Yearly Archives: 2026

How Fantasy Football Became a Social Superglue for Fans

By Angeli Fetizanan, Grade 10 Every fall, millions of people across the country get hyped for fantasy football. Something that started with a friendly bet between a group of friends has become an entirely different beast. Scoring and winning a championship is a thing of the past. For many people, …

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Energy Drinks: A Growing Health Crisis

By: Angeli Fetizanan — 10th Grade Recently, more and more people are exposed to trends, consumerism, and marketing online, which increases the frequency of people purchasing energy drinks with effective marketing. In fact, as many as 39% of adolescents in Australia are affected by severe health conditions such as obesity …

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Point of No Return: A trip to the black hole

Imagine floating in the deep void of space, surrounded by a silent sea of brilliant, non-twinklingstars. Suddenly, your eyes are seized by a strange anomaly: a sphere of absolute darkness,wrapped in a whirling carnival of light—a black hole, one of the universe’s most enigmaticphenomena.A black hole is a region in …

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Turkey’s 2025 Water Crisis

Turkey faced one of the most devastating droughts in decades. Rainfall dropped around 30% across the country with some areas specifically receiving significantly less rain than normal. Due to this unexpected decrease in rainfall, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs that supply the people in Turkey with drinking water are seeing dangerously …

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Short Videos

Xiran Zhang Short videos are a hot topic among teenagers today. Apps like TikTok and Instagram are part of our daily lives life. Almost everyone around me watches short videos. Some people like them for fun, and some use them to learn new things. This topic has become popular because …

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Be Your True Self

By Elizabeth  Grade 6Have you ever copied someone? Like famous movie stars or music icons? Or do you like to wear the same clothes as your “popular” friends? Whether you are wearing trendy shirts or using popular cosmetics, it all shows that you are overly concerned with others’ perceptions, rather …

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Game On

An Introduction to the Rising Star Sports Column By: Elle Shi, Grade 7, Sports Column Editor The moment before games always starts the same. The noise fades a little. The nerves kick in. Everyone, players, coaches, and fans, lean forward, waiting for something to happen. And everyone knows that anything, …

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