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Tag Archives: High School
Dec
15
2011
What To Do When The Lights Are Flashing
It’s a plastic card with a picture on it, but for teens at CHS it is a prized possession. A drivers license. The day when they pass their driver’s test may be one of the best moments of their pre-adult life. But this card can also lead to one of the worst moments in teen [...]
Oct
24
2011
Idea Bounce – The Idea Sharing Program
A majority of high school students are filled with imagination and have a knack for developing creative ideas. However, the process of implementing that idea can be challenging, unless you have some sort of program that guides you through that process. Enter Idea Bounce. Idea Bounce is a Washington University based program that was started [...]
Mar
17
2011
Film examines everyday ‘Race to Nowhere’
Stress: it’s an unavoidable and rather commonplace accompaniment to our daily lives that most think little of changing. However, recent outcries have brought the issue that was previously not seriously debated into the center of public forum. We are now forced to address the question: has stress reached a crisis level in the U.S. education [...]
Every stressed-out student has dreamed about failing an unexpected but vital exam. At Clayton, failure is an ever-looming possibility in students’ minds. But what if it was impossible to fail? What if failure was no longer an option? New Jersey’s Mount Olive school district has recently instated a policy that changed the meaning of ‘pass.’ [...]
It was, as PTO Co-President Christy Breckenridge put it, “jaw-dropping”. At the Aug. 9 PTO meeting, Principal Louise Losos announced, to the surprise of the parents and students in attendance, that Chat Leonard would not be returning for the 2010-2011 school year after 13 years as a CHS college counselor. “[Losos] said that we would be [...]
May
4
2010
PowerSchool: an asset or addiction?
I have found, like many CHS students, that I have an addiction– and a rather serious one at that. I cannot say it is one that is so often addressed like drug abuse or alcohol. No, it is an addicting, painful and pleasuring experience that is reserved for the most grade obsessed students at our [...]
