Because of the rare occurrence of the solar eclipse, Lanier High School established a celebration for the students in honor of the once-in-a-lifetime event. With summer vacation officially being over and the oncoming sun interception, Lanier's directors decided, 'Why not make this party a luau?'
So Monday after school, the Lanier herd stampeded up to the football stadium stands, decorated...
On August 12, 2017, a white supremacist, Neo-Nazi rally broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, a small college town home to the University of Virginia. This rally was a counter-protest to the current black rallies occurring in other cities throughout the United States.
Since the rally occurred, it seems to me that the wedge between the left and the right has...
The cafeteria is open. The booths are up. The ice cream scoopers are ready. But this isn't an ice cream party! What is this? Inside Scoop!
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) hosted their 3rd annual Inside Scoop on August 24 after school from 3-4 p.m.. This event brings the entire student body together in a way where...
International Night is the most popular nights of GSMST's school year. Every year, the students and faculty spend about three hours dressing up the ground and main level of the school with colorful banners and elaborate decorations of the seven continents of the world, while other preparations happen the cafeteria.
During this preparation period, parents come in with traditional dishes...
Picture this. You're 14 years old and starting your first day at the Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology (GSMST). You are no longer the big fish in a small pond. The high school looming before you seems like an ocean compared to your middle school. The seniors, who look more like giants than human beings, stomp through...
Rivalries are often characterized by animosity and tend to create separation within a community, but two local schools are actively changing this. Dacula High School and Mill Creek High School have established a way to use their intense hometown rivalry as a fuel for philanthropy through a good old-fashioned food fight.
Last year, the schools' student councils joined forces for...
On August 21 at about 2:35pm, the United States was in awe of a total solar eclipse. Everyone, no matter who they were, dropped everything to get a glimpse of the simple miracle of nature. In that moment, each person watching was just a tiny part of an infinite universe. We were together as one witnessing one of the...
In a country of increasing political tensions, it has become incredibly difficult for many citizens to be comfortable living in the only land they know. Torn by controversy, many Americans pray that the all-too-consistent terrorizing events cease to continue. Once a foreign act of hostility, these events now seem to be happening every other week. Charlottesville, the latest act...
Over the summer, Collins Hill High School created a new vision statement, which is “Growing leaders for tomorrow through scholarship, service, and spirit.”
Right now, the focus is on the new class of freshmen. Assistant principals Dr. Martin and Dr. Nichols are carrying out the school's vision statement by talking about leadership habits and attitudes leaders have and should follow...
Within the past decades, united as a country we have all gone through many hardships - the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Great Recession, and the Sandy Hook shootings, for instance. Although the events happened in many different states, they impacted all of us, and affected us to make a change.
It has been many years since those events happened....