Finding the Best Learning Opportunity
Unlike most other schools in the country, Maclay offers advanced honors classes in addition to regular, honors and AP classes. While regular, honors and advanced honors classes teach the same subject, they...
How to Successfully Master the Junior Lot
The day a teenager learns to drive is a monumental moment that signifies maturity and growing up. Finally being able to drive oneself around is an important factor in a teen’s life...
Just Keep Swimming
The clock strikes 4:30 AM, and my alarm goes off for swim practice. No matter the temperature or hours before dawn, I rise to swim driven by the desire to improve. By...
Circling Back
The argument between paper and digital assignments and assessments has become more prominent with the arisal of Covid-19. Because of the pandemic, students were reduced to online learning and many educators believe...
Burnt to the Ground
Did you see all the assignments we have? Have you finished the project? Did you hear we have a test next week? These questions are constantly floating around our school. Student burnout...
The Harsh Reality of Tardies and Absences
Doctors visits, mental health days and family troubles. Just a few of the most common reasons students miss school.
In middle school, teachers were more understanding of the uncomplicated...
Podcasts are Poppin’
While listenership still remains somewhat low in relation to other multimedia sources throughout the world, podcast audiences have grown exponentially each year since they were first created in 2004. Podcasts can be...
A Strain to Your Brain
Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s about the hottest gossip among celebrities or based on a true crime, people love hearing the nitty gritty details of the entire story. One popular...
The Perfect Size Doesn’t Exist
“Do you need a larger size?” the sales lady at the prom dress store asked me. After her comment I was thinking to myself, why couldn't I fit into my normal size?...
Grammtistic Awards
Ever since 1959, the infamous Grammys award show has been streaming, and this year was no exception. The Grammy Awards is an award show presented by the Recording Academy to honor exceptional...