episode talking about how she deals with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle...

The Start of the FHN Pickleball Club

By Laney Quandt, Francis Howell North High School December 6, 2024

This year, Edward Lee and Sam Fitzsimmons started a new club here at FHN, the pickleball club. Here, they go through the struggles and demands that came with starting this new growing club. If you are...

The key to retaining teachers: a stronger community

By Yara Nimer, Adam Graf, Lark Rippy, and Annette Logan December 6, 2024

This story was originally published on The Gauntlet on November 21, 2024.

Dan Bovey announces his candidacy for West Chicago mayor during a rally held on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Beron Design Group in downtown West Chicago.

[PHOTO ESSAY] Bovey announces mayoral run, promising change for West Chicago

By Ruby Guerrero, West Chicago Community High School December 3, 2024

Dan Bovey and his family battled harsh winds and weather to bring new hope and inspiration to West Chicago citizens during his announcement of a mayoral run—the first time in a decade a new candidate...

Lauren Morris Thorp: A Winding Road to Entrepreneurship

By Adina Whaley and Taryn Cunningham November 26, 2024

This story was originally published on The Wildcat Roar on October 10, 2024.

Students react to the 2024 presidential election outcome

By Jenny Marquez and Aidan Lia November 26, 2024

In this episode of Room 22 podcast, co-hosts Jenny Marquez and Aidan Lia sit down with freshmen Amelie Graves and sophomore Mateo Zazueta to discuss their perspectives on the 2024 presidential election...

Paws-ing for storytime

By Madeline Petrick, Gretna East High School November 25, 2024

This story was originally published on The Wingspan on November 7, 2024.

‘Antigone’ is a modern, immersive tragedy

By Juliana Jaffe, Matthew Kao, and Mehran Reza November 25, 2024

Jefferson’s theater department is taking on "Antigone" as their first performance of the 2024 school year. With the help of the new theater director, Theresa Ohanian, the theater department will create...

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