Over 55 percent of all high school students will take part in an extracurricular sport this year. Most, if not all of these students get home late each day after an exhausting practice, only to have more hard work ahead of them – their homework. Some days, it will be past midnight by the time […]

Do you remember your first day of elementary school? Having your brand new clothes, book bag, lunch box and a fresh new attitude about the whole experience of school. Parents excited or sadden by their children growing up holding back tears while saying ” Have a great first day at school!” This is the typical […]

Though I have enjoyed the benefit of being wealthy for much of my life, I never truly appreciated it. I never considered that a person’s economic status could influence and affect how people interact with each other. My preoccupations up until high school were simply material, what new videogames to buy and the occasional glance […]

Are school meals safe to eat? Are schools meals helping students learn better in their classes? These research articles may answer your question to find out if school meals are safe or not. My opinion states that schools should provide students quality food for learning, extracurricular activities, and smart thinking. For example, it doesn’t seem […]

Is school just another pound of stress on teenage students? Lately all that has been talked about is how much homework students have a night, the amount of studying to be done each weekend, and how students will do anything to pass their classes. Teachers have gone to the extreme in assigning work each day, […]

In my honest opinion, this is not a good idea. Censoring student newspapers is just the same as taping someone’s mouth shut. The student newspaper is one of the ONLY special activities that is controlled by kids made for kids. The student newspaper gives students the freedom to be independent and express their opinions and […]

The topic of this is suicide and what is suicide? Suicide is many things it is hurt, betrayal and it is loss. Suicide is loss of your loved one, a friend, and a family member. Suicide is a way to just leave the world and never ever come back. What in Transcendentalism is shown in […]

Imagine how much paper we waste in schools. There is a way to lower the amount of paper that will benefit students as well as teachers. Having a website that contains work, homework and tests would stop us from struggling and lower the use of paper. Carrying heavy books can cause health problems for students. […]

For students, taking tests are memories of high school one tries to forget. So, when New York State declared that they were thinking about cutting Regents exams, students should have jumped with joy. After thinking about the consequences of cutting these tests, however, students think otherwise. According to the Syracuse News, the New York State […]

Over the years, the education system for schools in North America has been improved and polished to the point where there are not many issues of dissatisfaction to be addressed. However, there is still the pressing issue of too much homework. Excessive homework has been proven many times to have several negative effects, so why […]

High School. When you think about those two words you might possibly think: John Hughes, cliques, rumors, and my personal favorite, bullying. High school is supposed to be a public area teens can go to and know they’ll always be protected from horrible things. The problem though is there are so many problems that go […]

Hionestly what’s wrong with being 30 seconds late for class. I mean really? I wake up at 6:30 every morning and I always leave the house at 7:40. Now were not supposed to late untill 7:50 so either my teacher needs to stop complaining or they need to make the late time later, like 8 […]

Throughout the course of my eight grade year, I have faced many challenges, in terms of writing. This can be portrayed with a quote. Via Walt Disney’s Finding Nemo, “Just keep swimming, “Just keep swimming!” Dory, a fish in the story, repeats the phrase to emphasize will power and to just move on. This connects […]

Diversity is important because it helps improve places. If people were all from the same place and didn’t bring different backgrounds and experience no one would know anything different. Diversity is a great thing to have in any place. Having experience on a topic is great to have. Some people that we will meet in […]

The morning I was told to write something for the newspaper, Mungo Jerry snuck into my subconscious. Well, not exactly. It would be more accurate to say the song “In the Summertime” played as I tried to wake up. It was successful. For all those unfamiliar with the work of the 1970’s British band, Mungo […]

I look up from the boring school book. Just a couple more pages, I tell myself, and you’re done with final book of High School. I swivel my chair around and look out over my backyard. 18 years I had looked out of this window. 18 years I had played in this back yard. And […]

Dear Journal, 2/20/09 I think that guys have life much easier. I believe part of this is because girls gossip a lot more. While guys still have problems the positives outweigh the negatives. In my mind girls have life much harder. One problem for girls is cliques. There are probably over 50 cliques in our […]

The Arrowhead pool has been here for 40 years. It has six lanes, is 25-yards long, and many freshmen remember the first time they stepped foot in the water. But despite the gym classes everyone hates, the pool is home to one of the most successful teams at Arrowhead: the swim team. Since the swim […]

Do you think we need history and science staar texts?Some of the STAAR test are things we really don’t need to take like the history test or the science one. The history and the science test is not a big deal to me because we really don’t use them in the future. We don’t need […]

With the pending education fiscal cuts, the White House and Congress have cooperated in creating a proactive initiative that is not only financially feasible, but will ensure quality education. Working with other members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Michael Paulson has drafted the We Don’t Care about Our Children Act (WDCAOCA). […]

There are many educators that work hard at their jobs for the students they love and want to see them succeed. The educator of the year must go beyond these ideals of an average teacher. A teacher that exceeds hard work and strives for her students’ excellence is Mrs. Knight. In the short time that […]

I had an argument with a high schooler the other day. He said that he works at Walmart and makes $6.00 an hour. He was thinking about dropping out. I said to him if he stays in school there are benefits like he would make $143 more per week than if he dropped out. He […]

So I’ve came to conclusion that high school is like a battle field. Walking down the halls your never to sure what your find lying around the bend. Everyone seems taller, smarter, thinner, prettier, and tanner than you. They seem to be having the times of their lives. Laughing, smiling, joking, despite the fact that […]

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. The clock goes round and round, time flying by. You’re surrounded by all your friends and the people that make you laugh until you feel like you’ve done the sit-up test in gym and tears are your eyes. As you talk and talk, you realize this academic year has been the best […]

I think we don’t need to spend money at all to get a good start on exposing students to what it means to have global awareness! Global awareness is literally what it says, to be aware of the world and events in it, but it’s also so much more than that. In order to be […]

All throughout the world, many teenagers worry about graduating high school and furthering their education through college. They worry not only about being accepted to a college, but how they are going to find the funds to pay for it. Many students have the grades to be accepted into the more expensive schools that provide […]

Many people believe that successful figures must be intelligent, confident, and creative, but some omit the necessity for a strong work ethic. In our society, people specifically associate great leaders with intelligence, but they sometimes fail to recognize the years of dedication and hard work those leaders have invested in order to become successful. Because […]

Educator of the Year is a big title and I couldn’t have thought of a better person to choose than my teacher Kevin Walker. He is a new teacher at my school; he has made me believe that going to school and learning can be fun, but not only does he make learning fun, he […]

Mysterious Cloud School work, school work, school work. Teachers seem to think we don’t get enough. We rarely get the time to relax. Even later in the afternoon, when school is out for the day, not every student gets a chance to cool down. As we grow up, we’re trying out for sports, and signing […]

As a daughter, a student, and an older sister, I have challenged others and been challenged myself. In each challenge I have received, three words have been present. I feel a small stab in my heart every time I hear the phrase, “Do your best.” Can my best ever be good enough? Will I ever […]