It has been said that the number three is powerful, and this is definitely true for the Totten’s and the Brown’s. The Totten siblings—Alexis, Allyson, and Derrell—and the Brown siblings—Reggie,...

Racism. Gangs. Police brutality. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a relevant, young adult novel that addresses all of these topics. It recently hit theaters in the United States on Oct., 19 to global...

Many people dream of missing school to travel to foreign countries. Last year, this dream was Evvia Townley-Bakewell’s (11) reality. Townley-Bakewell’s father is a professor at Rhodes College. Last...

Summer vacation—a time for taking trips, relaxing and forgetting about the piles of summer work. But that’s not true for everyone. Some students are still hard at work, even when school is out. Isabel...

Something’s cooking at the Spitfire Grill. After months of preparation, the theater, band and choir programs are ready to present The Spitfire Grill Musical. The show aired in the auditorium of the high...

A buzz fills the air. George Metcalf (10) and his mother, Corrie Metcalf, are in their backyard doing something unique. They are harvesting honey from their own bee colonies.   For the past six or...

A boy with a bloody nose. A girl with a headache. A student who is feeling sick. All of these people have one thing in common: they need to pay a visit to the school nurse. “The school nurse? I didn’t...

Poplar Avenue is home to a wide variety of stores and businesses. Just this fall, it became home to two more. Nordstrom Rack and Ulta Beauty have joined the entourage of stores that line the sides of Poplar...