Measles, mumps, chickenpox, Hepatitis, HPV: these are all viruses and diseases FCPS students are required to be immunized against. We should add to this list COVID-19. Last month, Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the nation, became one of the first school divisions to announceContinue Reading
It was two days before the presentation, and I knew tomorrow I had work until the evening, Yvon had football practice, and Abby was embroiled in the logistics of a school-wide food drive. We decided to plan ahead and agreed to meet for Wednesday off hours. No warning given, noContinue Reading
There is no better feeling in the world than waking up to a Ryan McElveen alert that school has been canceled due to snow. But be careful – your snow days are under assault. The advent of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought rise to a new movementContinue Reading
Everyone in the stands knows why the penalty flag is on the field. Even those who could not see the play unfold could hear the loud crack of two helmets smacking into each other. Those who could see the play know the defender’s decision to hit the ball carrier inContinue Reading
Grady Dillon: Defunding the police is by far the stupidest proposal anyone has ever come up with. I have heard some idiotic ideas before in the past, but this is the most outrageous of them all. On June 7, the Minneapolis City Council passed a veto-proof decision to not onlyContinue Reading
It is despicable to value corporations over lives, yet this ideology is ingrained into American society. There has been an uproar on social media recently, not only about the unjust murder of George Floyd, but also the riots that resulted. The biggest controversy is over the destruction of property; peopleContinue Reading
While the students were relishing the break brought on by the shutdown, the teachers had to learn how to shift from their physical classrooms to Blackboard Collaborate and change curricula to fit online learning restrictions, all within a month’s time. Students need to recognize how hard their teachers have beenContinue Reading
Dating will always come with surprises, but learning you have to stay six feet apart at all times is usually never the case. My boyfriend and I started dating a couple of months before quarantine started. We went from seeing each other almost every day at and outside of schoolContinue Reading
Now that attending class means simply waking up, grabbing your laptop and logging on, I struggle to find the motivation to do more than the bare minimum. My daily schedule used to be a lot more chaotic. I would wake up at 6:45 a.m., go to school, come home aroundContinue Reading
During the transition to online school, most classes have been bearable as learning new material in core subjects like math and science is not too difficult. But, one part of school that is completely left out from the smooth transition is foreign languages. For students learning a second language, theContinue Reading