The traditional public school grading system has rarely changed since it began over 370 years ago. In this system, students learn material and then demonstrate if they understand it through test taking or projects. Each individual then receives a letter...

The “senior lot” has been highly disputed among students this year due to the parking issues. To park in the designated spaces in the lot, it is necessary to have a parking pass issued from the school. Due to limited parking around the school, kids...

To Shari Benites, Minority Achievement Coordinator and Director for the Center for Leadership and Public Service, being a teacher goes far beyond the classroom. In these positions she works with students to help them succeed and become leaders around...

For most, the beginning of the school year is stressful and overwhelming. Summer break has barely ended and so has the “no school” mentality. The first tests and quizzes have begun to trickle in, bringing panic and anxiety. For freshmen, these first...

Every 107 seconds. Every 107 seconds someone in the United States is sexually assaulted, an outrageous statistic that a coalition of high school students are trying to change. The Healthy Relationships Taskforce (HRT), a group that spreads awareness about...

Who is Buzzy Cohen? Both a compelling question and a “Jeopardy!”-style answer to the latest viral phenomenon. Buzzy, the 9-day, $164,603 winner, inspired both positive and negative feedback after his historic run. His on-show antics, such as not wagering...

An improv troupe bands together to make up characters and stories off the top of their heads, all playing off of each other’s ideas, in order to make an audience laugh. Improv, short for improvisation, is when actors make up the plot, characters, scene...

High school is often considered to be one of the most difficult times of one’s adolescence, and freshman year is arguably one of the hardest of the years to adjust to. In order to make the transition less overwhelming, the Mentor Program  was created...

Far too often, people grow up and settle for a boring, unfulfilling career, discarding their true passions for practicality’s sake. They drift aimlessly through their days, always counting down the minutes until they can go home or collect their next...

Election Drama Update Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you know that the 2016 presidential elections have been a little tense. Between the accusations and cringe-worthy moments, this has easily been one of the most sensational...

As the school year reaches its end, teachers rush to fit everything in--homework, tests, last bits of information before finals and field trips. April has been known to be field trip-filled. From visits to museums to trips to amusement parks, teachers...

Can you guess which of your favorite teachers used to manage tours in Japan? Or who used to work on a Pirates of the Caribbean ship? We see them everyday, (usually) obey their every command and depend on them to shape our futures via college recommendations,...