The house looks quiet from the outside, the kind of place where laughter should live, where kids should run through the halls, and the smell of dinner fills the air. But behind closed doors, the silence...

This year, Halloween falls on the same night as senior night, and while we are all excited to celebrate the class of 2026 under the Friday night lights, there's one thing on a lot of students' minds: Halloween...

In a significant move toward prioritizing student health and well-being, the Texas Legislature has passed Senate Bill 25 (SB 25), which mandates daily physical activity for students and safeguards recess...

This year, the anniversary of September 11 came and went quietly in many places. At our school, students and teachers barely acknowledged it. Instead, the focus shifted toward new sources of disruption:...

“The hardest people to love are the ones who need it the most.” This simple truth is one we often forget. When someone comes across as rude, unlikable, or distant, it might not be because they are...

This year’s MAPS testing schedule has created an unintended disruption in the school day, forcing students who weren’t testing to spend five out of eight periods confined to a single room, rather than...

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Whether it’s for surgeries, cancer treatment, a major accident with a severe loss of blood, surgeries, and chronic illnesses. Despite this,...

In many high schools, being an office aide is an important position traditionally reserved for seniors. While seniors certainly deserve opportunities to develop leadership and responsibility, limiting...

Senior year feels different. There’s a certain weight to it—knowing that every “last” really is the last. Last first day of school, last football season, last pep rally. And because of that, I’ve...

Picture yourself sitting in a college interview years from now. The interviewer asks, “What experiences in high school prepared you most for success?” Would you rather talk about attending a few meetings...

In 2004, National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner coined the term “Blue Zone.” A blue zone is a country or specific area where people live to be one hundred years of age or more. Currently, the only...

Homework’s easier-kids just don’t try hard enough. Many teens have heard those words slip out of their parents’ mouths in some form. While it seems tempting to assume modern tools like Google,...