Representative Mary Gay Scanlon made it clear why Strath Haven was chosen as the kickoff location for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. During her brief introductory speech for the event, she...

People bustle around in a constant routine, as numbers are announced loudly. B12. I26. O67. Eyes dart from board to board, and students watch on. One last number is called, and cheers erupt from one side...

In less than 24 hours this week, two unrelated shooting deaths took place within a two-mile radius of Lawrence High — marking continued violence that has often impacted teenagers. Former LHS student...

Pastures once filled with livestock now stand in the midst of a blazing inferno. As firefighters and other first responders work on the front lines to head off the flames and protect communities, they...

When Akshara Sai Venkatesan (‘24) opened up her United States history textbook to research the history of Indian Americans, she was both surprised and disappointed to find a lack of relevant material....

On Nov. 7, Texans voted on 14 new amendments to be added to the Texas Constitution. This was the first time some McCallum students participated in an election, and it brought many different emotions, including...

This story contains an alternate format that can only be viewed on the original site. View this story on FHC Today. It was originally published on March 5, 2024. 

Two Ivy League schools announced that they will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, starting with the class of 2029. This comes after they decided to waive test requirements...

Key Connecticut state legislatures are likely to introduce a bill banning legacy admissions at public and private universities in the upcoming 2024 legislative session, which would make Connecticut among...

Andrew Scognamiglio, senior, is looking forward to voting in the 2024 presidential election this fall and participating in the candidate nomination process. “I’ve always had an interest in politics...

Children carved out trouble for themselves when they brought popular new toy knives to schools in Korea over the past few months. Known as the “carrot knife” in English, 당근칼 is a plastic toy...

Securing the lid back on the dry-erase marker, nutrition teacher Halle Whittington completes a message on the whiteboard outside her door. The sign is addressed to her fifth-period class, reminding them...

On the morning of Feb. 6, band students gathered in their classroom as usual. And it was a pretty typical morning—except for one unsettling change. “Some people came with a ladder,” sophomore...

On Feb. 13, an altercation between adult spectators began after Gunn’s senior-night varsity boys basketball game against Wilcox High School. According to the Palo Alto Police Department, the initial...

As the sun set beyond the Brea Civic Center on Feb. 22, members of the Brea Olinda Teachers Association (BOTA) and California School Employees Association (CSEA) rallied in the Brea Marketplace parking...

Imagine being wrongfully convicted of killing one of your closest friends and then spending the next 27 and a half years in prison paying for a crime you didn’t commit. Your friends, family, and everyone...

World language students at Wayland High School were given the chance to demonstrate their language proficiency through the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy and a testing site called Assessment of...

Lawrence and USD 497 still face problems with racial disparities for students and staff, regardless of its relatively progressive image, students and parents noted during a community event last weekend.  ...

Jackson-Reed students and staff are dealing with controversy surrounding discussion of the current Israel-Gaza War with accusations of censorship, threats of litigation, and complaints about curriculum. ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Carnegie began enforcing a cell phone policy banning cell phone usage on school campuses for all students across the Houston Independent School District (HISD). This policy was officially...

Over 100 students were held back from joining their senior class at the beginning of this year. The student body’s failing classes continue to cause issues for the administrative team.  Despite the...

Myth: Oakdale High School (OHS) had three fights in one day. Fact: OHS experienced no more than one fight a day. Myth: As a repercussion of the fighting, the bathrooms are locked all day. Fact:...

DALLAS - Nikki Haley, we love you! Those five words would soon become a recurrent phrase throughout the night. Chants of support and electrifying applause echo through the South Side Music Hall as Republican...

LOS ALAMITOS, CA — The new 5-Star Students Hall Pass system officially started piloting at Los Alamitos High School on Monday, Feb 5. This semester, departments in Los Al were asked to volunteer to participate...

Students crowd around a podium dressed in red, white, and blue. They sit on towels or stand in circles proudly displaying signs about the importance of voting. One says, “Vote, baby, vote”.  On...

Visitors to the salad bar may not know they are building their salads with greens grown right down the hall from the cafeteria. Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor Samantha Goen secured a contract with...

The Oregon legislature is considering proposals that could re-criminalize drug possession in small amounts. These proposals aim to counteract components of Ballot Measure 110. Measure 110, or the Drug...

“More parent involvement isn’t always a bad thing, but I think there can be more harm than good done from it,” Oakmont senior Viktoriya Rotaru said. On Nov. 9, 2023, the Roseville Joint Union...

At 12:05 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, the computer lab was buzzing with energy. Around 40 journalism students were crammed into the room, holding notebooks and pens and chatting as they waited for the bell...

According to a 2019 Stanford study, two-thirds of students tested couldn’t distinguish editorial content and advertising, and 96% didn’t comprehend why a climate-change website supported by a fossil...

Rumors of a potential parental lawsuit have been brewing through the halls, posing the question: what will Park do next? On Feb. 13, several articles published stories claiming that Park will now allow...

Jefferson principal Ann Bonitatibus is set to teach a seventh period of Ethical Leadership for second semester. The decision came just over a week prior to the beginning of the second semester, on Monday,...

A New Era High schoolers are no strangers to technology use. With the school’s shift to 1-to-1 laptop to student ratios and its switch to almost entirely online assignments through Canvas, this...

Editor’s note: Students spoke to the Midway on the condition of anonymity due to age restrictions for the products mentioned. Both students are at U-High. Convenient. Discrete. Potentially healthier....

Sodden socks, soaked backpacks, and drenched jeans were the norm for students on the BOHS campus this week as California experienced unprecedented levels of rainfall. By early Monday morning on Feb....

A small group of protestors gathered on Cardinal Boulevard outside Manual on Tuesday afternoon, speaking out against JCPS’ continued employment of twins Ronnie and Donnie Stoner. The protestors held...

On January 8, 2024, Ava Sharett ‘24 arrived at the Arizona State Capitol for the Opening Day Ceremonies of the Arizona State Legislature to introduce her menstrual equity bill. “I felt like menstrual...

This morning, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced that all schools, with the exception of Vinedale College Preparatory Academy and Topanga Elementary Charter, would remain open despite numerous...

Instagram - blocked. TikTok - blocked. Pinterest -blocked. Cool Math Games - blocked, The New York Times - blocked. This year the high school started using GoGuardian, a monitoring program that keeps track...

Recent events have led to a shake up in the Bellwood-Antis School District. Almost three weeks ago on Jan. 10, Mr. John Garritano took over as interim athletic director after one current and one former...

Although senior Josiah Lands, who takes the public bus to get to school every morning, attended school today, he found that coming to school today wasn’t necessary and the downpour from the atmospheric...

Twenty-eight percent of BSD students were chronically absent last school year – having missed more than 10% of school days. This follows a nation-wide trend of increased absenteeism in recent years....

Over the past several months, LGBTQ+ Affinity leaders and students say they have seen an uptick in anti-LGBTQ+ language throughout the Latin community. “There have been concrete examples of people...

This school year began with 16 rolling recycling bins lining the sidewalk behind HHS, emptied for the summer without a program to utilize them.  This summer, the city of Homewood switched from Republic...

Every weekday morning, at 6:30 AM, Creek maintenance staffer Tyjuan Martin begins his trudge about campus, collecting trash bag after trash bag from the exterior trash cans of Creek, Campus Middle School,...