COVID-19 has been tough on everyone. Young or old, we have all learned how to adjust and have even learned a few things about ourselves and the world around us.
Here are five things I’ve learned...
It was going to be a great summer...
It was going to be full of fun with family and friends, with traveling and discovery, with memories that last forever...
Instead, it was the summer of social...
Nine minutes.
540 seconds.
540,000 milliseconds.
Since May 25, the whole world has watched Derek Chauvin holding his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. For three of those minutes,...
Footage of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin holding down George Floyd went viral on May 25 and reignited conversation about police brutality towards African-Americans.
In the video, Chauvin...
These past few months have been an emotional time for just about everyone. Families are grieving loved ones lost to the pandemic, health care workers are putting their lives on the line treating the sick...
With all the chaos the COVID-19 virus has caused, it’s hard to notice the good flourishing in the world.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn't exist.
Many have risen to the challenge of helping...
Spring of senior year is a time that every kid looks forward to. Underclassmen watch seniors enjoying senior night for sports, senior skip day, the senior prank, senior search, prom, senior awards and...
Dear Mr. Gugick,
It’s crazy that it’s been a year.
Your death hit us hard. And it doesn’t really seem to get easier.
It’s 2 a.m. and I can’t sleep because all your words are running...
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
-W.B. Yeats
In the face of an official...
When I went to Pakistan over winter break, I was immersed in the culture and reminded of the beauty of my homeland.
As the airplane landed, I suddenly felt at home. Even though I have never lived in...
We believe that school-wide maintenance issues, particularly regarding the heating systems and pool, should be more swiftly and effectively resolved.
Students have noticed fluctuating temperatures across...
When I was seven years old, attending a sports camp, a white boy in my grade apparently noticed that one day a black woman picked me up, and another day, a white man.
While I knew the difference between...
