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Review: “The Good Bad Mother,” a heartfelt drama about motherhood [MUSE]

Review: “The Good Bad Mother,” a heartfelt drama about motherhood [MUSE]

Lorna Ding May 25, 2023

What makes someone a good or bad mother? This is a question that kept coming to my mind as I watched the Korean drama, “The Good Bad Mother.”  To me, there is no definition of a “good” mother...

Government teacher Dominique Camara checks in with her students during an activity in class on April 20. Camara said people tend to have the similar political views as their parents.

Students, teachers discuss shifts in political ideologies

Ayaan Nadeem April 30, 2023

According to a study conducted by Penn State University in 2015, 51.2% of children reject their parents political ideology or political affiliations. Erika Lawrence, member of Young Democrats Club and...

Sophomores Lynn Perrin and Izzy Holtz partake in a discussion about issues that trans students face at school and in life in general during the GSA meeting on Wednesday, April 19.

Students, assistant principal respond to new anti-LGBTQ legislation

Lorna Ding April 28, 2023

Deadnaming is the act of referring to someone by the name they no longer use, and if junior Ren Olson had to come out as transgender again today, he said there would be a possibility he would choose to...

CyberPatriot to wrap up competition season, plan for next school year

Lorna Ding April 3, 2023

CyberPatriot will begin planning for the next school year as the CyberPatriot competition season ends. David Racovan, CyberPatriot leader and junior, said he hopes to improve the club’s preparation methods...

School should consider moving spring break to mid-March

School should consider moving spring break to mid-March

Lorna Ding March 29, 2023

If there were three words we could use to describe the feeling of second semester, it would be over-kneaded bread dough. To make bread, you need to mix flour, water and yeast, but you can’t mix it for...

Students, social worker share near-miss experiences, reflect on impacts

Students, social worker share near-miss experiences, reflect on impacts

Lorna Ding March 23, 2023

Content warning: This story includes references to a car accident and trauma exposure. Senior Ali Schuman and her mom go to the gym every Friday morning at 6 a.m. However, one morning in April of 2022...

Freshman Jasmine Zhang discusses her upcoming plans for debate on Feb. 28. Zhang said her schedule has become busier since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students, counselor discuss balancing commitments, avoiding burnout three years after COVID pandemic began

Emma Hu March 10, 2023

For freshman Jasmine Zhang, the COVID pandemic was an extra obstacle in balancing her already hectic schedule. Even now, three years post-pandemic, her week is full. Zhang spends her time at school, swim...

CyberPatriot to compete at national finals competition from March 17 to 21

Lorna Ding March 8, 2023

CyberPatriot is preparing for the national finals competition, which will take place from March 17 to 21 in Bethesda, Maryland. To prepare, sponsor Carey Anderson said the team will continue to study the...

Senior Shannon Larkey reads the famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee on Feb. 18 at the CCPL. This novel is in the curriculum for both Honors English 8 and English 9, but has faced issues in other districts because of the language used in the text.

Students, media specialist debate banning books in schools

Lorna Ding February 28, 2023

Senior Shannon Larkey said she was reading a book for her English class when the teacher asked students to pass the book to the front of the classroom. Larkey said, “We were reading Homegoing last...

CyberPatriot to compete at national finals competition in March

Lorna Ding February 16, 2023

CyberPatriot will compete in the national finals competition, which will take place from March 17 to 21 in Bethesda, Md. According to David Racovan, CyberPatriot leader and junior, this is the first year...

Megan Cogswell saved all the mail she has received while going through treatment. I wasn’t able to open any of it until about a year after treatment because I was so  sick. As Cogswell was looking through the letters she thought it was  heartwarming to read them all when I was feeling much better.

Teacher, oncology social workers share stories, struggles with cancer at young age

Lorna Ding and Pahal Sehgal February 4, 2023

When the world around her was heading out to college, math teacher Megan Cogswell, then 18 years old, was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer.  Cogswell said, “I had just graduated high school....

Student, parent, oncology social worker encourage those who are genetically prone to some cancers to take additional precautionary measures

Student, parent, oncology social worker encourage those who are genetically prone to some cancers to take additional precautionary measures

Lorna Ding and Pahal Sehgal February 3, 2023

When sophomore Grace Barnes was 5 years old, her mom, Stephanie Barnes, who is a teacher at Creekside Middle School, was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer. “She had melanoma and (with)...

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