“Always remember to follow your dreams and your passions,” asserts almost every graduation speech ever. It’s a cliché statement at this point, regurgitated by so many thought pieces and Substack...

Pens click, knees bounce and students make quick glances towards the clock as they scramble to answer questions correctly, all clear signs of anxiety and stress caused by time-restricted tests.  As...

I have always found comfort in conversation, but it wasn’t until high school that I realized the power that conversation truly has. Over the past four years, I have taken pride in being involved, constantly...

I spent countless hours practicing and thinking about what I could’ve done better in terms of my game, but when I look back on it all, I remember the exciting bus rides after wins, laughing at pasta...

Freshman year, I counted the minutes until the final bell rang. I thought high school was just long classes, awkward presentations, crowded hallways and trying to survive until graduation. Back then, I...

If you looked at my schedule on any given Monday over the past few years, it probably didn't make a whole lot of sense. As soon as the final bell rang, I would head over to the Harbinger meeting. As soon...

I'm sitting here writing this on a random Thursday, just a couple of weeks before school is over. Just a couple of weeks until I leave my friends behind and the school and community I've known for 12 years....

Imagine this: course selection time is here again, and you’re excited that more classes will be available to choose from next year. Eagerly scrolling through the list of electives, it’s a great relief...

It felt like just yesterday I was walking into Freshman Orientation, and in a mere matter of days I will be walking out for the last time. From all of the piles of homework, late nights of studying, bus...

One of the most important realizations I have had throughout high school is that I will keep learning until the day I die. In hindsight, it should have been an obvious thought but it still took me years...

When I think about my high school journey, I do not think about any specific time or experience, but rather the relationships I built. Many people have asked me what I enjoyed most over the past four years,...

Despite spending half of Winter Ball doing karaoke, singing as loud as possible with friends with the sunroof open after Pinkout and being a generally loud person, I’ve surprisingly never lost my voice....