Music CAN Help With Homework!
Dominique McNeil, Writer
May 21, 2013
Homework: a hassle that nobody really enjoys. Music: a nice luxury to make homework feel like less of a hassle. But, is it? Most have heard that music can make it hard to concentrate during homework, but one study found that listening to music before hand can make doing homework a breeze. The idea that... Read more »
Public School or Liberal Arts?
Esther Choi, Writer
April 10, 2013
Many students from the Olympia School District are choosing a different option than traditional high school. Avanti High School is one of the alternative schooling experiences that many students decide to select. The unique schedule of self-paced learning and an accepting environment attract many students... Read more »
An Exercise in Superficiality
Duncan Noah, Writer
February 13, 2013
Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14th every year in many countries throughout the world. It is celebrated by giving loved ones chocolates, flowers, jewelry, and other gifts with cards signed “from your Valentine”, or “from your secret admirer”, or “from the one who watches... Read more »
Prepare: The End is Near
Zach Campbell, Writer
January 16, 2013
The eve of the end of the world as we know it has come upon us. December 21st ominously looms ahead, yet we are no closer to knowing exactly what is to befall that fateful day. However, whether it is a hoard of zombies, aliens hoping to turn our planet into a battlefield between Cybermen and Daleks,... Read more »
College App Options
Jonny Buehler, Reporter
December 29, 2012
With OHS seniors sending applications and receiving responses, it’s time to look at some hints in the processes. When filling out applications students may come across choices they don’t understand at first. As for deciding on responses, what does it mean to choose “Early” or “Regular Decision”,... Read more »
PSAT: What’s The Point?
Sarah Blue, Writer
October 25, 2012
Recently, many underclassmen took the PSAT. But still, students wonder why bother? The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, better known as the PSAT, may actually be beneficial; it is considered practice for the SAT’s. Although students may wonder why it is so important, Melissa Longnecker assures... Read more »
A.P. Face-off
Elizabeth Fela & Chelsea Norman
March 5, 2012
Two Views of AP Expansion Here At OHS: Elizabeth Fela is first up with the concern that AP is being pushed too much. Then, Chelsea Norman counters that more AP is better. Concerned about AP Expansion: Many students at OHS are currently taking an AP class or two. Though many of them say they love their... Read more »
The Great Technological Divide
Emma Mahr
November 16, 2011
Most teenagers take for granted walking around with ear buds in their ears and thumbs flying over the keyboards on their cellular phones. They are used to having access to a computer any time they want and for any purpose, be it change their Facebook status, update their blogs, or Tweet about what they... Read more »
To Boo or Not To Boo?
Andrea Verschuyl
November 2, 2011
Give me an “O”! Give me an “L”! Give me a “Y”! What does that spell? A grossly inflated sense of school pride that can comingle with academics to produce crude behavior. Indeed, for some “it’s only a game” has become a diminutive phrase mewed by “losers” within the wake of the... Read more »
Dumb and Dumber: Is Our Generation Stupid?
Andrea Verschuyl
October 8, 2011
There’s a rumor drifting through the halls of Olympia High School that suggests students are not as academically inclined or as intelligent as they used to be. Perhaps this same trend has extended itself to the halls of OHS, where it’s becoming imperative to “keep your eyes on the road” with... Read more »
