Pro/Con: Should Students be Required to Take Exams?

By Whitney Clements

Teachers and students are starting their preparation rush for the final exams. Teachers spend countless hours going over the same things trying to get each class ready for their exams. All this time is wasted on reviewing when it could be spent on actually teaching something entirely new. Students would be given the [...]

Pro/Con: Should Students Be Required To Take Exams?

By Carolina Bae

Students will soon start to receive their final exam exemption letters. Unfortunately, not all of them will. Final exams, and exams in general, have been an issue of controversy for a while now.
Students should have final exams.  They help to prepare students for big tests in college. In college, exams are required and [...]

Staff Editorial: Keeping Focus Near End of School Year

Staff Editorial
Summer break is only 28 days away. However, now is not the time to slip into bad habits and practices. Though the end of the year is near, it is extremely important for students to focus on maintaining the same academic standards that they started the school year with. It is easy to stop [...]

Podcast: This I Believe by Whitney Clements

This I believe: you can depend on people other than yourself. Many people believe you cannot depend on anyone. That may be true for some people, but I know no matter what my team will always be there for me. Each and every one of us has each other’s back.  If we didn’t depend on [...]