Marching Band
Sydney Bokenhagen, Freelance Writer
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment, and Reviews, School News, Student Life, Top Stories
Marching band has proven to be so much more than an “extracurricular activity” for many people including myself. This program has provided me a family that I’ve grown closer with each year. Coming into high school can be an extremely stressful time, and I was honestly scared for what was going to ha...
Extracurriculars for College
Kytana VandenBos, Junior Staff Writer
January 29, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Not sure what you should do before college? Don’t know what would look good on a college application? Well, don’t stress. I’ve come up with 10 extracirriculars that you can do before college that will increase your acceptance chances. Student government. Colleges are extremely imp...
What Is All-State?
Kytana VandenBos, Junior Staff Writer
January 24, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment, and Reviews, Student Life, Top Stories
All-State. If you’re friends with a choir kid, you’ll usually hear them talking about it and how stressful it is. Though, if you’re not a choir kid, you won’t know what they’re talking about, so I’m here to inform you. What All-State is is it’s an extra cirricular activity for cho...
The Good Old Days
Graham Wilson, Senior Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge fan of The Office. There are so many hilarious and precious moments throughout that show, but there’s one quote that really hit me hard. During the series finale, Andy Bernard states, “I wish there was a way to know you are in the good old days, befor...
What Goes Into LTV
Savanna Dent, Senior Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Everyone sees LTV everyday during second period. Have you ever wondered what goes on when creating that show? Well it is kinda crazy. If you have ever been in the library then you have seen and peeked I to see what’s in the LTV room. You’ll see a camera we use to record the news and then we take that ...
Midterms Stress
Laura Conway, Sophomore Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Have you ever experienced some form of stress associated with school Midterms? Stress from Finals? The feeling of stress associated with testing is highly common all throughout the world, especially here in the United States. According to Oxford Dictionaries stress is , “a state of mental or emoti...
Limericks and Haikus
Graham Wilson, Senior Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Pre-school poetry That’s what I’m writing for you I’m so so sorry I give it my best Effort without the results Killing self-esteem Making baby steps The deeper I try to dive The better it gets No longer pre-school First grade poems blossoming...
Poverty Awareness: Countering The Effects of Poverty in Maryland
Laura Conway, Sophomore Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Poverty is substantially seen throughout the globe affecting millions in our own country. This issue includes basic life necessities not being met. As of 2017, 9.7% of Maryland’s population lives in poverty, that is 567,715 people. A fellow Global International Studies student Rhea Brown and I are creating a c...
Membean
Rhea Brown, Sophomore Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
It’s Sunday night, around 11 pm. You’ve finally finished all your homework, after what felt like hours of stress and exhaustion. As you relax in bed scrolling through social media, you get a text. It reads “have you done your membean?” Panic rushes through your body as you come to the chillin...
2019: New Beginnings
Emily Carpenter, Staff Writer
January 8, 2019
Filed under Lifestyle, Student Life
The new year elicits a sense of fondness towards the previous sentiments of the year prior. One tends to reflect back on the behaviors and experiences of last year in order to build closer relationships with themselves and others. All of the reminiscence of the past begs the question of “how can I im...
New York Diversity
Rhea Brown, Sophomore Staff Writers
January 3, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
As said by the great Alicia Keys, in the modern masterpiece “Empire State of Mind,” “Concrete jungles where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do now you’re in New York! These streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you. Now you’re in New York.” After ...
Urban vs. Suburban Life
Laura Conway, Sophomore Staff Writers
January 3, 2019
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
The difference between urban and suburban life is seen especially when comparing our hometown in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland to New York City, New York. This past Thursday the Global International Studies program that I take part in took an exciting field trip to visit the Big Apple. As we walked thr...
