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A conscious community

May 18, 2018 2:38pm | Sophia Johnson

Humanity is at a crossroads as the effects of climate change become more apparent. The warming climate has affected a variety of species from polar bears to humans, and with melting ice caps and severe weather accelerating, it is irresponsible to ignore the true extent […]

The good, the bad, and the pretty

May 16, 2018 7:32am | Hanna H. Hamre

Over half the news we see or hear today is negative. This is why I believe in seeing five pretty things everyday. I want to make my life more positive by trying to focus on the good. If I try to see five pretty things […]

True dreams

May 14, 2018 12:05pm | Paige St. Peter

The night settles around us. The quiet thrum of car tires on the gravel road is felt deep in the souls of our shoes as we cut through the Kansas state border into Oklahoma. I tap my fingers against my thighs as I momentarily glance […]

Climate change damaging our oceans

June 5, 2017 11:33am | Talia Ungarelli

Climate change is a natural occurrence. The earth is heated by the sun and some of the heat escapes through the atmosphere. In the past there have been drastic climate changes such as the Ice Age and then the Melt down. However, human activity has […]

Crack’s destructive capabilities

April 11, 2017 11:30am | David Venator

Exemplary student work being celebrated by English 10 teacher Meredith Vickery this month includes informational writing by David Venator, whose posting on the 1980s crack epidemic explains the “stranglehold” crack placed on many communities. Venator’s “No Moore Crack, Please” is part of a blog project related to a […]

Strenuous dreams

March 22, 2017 12:10pm | Kayla Cote

Exemplary student work being celebrated by English 10 teacher Meredith Vickery this month includes “Strenuous Dreams,” a blog created by Concord High School sophomore Kayla Cote. “Kayla Cote’s argumentative piece addresses the Langston Hughes poem ‘Dream Deferred or Harlem’ and it’s connection to The Other Wes Moore, the book we […]

Black flame

March 20, 2017 2:25pm | Paige St. Peter

Exemplary student work being celebrated by English 10 teacher Matt Skoby this month includes “A Black Flame in a Dying Ocean,” a narrative essay by Concord High School sophomore Paige St. Peter. St. Peter submitted the piece as part of a blog project related to a class […]

Being an athlete

November 22, 2016 1:35pm | Sanjay Darjee

If you are not an athlete, You don’t know the pain, You can’t know the pain. >As athletes we know when we play any game The pain will be there, yet we still play the same. The pain, sharp and hurtful, not letting us play, […]