Weeks ago, an intruder allegedly trespassed onto campus with a knife, principal Denae Nurnberg stated. My phone buzzed with frantic messages from friends and family, asking if I was okay and if I had heard...

One day in eighth grade, my classmates and I heard a thud in the middle of class and saw that a spider had fallen from the ceiling and landed on a desk. We decided to keep it, and over the course of the...

California passed Assembly Bill 3216, the Phone-Free Schools Bill, last August, mandating greater cell phone restriction measures across all school districts. With the bill taking formal effect July 1,...

Diversity in storytelling allows people to get a taste of what the world has to offer. One genre in particular, personal narratives, has much to offer in terms of self-discovery. This genre is prevalent...

Although tests, essays or any other form of assessment can be stressful to prepare and take for many students, I believe they are essential to our learning and growth since the knowledge I take away from...

The sound of students typing away on their laptops. The low hum of the air conditioning in the background as students work diligently on their online assignments. These sounds drift throughout classrooms...

Dissecting animals is a cumulative aspect in the American scientific experience, and Homestead is no exception. Every year, the physiology department dissects chickens. But the long standing nature of...

Missing a day of school, or even simply a single class, can cause a student — especially in a fast-paced AP course — to fall drastically behind while their classmates continue on with the class’s...

The ongoing pandemic has affected Bay Area schools in many ways, but it has also altered the education of students living in other parts of the world. Osnat Ziv is attending an in-person school in Leeds,...

For many students, attending school is an anxiety- and stress-filled experience that gets more difficult as assignments and work start piling up.  However, once schools shut down, one main concern was...