Why Junior Year Has Been the Worst Year of My Life

Ryan McGuire, Assistant Editor

April 13, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Junior year: dreaded by many, feared by most, notorious for the tremendous amounts of pressure loaded onto students of all levels.  Regarded by most colleges as the make-you-or-break-you year, junior year is often the cause of  severe anxiety, stress, and other mental disorders. It is faced by teens...

Who Really Needs Math Anyway?

Ryan McGuire, Staff Writer

April 13, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Math: by exact definition, it means "the abstract study of space and quantity."  By common definition, it simply means "awful."  Students have had to take it every year since kindergarten, but how much is what we learn in the classroom really applied to our lives or future careers?  Someone who wants...

The Extinction of Field Trips

February 7, 2018

Filed under Opinion

Recently, schools have been taking less and less field trips because everything you need to "see"can be found online.  Schools do not only have the responsibility of developing educated, successful youth, but also the moral responsibility of creating a well-rounded community, which can only be achieved...

Are Gender Neutral Bathrooms Good?

Aubrey H., Staffer

December 6, 2017

Filed under Opinion

Disney is now allowing gender neutral bathrooms, meaning anyone who says they are female or male can go into the bathroom accordingly. No one can tell them otherwise. These bathrooms are a problem because men go into the girl’s bathroom for inappropriate reasons. This is very serious because of how...

Youth Exchange or Life Exchange?

Kaavya S., News Editor

December 6, 2017

Filed under Opinion, School News

The Rotary Club provides high school students with the opportunity to participate in an exchange program for the summer or an entire school year. The program is a lengthy process of applications, forms, interviews, and learning. Students have a variety of countries to choose from, including France, Norway,...

But is dance even a sport?

Susana G., Opinion Editor

September 7, 2017

Filed under Opinion

With the beginning of the school year come the awkward ice-breaking games and the "get to know each other" questions, so when my turn comes and someone asks: "Do you play any sports?" and I  confidently  answer:  "Yes, I dance!", that person looks back at me with disappointment and says the worst...

Zombies or Sleepless Students: Does School Start too Early?

Ryan M.

April 25, 2017

Filed under Opinion

  Lake Mary's starting bell rings at 7:15 AM every morning; but is that too early?  Many students don't get to sleep until midnight then wake up bright and early the next day at 5AM.  To sum it up, high schoolers almost never get the full eight and a half hours of sleep they need to function. Due...

Will Modern Day Feminism Result in Drafting Girls?

Ryan M.

April 25, 2017

Filed under Opinion

In today's modern age, feminism is more prominent than ever.  From the Women's March on Washington (January 21, 2017) to women working to earn equal pay as their men co-workers in their professions, feminism is everywhere.  However, some say that if girls want to fight to have equal rights, they should...

They had a dream…

Susana G., Opinion Editor

March 1, 2017

Filed under Opinion

  Once upon a time in a land not far away , hundreds of pilgrims came to America with a dream, a dream to find a land where they could say what they wanted to say, believe what they wanted to believe in and be who they wanted to be. To their luck they found what they wanted and after years of...

Jealous Relationships

March 1, 2017

Filed under Opinion

Since elementary school, kids pretend they have weddings or dates for sometime until it happens. Finally, that first REAL relationship and that person is the best thing that’s happened to you and you’ll be together forever and everything is beautiful and good with the world but then… Why does she...