This year at McNicholas High School, the way class bells have been ordered has gone through a drastic change. Instead of being ordered by numbers, bells are now being ordered by letters. The change has resulted in a full-scale war between the numbers and letters, and faculty/staff and students have had to pick sides. In … More Letters defeat numbers in war for bell titles

Every year, all McNicholas students and their parents are required to sign a statement that they have read the student handbook and understand the rules and consequences if those rules are not followed. McNicholas’ student athletes have an additional set of rules to follow, especially regarding drug and alcohol use, and every student athlete should … More Athletes and the importance of following the student handbook

For the second year in a row, my interest in philanthropy led me to partake in the annual Live Below the Line Challenge, during which I freely choose to eat and drink on a budget of $1.50 per day in order to live in solidarity with the 1.2 billion people across the globe who live … More Living Below the Line: My experience surviving on $1.50 per day

During a recent field trip the local zoo with my classmates, I found it especially difficult to concentrate on my assignment for the day when I was confronted by the lost, tired gaze of an orangutan in the African animals exhibit.  While my fellow classmates snapped their pictures of the animal, many of them failed … More Zoos should cater more to saving animals, not the entertainment of people