I have loved science for as long as I can remember, literally. Some of my earliest memories are of me and my dad looking up into the night sky while I asked all sorts of space-related questions; however,...

People often ask, “What was high school to you?” To me, high school was about growth. What eighth grade me assumed would be four years of jocks, cliques and me counting down till the last day of...

At the start of my junior year I set a goal for myself — to eat lunch with every department at this school. Why? You may ask. Perhaps it was an attempt to wrap my head around the intricacies of...

Life is improv. That is the most useful thing I have learned during my time at Algonquin. Your life is a one woman show, with absolutely no script and no intermission.  I remember that being one of...

The most important memories I’ve made in high school are the ones where I felt uncomfortable.  Like when I walked into freshman English on the first day, looking around desperately—but in vain—for...

Dear Class of 2021,  I am sorry. In the midst of a global pandemic, racial injustice and a declining environment, you were expected to have the best year of your high school career.  I am sorry...

As I walk down my street to the bus stop on this warm-ish spring morning, I realize that I’ve always heard the same birdsong. Breathing in the crisp air, I smile subconsciously as that sweet, pitchy...

After talking and laughing in the rotunda with a couple of my friends after a HOSA meeting last March 12, we heard one of the secretaries say that school would be closing for a couple days for deep cleaning....

It’s safe to say that in the past year AP classes and exams look very different than they did pre-COVID. As we near the AP exam season we are seeing more changes to adhere to COVID-19 regulations, but...

Last year, I was scrolling through Instagram when I came across a post of a few girls covered head to toe in a variety of colors. Of course, this isn’t a common sight, but to me, it looked awfully familiar....

We’ve been listening to people talk about the validity of our school mascot for what has felt like ages. And it has been ages. Many discussions and petitions to assess the Tomahawk have transpired in...