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Depending on what grade you are in, the types of classes you are taking - regular, honors, AP or dual credit - and what life looks like for you outside of school, your homework load can vary. Maybe it's...

For decades, the pages of our yearbooks have told the stories of students. Yet, in our recent editions, there has been a missing piece in our seniors’ legacy.  This is the gap left by the removal...

They say that money can’t buy you happiness – but it can certainly buy you a seat at your Ivy League school of choice. The question of who deserves a seat at a particular school – and why –...

Students can struggle to manage both their extracurriculars and academics. There are pros and cons to both and finding the balance between them can be tricky.  Extracurriculars Whether you’re...

On Oct. 14, 2023, six-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed to death while his mother was critically wounded in Chicago under an assumed religiously motivated assault by his landlord. On...

Math XL? Check.  Band practice? Check.  Binge a Webtoon series? Check.  Prove myself as a politically good human by reposting current events to my Instagram story? Check. One of these is...