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Graduation 2024

Graduation 2024

Edwin Davis, Staff Writer May 3, 2024

Seniors, our time is here The final year of our high school career Throughout this journey you have met many friends Who have grown with you and had a journey of their own    We have...

Failure Isnt the End of the Road

Failure Isn’t the End of the Road

Nathan Smith, Staff Writer May 3, 2024

I enjoy playing overly difficult games in my free time – Particularly the most difficult games that you can find. Those that are supposed to make you give up. Those that give you an almost insurmountable...

Beast in the Kitchen

Beast in the Kitchen

Carla Williams, Staff Writer May 1, 2024

There’s a beast in the kitchen. Run, my dear mère. There’s a beast in the kitchen with a jarring stare. His claws freshly sharpened, his eyes a glassy haze. His scent like sweet, fermented...

On Grief

On Grief

Lennon Freitas, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

Grief is a strange thing. People say there are five stages of grief, and in a way, I agree with this. But I feel like there's more to it. There's got to be. The hurdles and obstacles the mind jumps...

Overwhelmed About Graduation

Overwhelmed About Graduation

Markiyah Johnson, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

I can’t wait to feel a surge of excitement as I walk across the stage to receive my diploma. This moment will be the culmination of years of hard work, late-night study sessions, and overcoming academic...

is this school?

is this school?

Tatiaynia Johnson, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

a symphony of learning, pure delight and teachers full of coffee when the bell rings at 7:05, we mope to class waiting for the day to be over wanting to go home ......but youthful laughter...

Important Dates for Class of 2024 Seniors

Important Dates for Class of 2024 Seniors

Libby Young, Staff Writer April 23, 2024

April 22: Giving Day (spirit theme: Wear green or blue) Give you teachers some flowers!  April 23: Chick-Fil-A lunch (spirit theme: Anything but a backpack day) Chick-Fil-A will be provided...

Sailing ship obscured in a thick fog.

Riley

Carla Williams, Staff Writer April 19, 2024

“Wake up. Wake up, boy, wake up.” Riley groaned as he was shaken from his slumber. It was 11:34pm on a cool November night.  Rain pattered against the window, a steady rhythm. Standing over him...

How Modern Tellings of Frankenstein Diminish the Original Story

How Modern Tellings of Frankenstein Diminish the Original Story

Lennon Freitas, Staff Writer April 19, 2024

It's safe to say that almost everyone is aware of the horror figure, Frankenstein. Most have seen at least one drawing of the iconic scene where the doctor yells, "It's ALIVE!!" as the monster rises from...

Woodlands of the Deer

Woodlands of the Deer

Nathan Smith, Staff Writer April 3, 2024

This is a fictional horror story. I set up my tent and started getting ready for sleep. It had been a long day of photographing wildlife, and I was ready to lay down. It was dark out, and I decided to...

Hows Your Mental Health?

How’s Your Mental Health?

Tatiaynia Johnson, Staff Writer March 6, 2024

Mental health matters a lot as it directly impacts our overall well being and quality of life. Just as we prioritize our physical health it is a crucial part of our life that we need to pay attention...

Charge of the Light Cavalry at Balaclava, circa 1880. Episode of the Crimean War (1853-1856). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, circa 1880]. Artist T.S.S. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Charge of the Light Brigade!: An Analytical Response

Branden Perez, Staff Writer March 6, 2024

The poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson, is about honoring soldiers’ bravery and sacrifices in the face of adversity. The poem vividly captures the soldier’s unshakable courage...

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