I can not believe I was so unproductive today.  When these words ring through your head, everything you had done up to that point becomes insignificant. The walk outside, making dinner, reading a book...

The pressure of applying to college plagues students. As an extremely volatile stress inducer, students and their parents have been obsessed with the idea of attending an elite institution—in recent...

Our daily lives are hectic, filled with many tasks and activities. With so much going on, it can be hard to keep track of everything. From productivity video rabbit holes on YouTube to trying time...

Specialized masks for instruments, a WebEx call on display and an empty audience: all to give band students a chance to perform. On Thursday, March 4, the concert band, symphonic band and wind ensemble...

As substitute teacher Todd Dixon turned on the 6 a.m. news on Jan. 9, something piqued his interest: for veterans over 65, walk-ins for the COVID-19 vaccine administration were being accepted at the VA...

A fresh listen Next track. The song you were listening to an hour ago starts playing once again. Next. This time, the song does not change. Spotify's free system only allows six skips and you have used...

Appalachia: a region full of unique culture, but marked with hardships. Released in theaters on Nov. 11 and on Netflix on Nov. 24, “Hillbilly Elegy” tells the story of poverty-stricken working class...

Try forming a sentence without saying "the." It might be easy once, but a whole conversation without "the" is a little more difficult. Yet, in Mandarin, this is normal, and dialogue flows naturally for...

In Aug. 2018, the disappearance and subsequent murders of Shan’ann, Bella, Celeste, and unborn child Nico Watts made national headlines. Despite the caring and loving husband portrayed on the news, Christopher...

Rolling out of bed five minutes before class, still tired, not worrying about the fact that you are still in your pajamas, you lazily walk to your laptop to begin the first day of online school. You don’t...

From masks and hand sanitizer dispensers to one-way traffic and partitions, students will encounter a much different campus layout when they return to school on Monday, Aug. 17. After five months off,...

It is hard to go a full day without worrying about the effects of the pandemic. This generation has never before dealt with a virus as severe as COVID-19, and often we feel helpless to what happens in...

Everyone knows the Chick-Fil-A uniform: the signature red polo with black pants and a black belt. Pair that with a face shield and mask and you have the new and improved uniform, fit for employees working...

Nothing seems odd about a group of friends playing a party game on a Nintendo Switch. The same Nintendo Switch being shown through a phone screen while on a video call with six other people, however,...

With suspense and a drumroll leading up to the judges announcing the first-place winner, junior Kevin Cosio’s heart raced. After putting in countless hours working on their project, BioBlaster, this...

On Saturday, Feb. 1, robotics hosted the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge SpaceCoast League Championship. Twenty-three teams from Seminole and Brevard...

With course registration deadlines approaching, students may not have heard about some of the new courses offered in the updated curriculum guide. Students may find new offering in core classes, such as...

AP Computer Science A will build on concepts of programming from AP Computer Science Principles. However, AP CSP is not a prerequisite to be able to enroll in AP CSA. It is being added back to the curriculum...

Law Studies III will build upon concepts from Law Studies I and II as the program expands and it will be offered as a semester-long course. While Law Studies I focused on criminal law and II focused on...

Personal Financial Literacy will be offered as a semester course available to all grade levels to take. Previously, the school has offered Personal Family Finance,  using the Dave Ramsey method, where...

Chinese II will be offered as an expansion from Chinese I, building the new foreign language program. While Chinese I teaches the basics of Mandarin, Chinese II will go more in-depth with not only the...

The PIT Crew will be a standard elective credit that will require an application, and is open to juniors and seniors. If accepted, students will have the opportunity to interact and help out peers with...

Personal Fitness Trainer will be a year-long class offered as an extension of Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries. It will go more in-depth with anatomy and diseases, while giving opportunities to...

As an alternative to AP Calculus, Calculus Honors will be added to the math department for juniors and seniors. Though it follows the same standards as AP Calculus, it will not be as rigorous, due to...

With a packed audience, band hosted the Rhapsody in Blue concert on Friday, Dec. 6. Different sections of the band played songs ranging from “Let it Snow”  to “The Raider’s March.”  Jazz...

With crashing waves, Earth Giants, and chaos with the four spirits, “Frozen II” has a lot to unpack. It sets up an unexpected storyline,  drastically different from the original blockbuster released...

Viewing the wonders of Yellowstone National Park from the comforts of home sounds unattainable, unless one is experiencing it from videos or a TV show. However, for advanced students in the Modeling...

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, administration announced the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. This award is given to students who score in the top 1% nationally on the PSAT/ NMSQT. Ten students achieved...

No designated spaces, no painted spots, and a fear of chaos in the student parking lot. Students wonder why changes to the parking system were made in the first place, but the most recent changes were...

From sneak attacks, gaining new roommates you didn’t want, and playing for the Kim Cup, season three of CBC sitcom “Kim’s Convenience” brings back the Kim family as they continue to navigate life...

Juniors Madison Walker and Brenna McCafferty stood in front of the judges. They had practiced their act from King Henry V so many times, perfecting their French, and in the end it paid off, because the...

On March 5 and March 7,  the English department took seniors to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater to watch Hamlet. Seniors covered Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the 3rd quarter, and the play served as a way...

Before senior Karina Sukhraj got onto the stage to perform her two monologues, she was nervous. She had not performed her piece since districts in November. But after she got onto the stage and got the...

  It was the moment that junior Aashni Patel had been waiting for—the awards ceremony, the moment her team would move on or not move on to states. Her team won the third place Inspire Award,...

Junior Deborah Lu works on her character project for Modeling and Simulation II.

Out of 1,569 shows on Netflix, an exceptional political comedy is hard to come by. Thankfully, Hasan Minaj’s “Patriot Act” fills the void. Released on Sunday, Oct. 28, the first episode started off...

When freshman Charissa Thompson was in fifth grade, she really wanted to buy a Vera Bradley backpack on Black Friday. She had saved her money all year and waited outside of Dillard’s for three hours...

On Friday, Oct. 5, 38 members from the staffs of the Blueprint, Fusion and Woof TV traveled to Daytona State College for the District 3 fall workshop of the Florida Scholastic Press Association. Beginning...

  It’s the first day of school, and Dali Stires already knows what’s going to happen. Her former students will walk into her class with smug grins on their faces, bragging about their high...

While most students were off traveling over the summer, the robotics team spent their time organizing their new lab. With limited space, they put up shelves in the alcove in the corner of the room, and...

On Saturday, Sept. 9, Florida FTC leaders released the game for the 2017-2018 season through a live stream on YouTube, after physical kickoff events were cancelled due to Hurricane Irma. FTC is a competitive...