I think that a year-round schooling system would be an excellent idea for many different reasons. A year- round schooling system would help not only students but staff also. YRS is a great idea. First of all, a year- round school schedule helps students academically because students suffer major a learning loss in a traditional […]

Blessed are those who stay awake at night, alive with their passion and vision of something wonderful. While the bags on their eyes may be less than appealing, their fervor for existence is intoxicating. Blessed are those who make the most out of the opportunities given to them. Whether making coffee as an intern, or […]

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. The mind should be ignited and not dumped in with knowledge. Education is not the preparation for life; education is life itself. It is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nowadays, children are leading […]

The ideal father doesn’t sit around and let his children grow up without him. He doesn’t neglect his children or dismiss their accomplishments with a sigh and wave of the hand. The ideal father is someone who puts family before work, encourages his kids for the smallest reason that make the child happy like making […]

I have been in and out of the public school system more times than I can count. I’ve lived all my life in the same small town, and both of my parents work at home. Why have I switched schools so many times? I’ve switched schools so many times, because I have the unique opportunity […]

Smoking Marijuana To begin with the reasons smoking marijuana is bad, it is setting people up for a bad life and it hurts the economy by putting more people out of work because they have been smoking marijuana. We must stop the legalization of marijuana because around the year 2010 about 850,000 people got arrested […]

All across the globe thousands of students have been restricted from the opportunity of chewing gum in their daily classrooms. I am only a student, and yet I still can understand the ways this can affect us all, and the opportunities it has taken away in our lives, such as failing examinations affecting our university […]

I’ve heard that being a Junior is the hardest year of highschool since I was age 8. I always dreaded becoming a Junior because of that statement. Now that I am a Junior, all I have to say is- What is up with all the homework? The honors classes aren’t terribly difficult, as a matter […]

I am at home doing my math homework, I will never ever use (-1,-3); Slope= 9. I don’t know why they have us learn things we will ever use. I like math when I understand it, I can do x10 (x>1)and 6x+8>50 (x>7) all day because I understand it. I might want to tell you […]

We all know at least one of them.The kid that believes he will get a full ride to a division one college for playing flicker football. The kid that cannot wait to smell the rubber of a newly purchased swim cap.The kid who is failing multiple classes, but has an unwavering 100 percent in PE.It’s […]

I honestly believe that a good education is vital to everyday life. Education is like the key that unlocks the world. If you pay attention in school now, it will make a world of difference later in life. Sometimes, you may wonder, “Why would I need this?” Other times, you may wonder, “Where would I […]

Teenagers have it pretty hard. We’re forced into a social situation with people who are just as insecure as the next person and we’re just trying to fit in. Everyone just wants to get through those four years of high school without becoming a joke, or the target of peoples jokes. In these four years, […]

Every year now for 43 years, Holiday Festival has become a staple to the school. This joyful day around Christmas has made a huge impact to the faculty and students at the high school. Everyone seems involved and is always in a great mood. Holiday festival is a day where the teenagers from Wyckoff, Franklin […]

Every day teachers across the world count the questions answered correctly wrong. Just because it’s not “The Best” answer or it’s not the answer that they were looking for. Take a look at math. Say there is a question that you are suppose to find x in. what if you FOUND x but didn’t find […]

During a girls’ basketball game in 2003, the visiting team members found a camera in the school’s locker room, which took images of the members in their undergarments while they were changing. The school administrators put the camera in there to monitor their own students, but in the process, innocent people were caught in the […]

Last night my house received a phone call. It was from my public high school, the message contained information about a recent incident that happened at my school. Apparently someone had threatened, on social media, to shoot up my school. I’ll admit at the time I was a bit frightened. I have heard stories about […]

To many, the connotation of the word “more” produces various emotions internally. One of the most common is anxiety.A constant fear of their self worth, raising the question of, “did I do enough?” or “was there more I could have done?”.A positive and optimistic outlook is also another reaction. There is a sense of joy […]

“I asked them to stop. Was my stern, annoyed tone not enough to tip them off of the way I cringe at the subject. At first, I thought it was only immature, or, rather, inconsiderate. Then, I realized that if I did not stop it, they would persist in this behaviour. Yes, I understand it […]

Charter schools are schools that help students achieve bright futures. These are the schools that turn their students into prestigious scholars, the schools that make them ready for the real world, and the schools that make them confident enough to be able to conquer any obstacles in the way of their well-earned futures. Unlike other […]

High school students should study tupac because most students is inspired by his duality and he’s a young activist.tupac was born in New York City.He grew up in primarily in Harlem. He moved to baltimore when he found out his mother was abusing drugs and getting beat on by her boyfriend at the time. At […]

It was the morning of April 17, 2011 it was a full class today which was unusual. Before recess class was never full. “Okay class let’s have a great day today we have a whole watermelon today. How awesome?” Mrs. Forrest said. Class had started everyone got there folders out so Mrs. Forrest could check […]

Getting out the car, you quickly and swiftly walk to your first period in hopes that you don’t get caught knowingly that if you do, a Saturday school is in your future. Unfortunately, you hear a stern voice “You! Come here! You’re late, go sit at the lunch tables.” So you reluctantly drag your feet […]

Can you imagine high schools without clubs or electives? What if your school only gave you one choice, or allowed you to choose only if you have good grades or a 3-4 GPA?. At my school, we have to make some effort to get the elective that we want. We work hard to keep our […]

Courage in simple words means an act of bravery. Certainly, that is not just it. Courage takes a bigger picture of an act of bravery. It is about will plus the big word, BELIEVE. When one is courageous enough to do what is right, he earned the utmost respect of human spirit. While some may […]

In this century as it is known, the ideals of freedoms and inalienable rights have become so interwoven within American society, that Americans view them as a necessity in which to live. Even the children, or minors as they are legally referred to as, have their own rights and grow up living privileged lives with […]

Act I, Scene I: A mother on the left, her high school age daughter on the right.The mother is angry, yet controlled, whereas the daughter is stressed and anxious. They are clearly arguing. The mother’s words are loud and clear, but the daughter’s voice cannot be heard. The daughter dramatically waves her arms and almost […]

As a child, or even today, how many of you were bullied? It is a common thing that happens all over in elementary, middle, and high schools all across the nation. it is not something that just happens as a kid in elementary. Yet there is a difference from the time of our grandparents being […]

High School students should study tupac because they should know his struggles he was going threw as a youngin and his duality. Do you really think tupac was only a thug? As a lil kid tupac didn’t go to school he didn’t have a father,his mom miss half of his life because she was into […]

Zero tolerance policy is widely used in schools since the 1990’s. It’s a very positive policy and works well. It originally was just a year suspension for having firearms or any other harmful object. Now it has evolved to more than one thing. Such as minor consequences for bullying, fighting, using drugs or alcohol, and […]

Most college students don’t notice if they are already a Loan Graduate even before they finish their first semester in College. I laugh when hearing students say, “I’m undeclared;” or “I double major in English.” I laugh because of the fact that to me this is joke to my ears. We’re are enticed into choosing […]