While the start to the school year has been a rough one, the topics of privilege, education, and the coronavirus continue to pose issues to the teachers and administrators within our district. The need to combat this deficiency in adequate student learning troubles distraught educators and worried parents. Online meeting and collaboration platforms like Microsoft…

The global COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the lives of people around the world. Due to health precautions, schools have been operating remotely since last spring, which is likely to continue until the end of the school year. Due to the uncertainty and chaos surrounding the pandemic, all fifty states were given waivers for standardized…

Children in this generation are strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many schools have closed, leading to limited opportunities for young students to socialize. With school districts transitioning to online-based learning, isolation has been challenging for many of our youth. This abrupt transition may have caused negative effects on students still developing their social skills.…

Days before Halloween, the Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) club held a forum to discuss cultural appropriation, clearing the controversy on acceptable costumes. A panel of SOAR members considered the significance of cultural appreciation, ignorance, Westernization and more in a forum that is the first of many to come for the club. One aim of…

The 1918 influenza pandemic infected around a third of the world’s population, with deaths amounting to at least 50 million. Caused by the H1N1 virus, this flu was one of the most severe epidemics in history. Influenza is an infectious disease which targets the respiratory system — the nose, throat, and lungs. This is why…