From January 25 to January 27, the Portola Highly Gifted Magnet (HGM) 8th grade class went on a trip that we’ll never forget. We took part in an amazing program called the WOLF Camp at Camp Whittier. Through this program, we bonded with one another, realized our hidden strengths and weaknesses, and took part in…
Category: Community and School
10th Annual Timberwolf 5K
Fundraiser events are common throughout the year for a typical high school. But have you heard of or participated in a fundraiser in which students woke up early on a rainy Saturday morning to run 5 kilometers at the school campus? The biggest fundraiser of the year for Northwood High School celebrated its…
High School Cheating Culture
High school cheating culture reveals the prioritization of grades and college acceptances over the maintenance of the students’ sense of dignity. This is a result of numerous heavy and injurious exterior pressures. Because of these pressures, the students cannot help but resort to different ways to raise or keep their grades, making it so that…
Student’s Take on The Lorax Project
Climate Change is real, Global Warming is here, and yet the world stays silent. In the past century alone, carbon dioxide emissions have increased on a far greater level than predicted. Carbon Dioxide emissions are growing exponentially with increasing reliance on fossil fuels, consequential obliteration of forests, and irreversible consumption of natural resources. Just last…
[JJSR Highlights]Opinion: The Teacher Everybody Needs… is Technology?
Despite the benefits of educational technology in the past, many parents are questioning if technology is really necessary for a student’s education and provides the positive needs a child needs for education. However, technology has a positive effect on a student’s education because of various online resources, worldwide tutoring, and daily checking of…
The Karsh Center
There are many people who are not able to receive the necessities needed to live sustainably. This can lead to many being in poverty. In the U.S. about 30 to 40 percent of food is wasted. The food that restaurants over-prepare, or produce that is not sold in markets all go to waste. Moreover,…
Striking Against LAUSD
The strike officially began on Monday, January 14, when United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) called for teachers to not go to their schools in order to fight for not only higher pay but also for the improvement of the quality of students’ education and learning environments: smaller class sizes, more nurses, more…
Helping Students Find their Futures
The sky lights up in red and orange as the sun sets over Baldwin Hills – and with it, another workday for the dedicated 40-some-odd students in LA Audubon’s state park-specific Baldwin Hills Greenhouse program for high schoolers. The Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program isn’t the most well-known environmental program around – but for its…
TAP into LA’s Public Transportation
On December 19, 2018, Transit Access Pass (TAP) coupons were handed out to many low-income individuals and families at the Korea Daily, which helped them to reduce their money spent on public transportation. According to Wikipedia, a TAP coupon is defined as “a form of electronic ticketing payment method used on…
Why Finals Shouldn’t Exist
December begins the holiday season: a time of festivity and joy, gifts and celebration. We indulge ourselves in delicious food and pile our houses with decorations, all in hazy excitement for the upcoming holidays. Especially for students, December brings the conclusion of first semester, an indication of a three-week-break that follows. With heightened excitement, students…