Within seconds of putting the finishing touches on an essay, I shut my chromebook and pick up my phone, starting to scroll mindlessly on social media. Lifestyle, how-to, and get ready with me videos flood...

“11:11! Make a wish!”  At 11:11, my world  pauses, and I reflect.   Throughout high school, I’ve dealt with stress from homework, sports, jobs, friends, and extracurriculars. I kept hearing...

It’s happened to all of us. You have a minute to get to class and need to get all the way across the school, only to get stuck behind someone moving at one mile per hour. You duck around them, dodging...

I come back home at 9:30 p.m. to an untidy room and schoolwork piled up on my desk. My to-do list sat quietly, but was a loud reminder of how I was falling behind. Soon into my sophomore year, I struggled...

As I opened Instagram on Aug. 25, the first thing I saw was a post from The New York Times announcing that Dolly Parton had died at the age of 80. This broke my heart because Parton was that one person...

    Things that I will never forget from the summer of 2026 are not seeing Pete Crow-Armstrong hitting for the Cycle, Lollapalooza, or even my amazing trip to California. Instead, I will...

Throughout my high school career, I faced many disappointments.  Failed tests. Embarrassing moments. Friend drama. My very first disappointment happened before my first day of freshman year. After...

“If you could do anything, what would your dream job be?” I was given this question as an icebreaker at a club meeting. While taking the moment to think about my response, I realized there were...

All my life I had rigid expectations for what my future would be. I had mapped out every detail.  What grades I would get, the extracurriculars I would participate in, what college I would go to, what...

I am not much of a health nut. I do not really watch what I eat or count calories, and I will not choose a salad over a cheeseburger. But, there is one food that I will stand by till the end of time: the...

As students look forward to holiday festivities and long weekends throughout the school year, it is clear how school calendars shape which traditions are recognized and which ones are overlooked. While...

Often, especially in high school, I have found myself dealing with quite a lot of cognitive dissonance. On one hand, I want to express myself in different ways, through clothing or the arts or my writing,...