Want to find the best way to promote student expression and achievement? Well, painting over student artwork is not the way to do it. Now, students are upset about an increasing resistance to creativity and expression within the school, and teachers are frustrated about a lack of communication. I walked into school one morning and...
Entertainment or education? Phone usage in school is often discouraged, but what about the times when devices can be beneficial to student learning and engagement? 1. EDUCATIONAL APPS Apps like SIS and Schoology can help streamline access to grades and ease of submitting assignments when booting up a computer is a hassle. Kahoot, Spanish Dictionary,...
Every student has something else in their life that they do besides school. Students that are in sports, clubs, other extracurriculars, or even just taking on responsibilities at home can have a hard time balancing their schedule. Not knowing how to balance your school life can add unneeded stress, which can affect your mental health....
Changing oil, fixing engines, and repairing cars, all before graduating from high school. Way more useful than practicing derivatives and memorizing polyatomic atoms, right? Sitting at a desk all day isn’t the most effective way to teach students how to have jobs in the real world. Sure, you can study all you want about...
The atoms boys swim team season has started off nicely with their first victory against Hayfield on Friday Dec. 1st. The team has shown great improvement and despite losing some players to graduation, they have seen some younger swimmers step up and show what they are made of. Sophomore Gabriel Cervoni said, “so far in...
From Psychedelic rock to Mexican folk, R&B and alternative albums such as I got dem Ol’Kozmic Blues Again Mama by Janis Joplin and Musas by Natalia Lafourcade, Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu and Blue Banisters By Lana del Rey give the feeling of fall. I got dem Ol’ kozmic Blues Again Mama, is an album...
The Icelandic/ Chinese singer Laufey, is bringing jazz back to life again, a genre of music which was thought to be dead with younger generations. Brought up in Washington DC, Laufey’s early life growing up was spent between moving from Reykjavik and D.C. In her youth she was an old soul, with her love for...
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