The long awaited break is around the corner. Students have been waiting anxiously for it for nearly three months. Thanksgiving break is a time to catch up with sleep, TV shows and relax. Homework is something...
The time has come for state testing to get an update. California has made the decision to join a majority of the nation, as well as several other regions, in introducing the Common Core State Standards...
While our society has continued to grow and develop, social media has offered a new and improved way for people to communicate with each other effectively. However, throughout the past few years much controversy...
Extracurriculars and electives such as ASB, dance, drama and sports ultimately make it difficult for students to arrange their schedules in ways that fit their preferred classes.
Zero period courses,...
Cutting in front of everyone else to get to school on time is selfish and just makes the traffic problem worse for everyone.
With more students than SJHHS has ever had, both students and parents are faced...
Clash of the Classes has been a school tradition since SJHHS opened, and the festivities that come along with it bring a break from routine and some healthy competition for students. Last year, however,...
Nowadays, fifty percent of all children born to married parents will deal with divorce before they are 18. Forty-three percent of children grow up without fathers.
In modern day America, it is no longer...
Senior ditch day is a widespread custom among high school seniors that reinforces class superiority. Almost everyone has participated in this tradition, dating back to our parents’ and teachers’...
Freshmen Year
By Olivia Johnson
It is hard to say which year of high school is hardest when you are just a freshman. In fact, it is practically impossible. But hey, freshmen have to hold their own....
Nolan Fossum, Special to The Express
• April 5, 2013
Dear Seniors,
As I write this commentary, Spirit Week is drawing to a close. And what do we have to show for it? I hope that your greatest impact is not a campus littered with colored paper and...
Craigslist, a website that classifies advertisements and allows people to buy and sell things from furniture to human teeth, can be more dangerous than you think. Monthly, Craigslist receives 60 billion...
To some people the idea of sticking needles through a layer of skin is horrifying, but to others it’s simply a way of self expression. Present day, you can pierce almost any part of your body, but wrongs...
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