Navigating Online High School (As a Freshman)

By Natalie SherlockHomework. Group projects. Grades. These are all things related to school and things we are currently experiencing– with one exception. It’s all online. Still being pretty new to high school myself, I can’t really say how this is different from any other year of high school. This is my only experience of high […]

A Day in the Life of an IB Senior

By Griffin Goodwyn For a lot of people in this world, routines are an integral part of their everyday life to ensure that they maximize productivity not only in the workplace, but also at school and at home. Given the current status of the pandemic, these daily routines are more important now than ever since […]

The Fastest-Growing, Socially-Distanced Sport in America

By Natalie Sherlock It’s not tennis. It’s not ping-pong. It’s not volleyball. It’s not badminton and it’s not wiffleball. Pickleball is the combination of all five of those sports, each with its own special influence on the game. I started playing pickleball earlier this year around August. My mom is a long time tennis player […]

The Monsters that Prowl Through Christmas

By Emily Phan Think back to what sorts of thoughts raced through your head on the night before December 25th ten years ago. Most looked forward to a jolly, jumbo-sized man carrying an overflowing sack of toys, and the yearly anticipation for presents was at an all time high for most children. Tossing and turning […]

The State Of Virtual Learning

By Griffin Goodwyn When news media outlets first reported about a powerful virus spreading through the city of Wuhan, China, no one would have ever expected the spread and secondary effects of this disease would reach the magnitude of becoming a “pandemic.” In fact, I distinctly remember joking around in class one day before schools […]

Risen With A Correction

By Alyssa Spasic

Entertainment in Isolation

By Malik Johnson-WilliamsIsolation has introduced a new challenge when it comes to staying entertained. Inactivity just isn’t something most of us can just sit with and feel fine. Hopefully, if you too are suffering from chronic boredom, my list of things might help to relieve some of that pent up inactivity. First item I have […]

Ways to Stay Motivated during Online School

By Sydney Shoulders Adjusting from in person to regular classes has not been easy for many students across the world, myself included. Teachers have different expectations. You no longer have the energy of others to feed off of during class. Classes require an unprecedented amount of attention in order to pass. School, as we understand […]

The Days Leading Up To Quarantine

By Raegan Jones My pencil is tapping on my desk in angst while I stare straight ahead at the clock. 3:12pm on Thursday, March 12th, 2020. I just finished my AP European test and I’m anxious, because every time I feel I do well on a test, I end up doing the opposite. My biggest […]

A Look at the Well-Being of Our Educators

By Maliq Johnson-Williams We live in a time of uncertainty and great change. Our very way of life has come to a pause. A whole new host of frustrations to join in on the fun party that has been 2020. Luckily, our nation didn’t fail it’s people when it came to safety protocol. Public sectors […]