By: Xiran Zhang Grade 10 Kindness is a very beautiful thing in our lives. It is small but warm, and it can make the world a better place. As a 10th-grade girl, I see kindness everywhere around me, from my family, friends and even strangers. These small kind acts touch …
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Dreamcore — An Internet Aesthetic Born from Nostalgia
What is dreamcore? Dreamcore is an internet-based surrealist aesthetic. Through media such as images, videos, and music, it simulates and recreates the feeling of dreams—experiences that are both strange and familiar, both warm and melancholic. Dreamcore works often have unclear image quality with visible grain. The scenes are usually set …
Read More »What Lasts- Reflections From Four Years of Varsity Hockey
By: Evan Shi Grade 12 My varsity hockey team’s senior night is coming up and for it, the other seniors and I have to create a trifold with photos illustrating our hockey experience over the years. I spread out four years of team photos on the table in our living …
Read More »Handwashing
Each day, people come into contact with surfaces, objects, and other individuals that carry germs. Germs are not visible to the naked eye, yet they spread quickly through touch and the environment. One of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the spread of illness is proper handwashing. This …
Read More »We Went to the Moon in 1969. What’s Taking So Long to Reach Mars?
By: Sofia Grade 8 People first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA's Apollo 11 mission—a feat achieved in roughly eight years from the official commitment to the landing. Yet our attempt to send humans to Mars has already spanned over 70 years, with technical studies dating …
Read More »The Ocean Is Choking — And So Are We
Picture this: every single day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic gets dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Not every week. Not every month. Every. Single. Day. Every year, 19 to 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into rivers, lakes, and seas around the …
Read More »U.S. Blockade Tightens as Iran Talks Hang in the Balance
President Trump signaled Tuesday that diplomatic negotiations over the ongoing war in Iran could pick back up within days, offering a rare note of optimism after weekend talks in Islamabad fell apart and the United States responded by imposing a naval blockade on Iranian ports. Speaking to the New York …
Read More »Spring Break Article
By Ben Yi, Grade 10 Over spring break, I visited my parents’ warehouse in California and worked there for a week. Compared to my time working for them over Thanksgiving, my overall takeaways are roughly the same except for two new conclusions that I’ve come to: First, there is a …
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