Homework is a beneficial learning tool when assigned properly. However, this rarely occurs. The trend has become to overwork students to the point where homework becomes almost entirely invaluable.
Homework...
Most people who have made it to high school are faced with a similar dilemma each fall: am I too old to trick-or-treat?
Realistically, this realization may hit as early as middle school, as one finds...
Todd Phillips’s Joker is on pace to become the world’s highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, and it deserves every penny. The film was intense and sporadic, leaving audiences on the edge of their...
When you were younger, there were some things that your parents and other adults probably taught you so you wouldn’t get kidnapped. Stranger danger, right?
Kids know not go with a stranger or take...
MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor
• September 6, 2019
As summer draws to a close, we approach the season where life returns to business-as-usual. The onset of fall marks the time when we shift into work mode, spending more time inside and stationary than...
Music education, as with most forms of art education, can be difficult to pin down. There’s no perfect formula for making music; no algorithm to create a well-versed young instrumentalist. Even in...
Blocking systems in schools are designed to protect students from potentially harmful sites. For students, however, these systems frankly do more harm than good.
Securly, the filtering software used...
On Tuesday February 5th, President Trump delivered his second State of the Union address masked with the backdrop of a changed Congress. The speech was delayed due to the longest shutdown in government...
On January 22nd the Supreme Court voted to pass Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military personnel. This passing comes after the induction of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which resulted in a 5-4 conservative...
In 2015, the Gloucester Police Department adopted the Angel Program in order to change their approach to dealing with addiction. Prior to the change, those dealing with opioid addiction were faced with...
5,000 years ago, reading was considered a symbol of power and influence.
In Ancient Egypt, some dedicated their lives to reading and writing. These scribes were often appointed as chief ministers,...
I am not a tree hugger. I do not always remember to switch off the lights when I leave the room, and sometimes I turn the heat up too high in the winter. I don’t spend my days saving injured birds or...
