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I am not wasted potential I am a trial on its way to great success.

The toll of online school for a teen

Annie Metherd, Freelance Writer
January 21, 2021
Superintendent Dr. Hank Thiele announces the plan to raise the positivity rate threshold from 9% to 10%.

District 99 changes positivity rate threshold to 10%

Lauren Wilmore, News Editor
January 20, 2021
House impeaches Trump for the second time following the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

House impeaches Trump for second time

Teagan Smith, Features Editor
January 20, 2021
A photo from the moments before my first surgery, where a team of surgeons removed my thyroid.

Healthcare for the few: Do I deserve to die because I can’t afford my medication?

Jacqueline Barba, Editor-In-Chief
January 19, 2021
How the pressure of choosing an aesthetic has affected me and my journey to truthful self expression.

Self-expression through fashion: Learning to be truthful

Gwendolynne Royle, Opinions Editor
January 19, 2021
Traditional and digital mediums of art come in many forms such as painting, sculpture, drawing programs on tablets and more.

Paper vs. Pixels: It’s all about preference

Alexis Pragides, Graphics Director
January 16, 2021
At Jan. 16’s special board meeting, board members will vote on whether to raise the positivity rate metric for opening school from 9% to 10% -- something Thiele said he felt would risk the health of students just days ago.

Gambling with students’ lives: Board would set dangerous precedent by raising positivity rate metric

Luc Alvarez, Editor-in-Chief
January 16, 2021
The model minority myth leaves Asian-American children with the impression that nothing they accomplish is worth celebrating.

“A” is for average: The model minority myth destroys Asian childhoods

Annie Le, Head Copy Editor
January 12, 2021
The first semester of the 2020-2021 school year was incredibly draining, but there are some ways to make it better.

First semester in review

Gwendolynne Royle, Opinions Editor
January 11, 2021
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Aesthetics 101

Kassem Ossman, Entertainment Editor
January 11, 2021
America's ego is getting the best of them. How others' actions will impact the country's unity. Read more for Mimi Nieves's thoughts.

Trump is in all of us: Americans’ egos getting the best of us

Mimi Akintunde-Nieves, Social Media Director
January 10, 2021
The week of Jan. 5 marks the first week students have been in the building since Oct. 30.

Return to hybrid learning draws mixed reviews

Luc Alvarez, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2021
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