Many years ago, a 4-year-old girl and her family drives to Michigan to visit their grandpa at his home. Upon arrival, her curious self sees her grandpa’s original rust colored, 1974 Chevrolet truck....

Neenah alumni, Jonah Jamoz, steps out onto a professional paintball field four years post-graduation. Anticipation stirs inside him. The want, the need and the drive of competition fuels him for success. After...

Deep in the depths of the tech. wing, past the peeling walls, where the lights grow dimmer. In bright contrast to the hallway, a highly illuminated classroom contains a teacher. The room stays brighter...

A NHS senior starts out for 20 hours of work after only 4 hours of sleep. Eric Lee is a hard-working, focused young man more interested in a full schedule than having free time. Every morning, Eric...

Many differences exist between China and the USA, and Ms. Elizabeth Shinnick experiences it all. Shinnick is the humorous, punctual and dedicated new Chinese teacher, post living and teaching in China...

It’s the first day of freshman year. She is standing at the front of the room waiting for everyone to take their seats. She smiles at us with excitement on her face and begins introducing herself to...

What starts as a whim to fulfill a gym credit at college quickly becomes a lifelong sport for math teacher Wendy Hermans. The sport is sailing, an activity that shapes and impacts Hermans’ life in countless...

The history textbooks employ scholars to share key events and people from the past. The newspapers employ journalists to share the news-worthy events and people of today.  Who determines that someone’s...

At her desk she sits, her colorful pens swishing across the tests she grades. The walls of her warm classroom are equally vibrant, peppered with hand-painted flowers and artistic relics of her former students. She...

Walking into Mr. Christopher Skogen’s classroom, one observes vibrant mustard walls, countless Marvel posters and a “dad joke of the week” board. For his first few years of teaching geometry,...

The world is gone. All that remains is nuclear radiation, warring factions and a loss of hope. But, through the disease, death and despair plays a single piano. Perhaps this is the world that...

It’s common to worry about forgetting lines, anticipate a disaster such as a clothing malfunction, and experience  hesitation when facing the stage. “What if they don’t find amusement in my comedic...