My best friend and I have been through alot together, but the biggest thing we’ve gone through together has been the challenge of two chronic illnesses.
A chronic illness (or disease) is an illness...
From the time I was 14, fitness has been a part of my life. Whether or not I enjoy it changes as I try new things. What’s interesting about this that while I make fitness a priority, I am by no means...
Sweaty palms, shaky legs, and one’s throat slowly closing up, these are the much too familiar side effects of public speaking. Public speaking has been the bane of high school students’ existence for...
Healthy relationships consist of two partners helping, guiding, supporting, and lifting one another up. Some relationships are built off of trust, while others are built off of kindness. Healthy relationships...
For many high school students, studying abroad is not always a viable option. Seventeen year-old German exchange student Esther Schubert, however, chose to spend an American senior year in the United States,...
The early mornings, long days, and large workload of school may seem like a full time job. However, some students allocate additional time and energy to an actual occupation. Whether it be for helping...
For freshman Max Taylor, starting high school was not the most overwhelming event of this past year. This year so far has offered well-deserved opportunities to the teen as he entered a new school...
Senior Austin Vanderweele turned many heads in his direction when he showed up to school for the first time in a skirt. Vanderweele, having always had the reputation of “Best Dressed,” decided to change...
“What are you?”
“Why do you do that?”
“Wow… You’re Muslim?”
Diversity in religion plays such a huge role for Portage Northern, but some students are criticized for openly expressing...
“....If a potential “sicko shooter” knows that a school has a large number of very talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will NEVER attack that school,” tweeted...
I have always said that I have the worst luck. On a beautiful April day last year I was asked to do a simple, routine task: drive my brother to his baseball practice at the high school. Hopping in the...
As you pass through the hallway minding your own business, you likely notice some of your schoolmates chattering in a thick accent. Sophomore Jade Thake is one of those students: she is from a British...
