By Ainsley Jay Today, I am interviewing Ayesha Singla, currently attending Parkway West middle, a school in Missouri. She is in 7th grade the same as me. The covid conditions in Missouri are unsafe with Omicron spreading and people thinking the virus to be “fake”. According to Ayesha, numerous people at her school have tested […]
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Hatikvah
By: Ariana I would play Hatikvah loud on my violin So that the melody sinks in Blast it out to everyone I would be a beacon of light, like the sun I play it especially for those who think That we’re not native to Israel, or that we’re fake That we don’t belong here or […]
Snow Day Falls on Orthodox Christmas
By Isaac Hanna As we all know, Friday January 7th, was a snow day for many schools in Massachusetts. For some families, they celebrated their Christmas, called the Feast of the Nativity on that day. As they say, it was a White Christmas! This holiday is not as well-known as Christmas on December 25th, but […]
Why You Should Get A Goldfish
by Anya Bayazitov Hello readers! I’m sure you all have been through begging your parents for a pet- I have myself! And although I hope you succeeded, I’m sure most kids are still just dreaming of getting that dog. It’s too much responsibility! – Your Parents. Am I right? At this point, you’ve tried everything; […]
Race and Discrimination: Why It Needs To Be Taught
By Mark Altreuter Imagine a world without racism, and how the world would get there. You probably can’t. Now, let’s take a dive into why not. Over the years, systemic racism has been brewing in schools whether overtly or more discreetly. This is because people are not being taught that they should not have stereotypes […]
SKITTLES
By Frankie Zilembo RED Red is the blood from the Stonewall riots Glass bottles and dreams of freedom fly in the air Those riots are the spark that started what we have today The drag queens, queers and people with mismached genders are not in the wrong It is the people with strong hate that […]
Public Speech from Bats Keer
PUBLISHED BY RHEA SETHI Hello people! It’s me, Bats Keer! I am finally back from my trip to Arendelle where I spent a whole month skiing! My trip was amazing and I have this great story about-wait, you don’t know who I am? HAHA! That’s a good joke, imagine not knowing who I am. Hang […]
Graffiti on the Walls by Frankie Zilembo
Graffiti on the walls of the bathroom stalls, The words that bash that hurt that bruise. Don’t make our community your muse, Engraving your cruel thoughts making letters into gunshots. This sound of slur we need to stop; This school is not your little prop. The silly things people write don’t go away, those words […]
Why Wayland Middle School Needs to Change by Vanessa Taxiarchis and Zuriya Lopes
Wayland Middle School has been experiencing ugly racism in the community. As a result this past week, this school has experienced students feeling unsafe in this environment. During the past couple days we have encountered some unacceptable events. We are speaking out to address these three incidents: racist videos going around, racist graffiti, and people […]