Discrimination at US Universities
Lauren N., Reporter
November 28, 2018
Discrimination against Asian Americans are not only at Yale and Harvard, the two schools that are on the news, but it is also at universities all across the United States of America. It all started a few years back when people wanted to make the schools more diverse using affirmative action. Affirmative...
Santa Fe High School Shooting
Jasmine H., Reporter
June 6, 2018
Filed under Uncategorized
In the US, there has been a devastating amount of 22 school shooting just this year. That is an average of more than 1 school shooting per week. 36 people have been killed so far in these school shootings. As of last Thursday, May 17, 2018, we would have been able to say that there were 26 people who h...
Should Schools Start Later?
Krista K., Reporter
June 5, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Many people believe teens could do better if schools started at a later time. According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, schools should start at 8:30 a.m. or later to better align with the “biological sleep rhythms of adolescents, whose sleep-awake cycles begin to shift up to two hours later at the s...
Should Teachers Have To Buy School Supplies?
Jasmine H., Reporter
May 24, 2018
Filed under Opinion
An average teacher makes about $58,000 a year and this isn’t counting the taxes. Schools are sometimes unable to pay for all of the supplies and, when they can’t, teachers need to spend their own money to buy necessary supplies that should have already been provided by the school. Teachers earn th...
Do Schools Give Out Too Many A’s?
Robert B., Reporter
May 24, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Recently there have been many arguments whether schools give students more A’s than they deserve. One side of this long-term debate is that many people (including parents and students themselves) believe that teachers do give students too many A’s, whereas they think the pupils should have to earn ...
The Effects of Studying too Hard
Ashley K., Reporter
April 12, 2018
Filed under Opinion
A lot of parents and guardians in general force their children to study as hard as they can until they receive a perfect score. College students will joke about how studying too hard will kill them. However, studying too hard can result in negative health effects. To start off, cramming in information and ov...
How Can We Make Schools Safer?
Bianca Z., Reporter
March 20, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Every school wants their students to be safe, but are they doing enough? To keep schools safe is the top priority to make students feel safe. The most important way to keep students safe is to set clear behavioral standards, policies and procedures. Every school community should review their discipline ...
Are We Becoming Numb To School Shootings?
Erin K., Editor
March 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Since 2013, the United States has had almost 300 school shootings, an average of about one per week. As news of school shooting occur on a weekly basis, it seems as if many Americans are becoming more numb to the constant reports. How many more shootings do we have to witness until our leaders pass ...
2018 School Shootings
Lauren Y., Editor - Opinion
February 21, 2018
Filed under News
Barely a month of 2018 has passed, and there have already been 14 school shootings. The most recent shooting occurred on Thursday, February 1st, at San Castro Middle School. A 12-year-old female student had brought a semiautomatic handgun to her 7th-grade classroom and, around 9 A.M., the firearm dis...
Should Gum be Allowed on School Grounds?
Katrina W, Reporter
January 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Chew, blow, and POP! These are three things many students dream of when they are sitting in a boring classroom, their fingers tapping on a desk, listening to their teacher go on and on about inequalities and other math equations. Others say that chewing gum is a distraction, as it can make loud popping noi...
Does Homework Help or Hurt Students’ Academic Growth?
Andrew H., Reporter
January 22, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The thing that all students dread about school the most is homework. The purpose of homework is to help students learn more about a certain topic that they are currently learning in class. However, many teachers and students believe that too much homework doesn’t help students at all. The unwritten ...
Why Teachers Should be Paid More
Charis P., Editor
January 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Teachers are an important part of society. Not only do they teach, write, and help students, but they also do so much more. Unfortunately, though, they aren’t receiving the pay that they deserve. Here is why they should be paid more. One reason as to why teachers should be paid more is that they o...
Lauren N., Reporter
November 28, 2018 • No Comments
Discrimination against Asian Americans are not only at Yale and Harvard, the two schools that are on the news, but it is also at universities all across the United States...
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Reese M., Reporter
November 28, 2018 • No Comments
The fast-growing trending drink, boba, has made it across the ocean from Taiwan to the USA. What is boba anyway? Boba is a tiny round tapioca pearl that is served in many...
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The U.S. Naval Academy, home to many naval officers, has just made history! Five years ago, Navy started their career at the bottom of the patriot league coached by Larry...
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