A year ago, senior Kayla Clark felt inexplicably sad. Every day something seemed wrong, but she thought she was simply overreacting. Her situation progressed to the point of suicidal thoughts and self-harm,...
Hoping to secure a spot on the varsity team, senior Briceson Junge plays hard on the last day of soccer tryouts. As Junge goes for a hitter, the goalie’s fist collides with his face. Junge immediately...
At a Friday night home football game in October, the student section is full, with some students noticeably drunk. One takes a swig out of what appears to be a bottle filled with water. The look on her...
Classes like photography, debate and band give students opportunities for creativity and personal expression, but only for a price.
The district decided this past fall and over the summer to eliminate...
Since age 12, junior David Stubbs hasn’t stopped thinking about music.
“I never stop working on it,” Stubbs said, “24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Stubbs is an audio engineer who was recently...
As everyone was frying under the sun on the beach, senior Alex Houston was watching a humpback whale breach in the icy waters of Antarctica.
Houston spent his spring break and the week before with around...
Teachers
With caps lock on and size 48 font selected, facilitator Peggy Nelson types an email announcement for FYI Club. Afterward, she advises a National Honor Society (NHS) meeting and plans future...
Q:Why are you leaving?
A: I am leaving so I can go teach Native American Eskimos in Alaska.
Q:Are you excited?
A: I am excited. I am going to be living in rural Alaska. The only way in and out...
In December 2013, senior Chris Allen and his father scrolled through a website listing of soccer camps for international academies and clicked on a link that sparked Allen’s interest in studying abroad.
Allen...
Underclassmen, we'd love you all to show up at our graduation parties, making us feel popular and loved. But you know what we'd love even more? A stellar gift!
Here are some very solid gift ideas, ranging...
“Who all has been affected by racism?” Sophomore Garrett Swisher asks the group of 7th graders in the West Middle School auditorium. About 20-25 teachers and students raise their hands. He points out...
Imagine being told to “put your weave back on” in front of the entire school just because that is a stereotype for your race. Imagine being told you don't belong in the United States because you weren't...
