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The best stories being published on the SNO Sites network

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Dunbar Hosts Forum for LGBTQ+ Students

Dunbar Hosts Forum for LGBTQ+ Students

By Lilli Robey, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School - KY April 24, 2024

FCPS established focus groups for marginalized students to hear their voices and protect them from harassment or discrimination. The groups include BIPOC males, BIPOC females, Multilingual, Migrant, and...

On Feb. 27, gathered on North Avenue across from Staples High School and Bedford Middle School to peacefully protest against racism and discrimination in Westport Public Schools. The protest lasted from 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Westport Public Schools face accusations of racism

By Lily Hultgren '25 and Zoe Alpert ’25 April 24, 2024

Westport Public Schools received calls for a reform of its policies regarding racism following a peaceful protest on Feb. 27, outside of Staples High School and Bedford Middle School. The protest was in...

The Muslim Student Association put up posters supporting Palestine around campus that were removed by Principal Demetrius Ball because of concerns about the posters’ content.

Admin removes MSA posters

By Keerthi Eraniyan, California High School - CA April 24, 2024

The decision by Cal High administrators to remove Muslim Student Association (MSA) posters supporting Palestine last month has created controversy about free speech rights and censorship on campus. In...

Infographic by Ariya Lee

FCPS awarded $16 million for electric school buses

By Ariya Lee, Chantilly High School April 23, 2024

As part of the EPA’s first Clean School Bus Program, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) was awarded $16,590,000 on Jan. 8 to purchase 42 electric school buses to improve air quality and advance environmental...

Thirty portable toilets arrive at Gunns campus following the water-line break.

Breaking News: Gunn community navigates water-line break, water-supply shutdown

By Amann Mahajan and Kaylee Cheng April 19, 2024

At 11:24 a.m. today, Assistant Principal of Facilities Dr. Mycal Hixon sent a message to all Gunn staff that the school’s water had been shut off after the A- and B-building construction team hit a water...

“Destroying the trust between students and school staff:” New Ohio bill targets transgender students

By Simone Davis, Solon High School April 19, 2024

House Bill 68, or the Ohio Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, which bans gender affirming care for minors and restricts transgender students’ participation in sports statewide will go into effect...

Not only does climate change raise environmental concerns, but also threatens California homeowners access to home insurance, critical to protecting ones property and personal belongings. Increasingly, in recent years, large insurance carriers are offering less policies in the state and more residents are unable to insure their homes.

Climate change heightens California’s home insurance crisis

By Kara Kim, Carlmont High School April 18, 2024

With climate change accelerating the rate of wildfires and other natural disasters in California, getting access to home insurance for residents is becoming increasingly difficult. Standard home insurance,...

Co-founders for Rallying for Refugees were awarded the Build a Bright Future vision grant by Frigo Cheese Heads for ,000.

Student-run initiative secures a $5,000 grant

By Sarayu Bongale, Liberty High School - TX April 18, 2024

To advance their mission to support and empower refugees in their local community, co-founders of Rallying for Refugees, juniors Anvi Saxena, Aashi Oswal, and Ellen Li, received the Build a Bright Future...

Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Southwest CTA

By Adrienne Vera-Perez, Southwest Career and Technical Academy April 17, 2024

On April 15, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris visited campus and participated in a public moderated conversation, focusing on the progress being made in an attempt to reduce gun violence within schools. This...

Spanish teacher Andrea Williamson guides Kiara Petty (10) through a Spanish speaking assessment.

New Language Test Takes Over

By Kriti Dhaduvai, Parkway Central High School April 17, 2024

If you are in level four or five of a World Languages class, you may have encountered the AAPPL or STAMP tests. In the past years, these tests used to be administered only to students who chose to do Seal...

On Monday, Coppell High School students experienced a total solar eclipse by viewing through district-issued viewfinders. Coppell was on the path of totality and CHS scheduled an evacuation drill from 1:35-1:55 p.m. to provide students a viewing experience.

A celestial encounter

By Sahasra Chakilam, Coppell High School April 17, 2024

“I was in shock,” Coppell High School senior Sunya Ajani said. “I was sitting with my friends and we couldn’t believe that we were actually living through this. We were never going to see this...

Many community members and leaders showed up to the Wednesday board meeting.

JCPS board votes to end most magnet and traditional transportation despite community concerns

By Isabella Edghill and Grace Fridy April 15, 2024

This Wednesday, April 10, the JCPS Board of Education voted 4-3 to end busing to all magnet and traditional schools except for Central High School and Western High School. The last-minute meeting was called...

FUHSD revamps recycling

FUHSD revamps recycling

By Aletheia Ju, Monta Vista High School April 15, 2024

FUHSD started a student-run paper recycling program on Feb. 7 as part of a larger initiative, led by the FUHSD Climate Collective, to promote recycling at all five schools in the district. The program...

Embracing the warm weather and clear skies, ninth grader Bryce Poston gazes up at the sky in awe during the eclipse. “It was a pretty cool experience being so close to a full eclipse,” Bryce said, “and I’m glad the school gave us the chance to go out and view it.”

Eclipse excitement: Lab community gathers to celebrate unique celestial event

By Jaya Alenghat, Taariq Ahmed, Mia Lipson, Nathan Li, Olin Nafziger, Eli Raikhel, Grace LaBelle, Ryan Burke-Stevenson, Ellis Calleri, and Bryce Light April 15, 2024

Under the clear, sunny sky on April 8, all students and faculty from lower to high school gathered at Jackman Field. This was not a typical assembly — it was a unique event organized to watch the...

Neuqua Valley Students organize a walkout in solidarity with Palestine

By Emily Peña, Metea Valley High School April 15, 2024

Around 150 Neuqua Valley High School students walked out of school, held up signs, and recited slogans as they went down 95th St. on April 6 to show support and solidarity with Palestine. NVHS students...

Image of three of the books submitted by AP Literature teachers with a check mark over John Greens the Anthropocene Review and a red X over Khaled Hussainis A Thousand Splendid Suns and Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing.

Trying to Beef up the AP Literature Curriculum

By Madison Samuel, San Marcos High School April 15, 2024

Death. Love. Cruelty. Joy. Anxiety. These are all topics included in current AP literature texts taught at San Marcos High School. Juniors and seniors join AP Literature every year ready to evaluate all...

Coach and custodian Derrick Hamilton handles regular business in the cafeteria. I saw the fear in his face and jumped into action, he said.

Custodian turned hero

By Ella Dorfman, West Shore Junior/Senior High School April 12, 2024

Students speaking, yelling and eating. April 3 was a typical Wednesday in the cafeteria — until it wasn't. "This one kid came up to me, but I could not really understand him because...

Flamin Hot Cheetos are one of the targeted snack products that are affected by the new bill.

The days of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Takis, and Doritos could be numbered

By Nandi Smith, Los Alamitos High School April 12, 2024

LOS ALAMITOS, CA – When choosing a snack from the cafeteria or a vending machine, it’s hard to miss the signature red, yellow, and orange colors that follow bags of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The same...

This is the design displayed on Rae Melbergs button that is passed out around the school. Voronins featuring a pride flag with the word Ally spread across it.

Day of Silence and Night of Noise spread to Fort Collins

By Sophie Webb, Fossil Ridge High School April 12, 2024

  Day of Silence occurs every year on April 12. Beginning at the University of Virginia in 1996 it is now recognized nationally as the day of protest against LGBTQIA+ harassment in schools. Students...

Beachwood GSA advisers Topher Helm and Felecia Hamilton are concerned about the impact HB 68 will have on the well-being of transgender students.

Ohio Statehouse Overrides Governor’s Veto to Restrict Transgender Rights

By Isaac Gorodeski and Jack Soroka April 10, 2024

Ohio House Bill 68, which will become law on April 23, brings a number of restrictions on transgender children in the state. The law prohibits health officials from performing any form of gender transition...

During the earthquake, Michelle Denniss AP Calculus class all hid under the Harkness table for their own safety. All students, faculty and staff on campus are safe and okay.

Did you feel it? 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits East Coast and Masters

By Matthias Jaylen Sandoval, The Masters School April 9, 2024

DOBBS FERRY, NY, APRIL 6, 2024 (11:38 a.m. EST) At 10:23 a.m. a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit The Masters School and the entire East Coast. Students and faculty were in their second period classes when...

Juniors Anvita Rani and Apurva Ganti witness the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, alongside all students, faculty and staff. During today’s eclipse, only 98.3% of the sun’s visible light will be blocked, so the sky won’t darken. Wearing solar eclipse glasses was highly recommended to protect viewers’ eyes.

MHS Experiences Partial Solar Eclipse

By Aubrey Lacavich and Kate Jesperson April 9, 2024

Luke Dahlgren, junior, saw a total solar eclipse in elementary school, seven years ago, and said it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  “I’m excited for this one as well, even though it’s...

Team members carry the robot out for competition.

Iron Panthers barely fall short of world championship

By Will Kriner, Burlingame High School - CA April 9, 2024

From Wednesday, March 20, to Sunday, March 24, the Iron Panthers attended the Arizona East Regionals of the international FIRST Robotics Competition in Tempe, Arizona.  The Panthers spent three months...

‘I’m Ashamed To Be a Leader at This School Right Now’: Administrators Call for End to Bigotry Amid Expulsions

‘I’m Ashamed To Be a Leader at This School Right Now’: Administrators Call for End to Bigotry Amid Expulsions

By Geoffrey Franc and Sonia Dholakia April 8, 2024

Senior administrators announced a crackdown on “unacceptable language” in class meetings on Friday, March 15 following the expulsions of two freshmen for repeated racist language and conduct, according...

Rockwood has 135 buses and 12 early childhood buses, making it the largest district in the St. Louis area. “As the EPA meets the geographic areas marked as priority, we will eventually become eligible,” Heyman said.

Missouri Districts Receive Grant for Electric Buses

By Aubrey Lacavich, Marquette High School March 29, 2024

The Ritenour School District and Ferguson-Florissant School District received a $16 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for electric buses (E.Vs). Ritenour will receive 24 buses;...

Mounds View Theater casting sparks controversy

By Maya Gjelhaug and Tyler Quattrin March 29, 2024

By request, some student sources are kept anonymous to protect their position in the theater program or to prevent scrutiny. Anonymous sources are each provided with a different number for differentiation. Soon...

Devil on the blacktop

When Monarch PK-8 seventh grader Emily Frost joined her friends at recess, the last thing she expected to hear was a crowd of her peers chanting “Satan.” However, as she walked onto the blacktop on...

RM Principal Alicia Deeny leads a joint meeting with the JSU and Students Against Antisemitism club to address student concerns.

RM staff discover swastikas drawn in school building

By Mayah Nachman, Richard Montgomery High School - MD March 26, 2024

RM staff discovered swastikas drawn throughout the school building on three occasions in the past two weeks. RM Principal Alicia Deeny wrote a message to the RM community on March 12 after the swastikas...

Students are able to watch on monitors outside of the simulator to dissect mistakes and learn from the simulations classmates undergo.

Los Al’s new ambulance simulator: Training students for the future

By Sydney Forsyte, Los Alamitos High School March 26, 2024

LOS ALAMITOS, CA -- The EMTs press the oxygen mask to the face of the patient, frantically performing CPR as the beeps from the heart monitor grow fewer and farther between. They raise the paddles of the...

DVHS shares positivity and encouragement with action and through the posters around the campus.

A look into how administration handles school bullying incidents

By Emily Wong, Ella Shen, Saanvi Haridas, and Anushka Kabra March 25, 2024

After a bullying incident at DVHS went viral last November, garnering millions of views on social media, several DV students and alumni began voicing their own experiences and concerns with how administration...

The pictured solar panels, shown in 1975, were installed as part of a project by the Department of Energy before being subsequently removed.

Group Proposes Adding Solar Panels to FHS Roof

By Ali Patusky, Fauquier High School March 22, 2024

In 1974, when solar power was in its early stages of development, FHS was a frontrunner in the implementation of the new technology. As proudly touted in the 1975 edition of the Eyrie, the school’s yearbook,...

School traffic poses a dangerous threat to student life

By Savannah Riggins, James Bowie High School March 22, 2024

Tires screech loudly as a teenager peels out of the parking garage at high speeds. Suddenly, their car comes to a halt and, before they know it, the lives of two people have been changed forever. ...

Walking out in protest, sophomore Kyungsup Hwang holds up a sign, which says ‘No more silence. End gun violence.’ “We had this moment of silence series where weve posted every day for two weeks leading up to this walkout about victims of gun violence. I helped write the bios, researched about them, and also worked with the outreach committee who found the names of people and the information about them,” Hwang said.

Students protest gun violence through walkout with Done With Guns organization

By Kimberly Cruz-Cruz and Sami Nukta March 22, 2024

A walkout was held protesting gun violence on Monday, Mar. 18. The walkout occurred during lunch and was led by the Done with Guns organization which was founded by sophomore Moubon Kurukumbi. Kurukumbi...

Maintenance workers work on plumbing issues after school. During seventh hour, the 100 and 300 bathrooms and some additional areas throughout the school started to back up. District workers were on the scene after school. The cause of the backup is unknown at this time.

Multiple Bathrooms Impacted by Sewage Backup

By Amber Sethaler, Wentzville Liberty High School March 22, 2024

What's that smell? At around 12:55 p.m. on Monday, March 18, announcements rang throughout the school as assistant principal Mr. Keisel announced over the intercom that bathrooms would be closed due...

The Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department arrived at Amador Valley High School to a two-alarm fire in the small gym.

Two-alarm fire breaks out on Amador Valley High School Campus

By Jacob Bluvol, Zaynah Shah, Anita Gautam, and Eva Grove March 20, 2024

A fire broke out in the small gym at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 17. The faulty electrical wiring in the building's attic and walls was the suspected...

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental illness consider contacting the national suicide hotline, 988

Community resources soar

By Charlotte Koellner, James Bowie High School March 20, 2024

As students wait in line to walk the stage at graduation, they hear the name of a former classmate announced. The auditorium erupts into sympathetic cheers and applause as the former classmate’s family...

UC Berkeley’s plans for People’s Park construction sparks worry

By Emily Pedroza and Erin Fitzpatrick March 20, 2024

What you need to know: UC Berkeley's plans to repurpose People’s Park for affordable student housing have sparked backlash from the local community. People’s Park has a significant history...

The MVHS 2023-2024 staff of The Oracle pose above. On Thursday, February 22, a lawsuit was filed against MVHS principal Kip Glazer and MVLASD. (Courtesy MVHS Oracle)

A look into MVHS journalists’ censorship lawsuit against the District

By Audrey Tsai and Matthew Kim March 19, 2024

A Mountain View High School student, a teacher and a recent graduate sued MVHS Principal Kip Glazer and the Mountain View–Los Altos School District (MVLASD) over the alleged censorship of the MVHS student...

CAIR sues MCPS for violating teachers’ rights for Pro-Palestine speech

By Olivia Hansel, Walt Whitman High School March 19, 2024

On Feb. 15, the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit against MCPS and the Board of Education for violating three teachers’ First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. The teachers...

State-funded libraries — including public school libraries — must follow a written policy consistent with new standards created, according to the Freedom to Read Act.

What passing the Freedom to Read Act would mean for Maryland libraries

By Nikhita Dass, Walt Whitman High School March 15, 2024

On Feb. 21, the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony during a public hearing regarding the proposed Freedom to Read Act and the potential consequences of book bans across the state. Delegate...

Former Superintendent Dr. Omar Easy files lawsuit against Wayland

Former Wayland Public Schools (WPS) Superintendent Dr. Omar Easy filed a lawsuit against the town of Wayland, and one current and one former School Committee member seeking damages for alleged racism in...

Chronic absenteeism takes toll on students’ learning

By Asmin Cakir, Chantilly High School March 15, 2024

During the 22-23 school year, chronic absenteeism increased to 20.1% by a study released by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). With $418 million to invest in high quality academic support, the...

Pence and Morales Impart Advice to Young Republicans

By Yoslen Santana, Logansport High School March 15, 2024

A well-dressed man in a suit with gray hair walks into the room. The entire room shifts its focus to the man. Pictures are taken of him, and people go up to talk to him and shake his hand. Then, he walks...

Teachers associated with RNEA attend the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Feb. 22, to emphasize need for more support staff in the district.

Staff Concerned About Support-Staff Shortages

By Willem Hummel, Marquette High School March 14, 2024

Laura Fanaei, art teacher at Kehrs Mill Elementary, spends on average two hours to clean her classroom and so far $300 out of pocket on cleaning supplies. “I cry on the way home because I am just exhausted...

The 44th Consecutive State Tournament Winners in Morgantown, West Virginia

The Road to 44 Cemented

By Addison Perks, Wheeling Park High School March 14, 2024

In March of 1980, Wheeling Park High School’s longest-standing and most impressive achievement began. The Wheeling Park High School Speech and Debate Team won their very first state title. The team has...

Freshman fights against hate speech in Senate

By Ellie Hise and Ayanna Beckett March 14, 2024

It didn’t come as a surprise to junior Thomas O’Grady that freshman Noah Adler is lobbying the New York Senators for bill 6871. According to O’Grady, who participates in Model United Nations (MUN)...

President Joe Biden speaks at his campaign reelection event in the gymnasium at Strath Haven Middle School in Wallingford, PA on the evening of March 8.

Joe Biden comes to Strath Haven

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon made it clear why Strath Haven was chosen as the kickoff location for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. During her brief introductory speech for the event, she...

HAND MADE CRAFTS: Sophomores Darby Kendrick (left) and Grace Hertel (right) fold, cut, and create valentines day boxes for the Brookdale Beckett Meadows assisted living home. The Assisted Living Club have been regularly meeting with residents and feel that their club has created a little family within the home.

Students raise residents spirits with Assisted Living Club

By Charlotte Schwarte, James Bowie High School March 12, 2024

People bustle around in a constant routine, as numbers are announced loudly. B12. I26. O67. Eyes dart from board to board, and students watch on. One last number is called, and cheers erupt from one side...

Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart speaks at a press conference on March 7.

Two shooting deaths in 24 hours spark community concern

By Natasha Torkzaban and Zana Kennedy March 8, 2024

In less than 24 hours this week, two unrelated shooting deaths took place within a two-mile radius of Lawrence High — marking continued violence that has often impacted teenagers. Former LHS student...

Smoke clouds the air outside the town of Canadian, Texas, on US Highway 83. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, this fire alone has burned more than a million acres of the Panhandle. Its one of four fires still burning as of March 6.  Photo courtesy Jacob Clifton, Fire Chief of Skellytown Volunteer Fire Department and Gray County EMS Director.

Panhandle wildfire now largest in Texas history

By Lauren Clayton, Prosper High School March 8, 2024

Pastures once filled with livestock now stand in the midst of a blazing inferno. As firefighters and other first responders work on the front lines to head off the flames and protect communities, they...

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