March 13, 2021 — the date that marks the 365th day since I stepped foot off school campus, not knowing how much the world and I myself would change. March 13, 2020 — the Friday that would sum up my last school day at North Hollywood High School. Some of the students were excited about…
As it is passing the one-year mark of the Covid-19 outbreak, many people are getting used to the lifestyle of wearing masks around and sanitizing. Rosemont Middle School is starting new clubs even during the situation, which they are advertising to parents and students through emails each week. A new program that was introduced before…
As coronavirus cases hit its peak, schools shut down and students and teachers were forced to adjust to the unknown virtual world. During this time, many of my friends and I struggled to stay connected with one another. What we thought was the norm was now gone: eating lunch with my friends in the quad…
Each year, one million people die of suicide worldwide. Shockingly, it is the second leading cause of death for high school students. It is important to know that suicide is preventable and help is available for those who need it. People must continue to speak up about it in order to reduce its stigma, spread…
These days, tests are the very thing that measure your success in junior high or high school. You are constantly tested on whatever you have learned each week. If you want to apply to a college, the admissions officers examine your grades with the eyes of a hawk. Because of this, here are some tricks…
The recent rain that has been falling in January across multiple areas of California is a refreshing feeling of change. The sound of water droplets crashing onto concrete sidewalks, the smell of the air after a long, pouring shower, the feeling that everything bad in the world has been washed away and everything is new…
From ages five to ten, I couldn’t sleep at night without my stuffed animal. I was embarrassed by this because most of my friends had outgrown this stage already. I was afraid that someone would call me a baby for still needing my stuffed animal, so I hid it whenever someone came to my house,…
As we all know by now, a pandemic is more than capable of making our lives difficult in more ways than one ? our social, economic, and educational successes have been undeniably hindered for the past year or so. During these difficult times, we may struggle to find joy and excitement in our extremely mundane…
The hardest part about editing, for me, has never been the decision that comes with it. To publish or reject, to accept or decline?with a few tough exceptions, all of that seems to be pretty obvious once you’ve gotten the general sense of the publication’s specific standards. Each magazine or journal is different, but once…
As quarantine carries on, many people continue looking for interesting sources of entertainment to bring about happiness. One prominent method of spending time is by watching dramas, movies, Youtube, or TV shows. Through these difficult times, however, it is tough for producers to create these forms of entertainment that they would have hoped to film…
