As we ring in the new year and celebrate the start of the second semester, it can be easy for us students to lose motivation in school. For seniors especially, it can be tempting to push aside schoolwork and studying to spend more time with family and friends before the end of the school year. Maybe you decided to procrastinate...
Procrastination is something many of us struggle with, especially as students. It's when we delay our tasks or set aside studying for a test until the last minute. This can create unnecessary stress and make us feel overwhelmed the second we snap out of this spell. In order to stop procrastinating, we first need to understand why we do it...
Most colleges around the world require standardized test scores to examine the scholastic eligibility of a student. The one that's most familiar to us is the SAT.
From the first day of third semester up until the fated 30th of March, secondary students were forced to suffer under the terrifying grasp of the too-threatening science fair. Well, perhaps that's too much of a pessimistic way of viewing it. When the science fair was first introduced, most students were apprehensive about the prospect. Since the...
After high school, there is one thing we either dread or anticipate: college. What is the purpose of higher education, and how does it prepare you for life? There are also issues with attending university because of tuition, majors, jobs, housing, and, of course, social life. Here are Ms. Raegan's responses to the top 7 concerns students have about...
We all experience a time when everything seems to go wrong—when we can't reach a particular goal and find it extremely hard to cope. From a third-person point of view, it seems as though some people can move on from failures and obstacles without a second thought. In reality, those people never just pick themselves up and continue as...
It's that time of the year again for high schoolers to give their all to the dreaded PSAT/SAT examinations that can open many unprecedented opportunities in great colleges and universities. First time trying out the PSAT? Or looking for advice on more efficient prep methods? Here are some cliché study tricks-and maybe a few new tips-that might be...
For our fellow high-achieving students who are struggling to choose classes for the upcoming school year, this article is made for you! We asked our beloved rising seniors about their experience and opinions on a few AP courses offered through VHS and in class, with a few tips and tricks that you can pick up as well.
Unfortunately, as the year comes to end we have to say good-bye to this year's beloved seniors of class of 2022. Due to Covid, they weren't able to get the full experience of what being a senior is really like, but that didn't stop them from enjoying their last year. We interviewed a few seniors on how they felt this...
Not every writer has the passion and time to write a long, thick-paged novel. Some people don't even care about writing at all but have to do it anyway for an upcoming English assignment. Whichever group you belong to, learning to write a good short story can effectively improve your skills in writing; not to mention, it can also give...
