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Sophomore Zara Valencia Morales communicates with freshman Laura Viviescas. Through speaking Spanish, students can make new connections and relationships with other Spanish speakers.

Beyond one language

Leah Spencer, Staff Reporter | March 10, 2026

Moving from Columbia to Florida at 9 years old, sophomore Zara Valencia Morales had to embrace a new culture, life and language. Picking up English quickly was important: not only did she have to succeed...

Parent Rebecca Floyd hands out cupcakes to students. During cupcake Friday, the cupcakes are given for free to PTSA members as a student perk.  (Photo by Carly Elassal)

Power of the parents

Holly Smyers, Online Editor | March 9, 2026

It was 3 p.m. on a Friday, and 20 parents stayed after students left campus to place over 1,6000 Post-It notes on lockers. To many, this might seem like an excess, but to the Parent-Teacher-Student-Association...

A student picks out "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" from the DVD collection at a public library. Many teens find branching out into new genres, like westerns, intimidating, but with the right choices, it can pay off.

Reel life

Lia Miller, Editor-in-chief | March 2, 2026

Netflix’s library has over 4000 movies. Several are entertaining—some even good. Erring on the side of underestimation, if each movie runs 90 minutes, it would take over 360,000 minutes, or 250 days...

Sophomore Milena Mylnikova poses in her  comfy-core outfit. She combines comfort and style everyday.

Welcome to the comfy zone

Tess Frey, Features Editor | February 27, 2026

Standing in front of their closets, a question torments the minds of teens: whether to look stylish  and sacrifice their comfort, or to be comfortable and sacrifice their style? To most, "comfy clothes”...

Sophomore Alex Quiroz adjusts his sunglasses. For debate tournaments, he brings his sunglasses for good luck.

As luck would have it

Michelle Santana, Staff Reporter | February 24, 2026

Black cats bringing bad luck, avoiding walking under ladders or the number 13. A superstition could be either avoiding breaking a mirror or wearing a certain pair of socks on a certain day because they...

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