Per usual, no matter how hard we dug in our heels and begged Time for “just one more day,” the school year has, inevitably, arrived just as punctually as ever.
I have experienced my fair share of...
Slams:
Chromebooks arrived late, causing stress for students and teachers.
John Underwood, nationally acclaimed speaker, underwhelms students.
Absence of needed staff in library.
Loud announcements...
My Fellow Students:
The switch to standards based grading, a very controversial change, has become widely spread throughout the US, but not many people have much knowledge about what it really means....
Dear Fellow Students:
Standards Based Grading. I recognize that those three words leave a sour taste in the mouths of most students. I too very much expected to be writing an essay in opposition of...
Dear Student Body:
As you grow up, there are some ways you stay out of harm. By looking behind you and checking your surroundings. But, there are some where looking around was not enough. Where life...
Dear Students:
A common misconception of students is that standards based grading will be the end of the world. Well, I am telling you that it is not. Trust me, I was in the same boat as you for a while,...
Dear NHS Students:
With a serious lack of sleep, decreased self esteem, and a strong sense of anxiety, students in America are not suffering from some sort of mental illness, but are being crushed under...
Stepping into room 134 on the first day of my junior year felt incredibly daunting. After considering a career in journalism and communications, my mother pushed me to go out for the school paper.
When...
Dear Administration:
Standards based grading was supposed to revolutionize the way we grade; Unfortunately, this was a good idea that was poorly executed.Standards based grading was supposed to be a...
Dear Students and Staff:
Timmy is your average freshman student athlete. He has practice every day after school until 5:30 p.m. When he gets home around 6 o’clock, he eats a quick meal with his family...
Dear NHS Faculty:
“Put your phone away” has become a sentence uttered far too often by teachers in our schools today. Time and time again through almost every class, teachers are having to fight...
Dear Student Body:
Every child remembers being told to eat their vegetables, their parents claiming the food will help them grow up big and strong. As we grow older, we eventually find out that this...
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