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18 and empowered: My first voting experience

18 and empowered: My first voting experience

Sarah Gray, Consumnes Oaks High School November 6, 2024

Turning 18 is a significant milestone in many cultures, symbolizing the transition into adulthood and the accompanying responsibilities and rights. For me, this year marks not only my coming of age but...

High school students at the forefront of clothing sustainability trend

High school students at the forefront of clothing sustainability trend

Eva Lancaster, Horizon Charter School October 22, 2024

Sustainable fashion refers to the practice of designing, producing, and consuming clothing in ways that minimize environmental impact and promote social responsibility. This movement emphasizes the use...

The Pleasant Grove Eagle Run Meet with participating Sacramento schools in the Division 1 region.

UNITED STRIDES

Rania Elguessab, Consumnes Oaks High School October 8, 2024

During the cross country season, which spans from summer to winter, runners from various schools across the region discover that the sport is about much more than personal achievement. Runners say it’s...

Veep candidate brings period products in schools issue to presidential campaign

Veep candidate brings period products in schools issue to presidential campaign

Kay Stout, Cordova High School September 3, 2024

Tim Walz, the newly selected vice president candidate for the Democrats, signed a law in 2023 as Minnesota governor that required menstrual products to be available in the state’s schools.  The law...

Back to school blues!

Eva Lancaster, Horizon Charter School September 1, 2024

McClatchy students say third quarter is the most challenging quarter

McClatchy students say third quarter is the most challenging quarter

Kennedy O’Gilvie Joplin, McClatchy High School July 5, 2024

As the 2023-2024 school year comes to end, C. K. McClatchy students spoke of the hardest part of the year. K. McClatchy is amongst several Sacramento City Unified School high schools that use the semester...

My personal collection of the Ravensburger line of Villainous board games.

Bring back board games!

Josh Cullers, Galt High School June 26, 2024

We live in an increasingly digital age, and while there’s been very intense debate over its role in society, there’s one area of life where it has dominated more than anywhere else.  Entertainment.  Nearly...

If American education is so great why do we lag behind many other nations? No Child Left Behind

If American education is so great why do we lag behind many other nations? No Child Left Behind

Maxim Russu, Cordova High School June 25, 2024

The United States is known for offering perhaps the finest higher education in the world.  The same can’t be said, however, for American K-12 education.   According to the National Assessment...

FROM VIETNAM TO GAZA

FROM VIETNAM TO GAZA

Kay Stout, Cordova High School May 20, 2024

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.  The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least...

Pleasant Grove needs to offer more academic assistance to students

Pleasant Grove needs to offer more academic assistance to students

Parneet Kaur, Pleasant Grove High School February 8, 2024

Pleasant Grove High School is undoubtedly a great institution that has produced many successful alumni over the years. However, there is always room for improvement, and the school can do more to help...

Banned Books

Banned Books

Kennedy O’Gilvie Joplin, McClatchy High School February 3, 2024

Brave New World, Animal Farm, Beloved, and Catcher in the Rye are all famous books known for being banned by states, schools or parents for the messages they convey.  Currently some states, including...

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