Oktoberfest is a festival that many cities and towns, including La Crescenta, hold annually in the month of October. Since 1977, La Crescenta residents have been organizing and attending Oktoberfest. Every year, students from ASB (student body) and AFJROTC (Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp) volunteer to help set up booths the morning of…
Controversy Surrounds the Mandela Effect
Thanks to social media, the conspiracy theory of the Mandela Effect has recently gone viral. Throughout the world, those who are aware are either spooked by or firmly believe in this theory, which suggests that our world may have “slid” past a parallel universe. Regardless of the different views surrounding the highly controversial topic, however,…
Troy’s NJROTC BLT Camp: A Blast of a Time
BLT, or Basic Leadership Training, is a mini bootcamp hosted by Troy High School’s NJROTC unit, or Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps which can be an alternative to take Physical Education. Students, known as cadets, are taught things like how to march and care for a uniform, and, depending on which JROTC team one…
Cresskill’s Dawn-to-Dusk Vigil for Veterans
Have you ever imagined how you would feel if a member of your family was captured in prison or was missing? How would you feel if you were the one who was captured and had no idea where you were, whether or not you would survive, or if anyone even knew about your captivity? Frustration….
The Risk of Honors
Entering high school also means that a student can enter Honors and AP classes. Entering high school also means that students start to get more serious because they are told that colleges look at grades starting from high school. Because colleges determine jobs, and their incomes, and possibly their life plans, their grades and overall…
Preseason: What’s the Point?
Unlike at Seoul Foreign School, many schools around the world – typically in the United States – hold something called “preseason,” a period of time that takes place before the regular season of a sport begins. It consists of a series of games that do not count towards the win-loss records of the team, but…
Music in the Schools
Twice a week, a group of 4th and 5th graders unpack their instruments in a school classroom and prepare to receive violin lessons. This would seem mundane, since this school is situated in Silicon Valley, where parents regularly sign their children up for violin or piano lessons. However, this is on the other side of…
The Suns of DMHS
Popular Instagram account @humansofny uploads photos and stories of NYC citizens to show that everyone has an interesting story. Downtown Magnets High School aims to give a similar message by running their own Instagram account. Aptly called the Suns of DMHS, as their mascot is the suns, the yearbook staff at DMHS interviews random students…
Humanities are the Future
In an increasingly competitive job market, most high school seniors are probably familiar with the age-old rhetoric: STEM majors are the only way to go if you want a successful, stable career. However, majoring in the humanities actually holds many promising benefits that can foster lifelong skills for success. Many argue that STEM majors are…
The Importance of Blood Drives
Every semester, North Hollywood High School hosts two blood drives, and there is always a great scramble among the students tasked with finding donors. Even after promises of skipped periods and free food, there are not many willing participants. Despite the reluctance and refusal to donate blood, where and why do all these blood drives…