For most students, waking up in the morning is a chore. Hearing a blaring iPhone alarm at 7:00 in the morning instantly makes most teenagers irritable. But for me, and for the other 3 million Americans...

It’s lunchtime, and the race to Safeway begins. Dozens and dozens of students rush across Miller Avenue to Safeway through the crosswalk to be first in line to get their lunches. What if you are racing...

Every student feels the fatigue at this time of the school year.  Freshmen are itching to inch up the pecking order to the upper end of lowerclassmen status.  Sophomores daydream of fully exercising...

If spending the night sober in a gym filled with my fellow classmates wasn’t harrowing enough, this year, Safe and Sober Grad Night will feature the theme of “Midnight in Marrakesh”, meaning that...

“IF YOU’RE READING THIS ROOM WITH ME” the Facebook post read in the Drake-esque font. Along with this creatively edited photoshop masterpiece, Danny had included a long paragraph of things about...

I was sitting in class when I heard the attempted suppression of a series of wet, seemingly lung-compromising coughs.  I turned and saw one of my classmates, her face pale, eyes glazed over, battling...

Standards-based grading (SBG) is a popular and new grading strategy whose use has expanded in the district over the past few years. SBG aims to assess students solely on whether they have acquired identified...