If I had to guess the leading cause of death in children and teens in our country, guns would not be at the top of my list. Childhood cancer, maybe, or car accidents, but certainly not firearms. Just in...

“Yes!” students yell in excitement as they read a sign on their classroom door saying their class is in the auditorium for the period, due to teacher absence. With 45 minutes of completing work in...

Since 2018, 119 school shootings have taken place in the United States. This year alone, there have been 27 school shootings, according to an NPR article. The most recent attack took place at Robb Elementary...

When a freshman begins their first year of high school, one of the first things they may notice is Algonquin’s wide variety of clubs, offering opportunities to bond with peers, find new passions and...

When you’re young, it can be easy to try to conform to the expectation that you should belong to a certain category—a “box,” if you will. Most of us, myself included, assumed that by the time you...

It feels unreal that somehow it’s 2022 and I am indeed 18 years old, about to graduate high school. When did this happen? One day, the world fast-forwarded through time. Everyone else grew up, leaving...

I have, and probably always will be, in a rush—in a rush to get places and to get things done. But, I quickly deciphered that high school is not something “you get done.” It is not something you...

Looking back on the last four years, I'm struck by how much of it I spent unhappy. In all honesty, much of my day to day experience has sucked. We spent almost an entire year completely remote, shut off...

Throughout my high school years, I went through many changes as I was put into new atmospheres with new people. During these changes, I was always told by my peers or parents that I was just going through...

A few years ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram and came across an interview of a crying Boston College basketball player named Dennis Clifford. BC had finished their season with 25 losses and zero...

The summer before high school, my best friend and I decided to attend the fun run hosted by the cross country team. We both intended on joining the team in the fall, and as the motivated freshman we were,...

Our grade’s high school experience was unconventional to say the least, and we probably would have had a better four years if the pandemic didn’t disrupt so much of school. For me, COVID’s interruption...