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Athens Drive’s public library is leaving the school: Community members fight to keep it local, while the school’s new library may be subject to greater censorship | By Nora Miller, Athens Drive High School
Athens Drive’s public library is leaving the school: Community members fight to keep it local, while the school’s new library may be subject to greater censorship
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November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Athens Drive’s public library is leaving the school: Community members fight to keep it local, while the school’s new library may be subject to greater censorship | By Nora Miller, Athens Drive High School
JV Soccer Player Has Life Saved By Athletic Trainer | By McKenna Brown, Wentzville Liberty High School
JV Soccer Player Has Life Saved By Athletic Trainer
For some people, sports are a very important part of their lives. For Braden Langwith (11), this is especially true. Langwith has played soccer his entire life since he was only 5 years old and was preparing...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
JV Soccer Player Has Life Saved By Athletic Trainer | By McKenna Brown, Wentzville Liberty High School
School district implements furlough days in response to budget cuts | By Olivia Wang, West Linn High School
School district implements furlough days in response to budget cuts
In addition to Veterans Day on Nov. 11, all staff and students in the district had a day off on Nov. 10 for a furlough day. It functions as a funding mechanism through canceling school and not paying...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
School district implements furlough days in response to budget cuts | By Olivia Wang, West Linn High School
Two sides of the badge | By Isabella Wilson, Carlmont High School
Two sides of the badge
No matter what they tried, San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office deputies couldn’t calm a girl who was crying hysterically outside her high school. That is, until Ben arrived. Ben is the department’s...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Two sides of the badge | By Isabella Wilson, Carlmont High School
Hidden inheritance: the intersection of environment and health | By Shanza Sami and Sonya Zhu
Hidden inheritance: the intersection of environment and health
In Libya, a teenage boy schedules a doctor’s appointment. On the pre-exam form, he checks off “family history of diabetes.” On the other side of the world, a young woman in the Midwest reads through...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hidden inheritance: the intersection of environment and health | By Shanza Sami and Sonya Zhu
Students found NIL firm for D-III athletes | By Israel Gole, Baldwin Wallace University
Students found NIL firm for D-III athletes
This fall, two Baldwin Wallace University students began Yellow Jacket NIL, a Name, Image and Likeness firm exclusively for Division III athletes. Jakson Attanasio and Jamar Worthy, both senior sport...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Students found NIL firm for D-III athletes | By Israel Gole, Baldwin Wallace University
[Video] Day of Service brings joy to volunteers | By Chloe Sales, Kingwood Park High School
[Video] Day of Service brings joy to volunteers
Students participated in the annual Day of Service. The entire freshman class was spread throughout the Kingwood and Greater Houston-area to be of service to others. Student Council students also participated...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
[Video] Day of Service brings joy to volunteers | By Chloe Sales, Kingwood Park High School
‘The Same Backward as Forward’ Review: Flipped Narratives | By Dara Aung-Pfingsten, Brea Olinda High School
‘The Same Backward as Forward’ Review: Flipped Narratives
Tricky riddles, cleverly encoded messages, and strategy games (where players cheat more than not), are the driving motifs of Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s YA mystery thriller series, The Inheritance Games....
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November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
‘The Same Backward as Forward’ Review: Flipped Narratives | By Dara Aung-Pfingsten, Brea Olinda High School
Taqueria Puro Potosino celebrates 20 years of bringing authentic Mexican cuisine to Aggieland | By Avery Kracmer, Texas A&M University - College Station
Taqueria Puro Potosino celebrates 20 years of bringing authentic Mexican cuisine to Aggieland
Outside of the Innovative Learning Classroom Building, or ILCB, aromatic spices fill the air, paired with hints of savory, smoky meat. The sizzling of a grill rings through the ears of students passing...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Taqueria Puro Potosino celebrates 20 years of bringing authentic Mexican cuisine to Aggieland | By Avery Kracmer, Texas A&M University - College Station
Restoring History | By Alexandra Glennon, Wheeling Park High School
Restoring History
Formerly in Wheeling, the Ohio Valley General Hospital lights shone brightly over the city until it was renamed the Ohio Valley Medical Center and later ended up permanently closing in 2019. Many citizens...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Restoring History | By Alexandra Glennon, Wheeling Park High School
The rainbow doesn’t stop at beige | By Bethel Kifle, Bellaire High School
The rainbow doesn’t stop at beige
The world is full of color, yet the beauty industry is stuck in beige. As someone with a warm, honey-toned complexion, I’ve learned that finding a concealer shade that actually matches me is more like...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The rainbow doesn’t stop at beige | By Bethel Kifle, Bellaire High School
Environmental journalist captures natural world ‘with adventure and love’ | By Selma O'Malley, Lafayette College
Environmental journalist captures natural world ‘with adventure and love’
Last year, environmental journalist Avery Nunn ‘19 was invited by an ocean conservation group to report on a study of the biodiversity of an underwater mountain off the Portuguese coast. But Nunn was...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Environmental journalist captures natural world ‘with adventure and love’ | By Selma O'Malley, Lafayette College
The Trump administration introduces $100,000 fee to new H-1B visas | By Anish Khinvasara and Yixuan (Joyce) Li
The Trump administration introduces $100,000 fee to new H-1B visas
The student source in this story is anonymous due to potential legal concerns in this ongoing matter and will be referred to as Student A. President Donald Trump issued the Restriction on Entry of Certain...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Trump administration introduces $100,000 fee to new H-1B visas | By Anish Khinvasara and Yixuan (Joyce) Li
Immigration agents are in Raleigh: Immigrant families and other residents fear undue attacks as mass deportation operations expand to the Triangle | By Nora Miller, Athens Drive High School bestofsno.com/82954/news/i...
Immigration agents are in Raleigh: Immigrant families and other residents fear undue attacks as mass deportation operations expand to the Triangle
Federal immigration agents were on the ground in Raleigh and began operations targeting immigrants Tuesday, Nov. 18. This came after immigration agents previously began operations in Charlotte, arresting...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Immigration agents are in Raleigh: Immigrant families and other residents fear undue attacks as mass deportation operations expand to the Triangle | By Nora Miller, Athens Drive High School bestofsno.com/82954/news/i...
Judge Overturns Missouri Book Ban Law | By Annanya Sethi and Siya Taneja
Judge Overturns Missouri Book Ban Law
Frustration and anger was what Raghavi Garre, junior, felt when she learned about Missouri’s ban on certain books that was passed in August 2022. “I just think that you shouldn’t ban books because...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Judge Overturns Missouri Book Ban Law | By Annanya Sethi and Siya Taneja
Local ICE raids raise safety concerns | By Neena Atkins, The Masters School
Local ICE raids raise safety concerns
“Driving to school one day, I witnessed an ICE raid off the Saw Mill [Parkway] near Dobbs Ferry. I was in the car, my mom was next to me, shaking, and we couldn’t look as we nervously drove to Stop...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Local ICE raids raise safety concerns | By Neena Atkins, The Masters School
Legacy in the Lot: How One Family Turned Parking Cars into a 100 – Year Tradition | By Lily Spaeth '26, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Legacy in the Lot: How One Family Turned Parking Cars into a 100 – Year Tradition
The sun rises over the Devon Horse Show as cars begin to roll in. The distant clips of hooves echoing from the show rings. At the edge of the lot, Mr. Matt Norcini waves a driver into a spot with practiced...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Legacy in the Lot: How One Family Turned Parking Cars into a 100 – Year Tradition | By Lily Spaeth '26, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Lines, Camera, Action | By Riya Iyer, Harvard-Westlake School
Lines, Camera, Action
Violent graphics and bright lights flash on a TV screen as Neal* bites into a chocolate bar while playing video games with his friend. Suddenly, his vision blurs and he feels a strange euphoria flooding...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lines, Camera, Action | By Riya Iyer, Harvard-Westlake School
Making history | By Zainab Al-Jaff, Parkway West High School
Making history
From down the hall, bursts of laughter and applause spill out of a classroom unlike a typical history class. Inside, instead of sitting through a lecture, students are debating, performing, and presenting...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Making history | By Zainab Al-Jaff, Parkway West High School
A Falcon, a father, a husband: Aiden Messinger’s journey to one final season | By Lucas Kleimeyer and Noah Seeley
A Falcon, a father, a husband: Aiden Messinger’s journey to one final season
BGSU men’s soccer sixth-year defender Aiden Messinger has had a rollercoaster ride, finding his last stop with the Falcons before truly becoming a family man. His journey began at Spring Arbor University,...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A Falcon, a father, a husband: Aiden Messinger’s journey to one final season | By Lucas Kleimeyer and Noah Seeley
Remembering Mr. Alan Richards: A Teacher, Friend and Beacon of Joy | By Ngoc Dinh, Cypress Ranch High School
Remembering Mr. Alan Richards: A Teacher, Friend and Beacon of Joy
Over the past few weeks, Cypress Ranch High School has mourned the loss of one of its most beloved teachers, Mr. Alan Richards, a geometry teacher, mentor and friend whose kindness and energy shaped countless...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Remembering Mr. Alan Richards: A Teacher, Friend and Beacon of Joy | By Ngoc Dinh, Cypress Ranch High School
Power 4 to Ankeny High | By Ashley Howard, Ankeny High School
Power 4 to Ankeny High
As popularity in youth sports continues to rise, coaches, athletes, and parents are willing to put in extra effort to give their kids a leg up on the competition. Ankeny High School has found a way to...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Power 4 to Ankeny High | By Ashley Howard, Ankeny High School
Against The Tide | By Vi Erisha, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
Against The Tide
Preparing for her first acting role in a high school production, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” theatre junior Emily Riggs spent most of her days before auditions in August prioritizing her...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Against The Tide | By Vi Erisha, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
An Athlete’s Dreaded Injury: ACL Tears Impact Davie High Athletes | By Jaynie Patton, Davie High School
An Athlete’s Dreaded Injury: ACL Tears Impact Davie High Athletes
Receiving the pass, Bailey Aderhold aggressively dribbles against her defender and up to the three-point line. She retreats the dribble to guard the ball from her opponent… and POP. Aderhold’s knee...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
An Athlete’s Dreaded Injury: ACL Tears Impact Davie High Athletes | By Jaynie Patton, Davie High School
What happens at the Annual PAUSD Tasting Event | By Medha Muppidi and Emily Chan
What happens at the Annual PAUSD Tasting Event
This story was originally published on InFocus on November 12, 2025. Story continues below advertisement
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November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What happens at the Annual PAUSD Tasting Event | By Medha Muppidi and Emily Chan