For some, Thanksgiving is a day of oversized meals, loud family gatherings and classic football games. Yet, the most characteristically American thing about Thanksgiving may be its wastefulness. Americans waste large amounts of food...
Compulsory voting takes place in 26 countries, in which all able citizens are legally required to vote, according to the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. PRO: Voting Requirement Fosters Democratic Ideas Spencer Dilyard Compulsory...
The pewresearch.org article, “U.S. voter turnout trails most developed countries,” highlights the consistently low voter turnout in the United States, with 53.6 percent of eligible voters voting in the 2012 presidential election. Many Americans...
What classes did you take throughout the summer? Would you consider them more challenging than the IB classes at the high school? I took abnormal psychology, language of film and yoga and meditation....
Ben Wiest (12) What was the process of getting into Boys State like? You were nominated by a teacher and then had to go through an application process where you were chosen. Where did...
In what summer program did you participate? I participated in a pre-college program called BELL Rhode Island. It was an environmental leadership lab that I got college credit for through Brown University. How did...
MAP Among standardized tests that WHS has used in the past is the Measure of Academic Progress test. MAP tests are online standardized tests that adapt the difficulty of questions based upon a student’s...
Standardized tests have been used for the college admission process and general student evaluation for years, but are these tests effective at gauging students in their entirety? The answer is unclear due to...
School districts across Ohio are disputing the state report cards they received from the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, or PARCC, testing results that Ohio schools were required to...
Being an extrovert often dictates who you are as a person and affects many of the decisions you make. Living an outgoing, interested and involved life has its perks, but it is not...
