The event began with a band of three students playing a song by Metallica as strobe lights engulfed them.      The Talent Show gives students a moment in the spotlight.      “It’s a...

As the orchestra class plays each note, junior Skye Bishop grins. The song progresses and Bishop becomes emotionally overwhelmed as they hear the sounds they composed.      “This was the first...

What is the biggest difference between American and Italian high school? “The biggest difference is the school because you change classes every hour and classmates, while in Italy, we just had the same...

     With an ear-to-ear smile on her face, preschooler Arianna Z. reaches up to grab senior Natalie Hole’s hand. They walk together to the cafeteria, where dozens of Student Council members donning...

     In one swift motion, sophomore Abby Flickner lifts a barbell onto her shoulders, then successfully above her head. She grins as she drops the weight, proud of her athletic performance.  Flickner...

     As the lights of the gymnasium went dark, only the shine of countless glow sticks in the hands of students seated in the bleachers illuminated the dance team who performed to the cheerful sound...

     In sixth grade, Serbian foreign exchange student Vukasin Vasiljic decided he was going to spend a year in an American high school. Several years later he began the grueling process to...

     They show up dressed as disco queens, greasers, rappers, flappers and scene kids. This year, they danced the night away to the sounds of music from the Beach Boys to the Backstreet Boys.   ...

     To a visitor, the garland of orange paper loops hanging in the mall may seem like a decoration, an art project or simply a show of school spirit. But what they don’t know is that each of the...

     Walking into Room 131 with his hair pulled back, wearing a reddish dinosaur button up shirt and sporting an Alice in Wonderland watch, student teacher Ryan Burroughs, is in a word, unconventional.   ...

     He runs cross country, he’s co-president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and he’s the Spirit King of Northwest. Have someone in mind? What if that list had started with, “Shawnee...

     “CANS, CANS, CANS…,”  Student Council (StuCo) members chant as they collect all the cans and boxes from each fifth hour class. Students and teachers alike smile with pride as they see their...