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Juniors Vivi Riffel, Dru White and club sponsor Kelly Barah pose with cards made by Sending Luv Club.

FEATURE: All You Need Is Luv

Delaney Bayliss, Reporter February 8, 2024

According to the Children’s Health Council, a recent survey found that 75% of high school students reported negative feelings about their school. A new club is trying to help students who may be experiencing...

Picking up a box of juice, JustFood warehouse manager Wayne Briggs collects donations of leftover food from the cafeteria. Briggs picks up extra, unopened food from the kitchen twice a week. These donations, often at least 50 pounds, are taken to the pantry, where anyone can take food free of cost.

FEATURE: JustFood Receives Leftover Food Donations

Lilly Wall May 4, 2023

During April, 855 pounds of leftover lunch food from both public high schools were repurposed to feed the community through just one partnership. Starting in the fall of 2022, USD 497 looked locally to...

Holiday Volunteering

Holiday Volunteering

grace oliver December 11, 2012

With winter break almost upon us, students are winding down, packing for road trips and getting ready to settle down for a carefree week-and-a-half of freedom. However, in the midst of all this flurry...

photo courtesy of Vectorportal

The Road After High School

kyra haas and ryan liston, reporters November 13, 2012

Mary Gregory Sophomore Mary Gregory doesn’t want to be here for the rest of her life.  She would cry if she couldn’t go somewhere else for college. Her grandparents want her to go to school...

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