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I am a climate advocate. On Friday, September 20th, all around the globe school children walked out of their classes to protest climate change. At our middle school, Wayland Middle School, there was a small climate change walk out to protest the warming of our planet due to the greenhouse effect. Only about 20 people […]

The Missing Student It was a warm spring day when Ms. Tillett was in her classroom taking attendance. ¨Will Anderson¨,” said Ms. Tillett in a dull voice. ¨Here,¨ responded the student. ¨Annika Winterbottom.¨ Here,¨ said Annika. ¨Anjali Rao,¨ asked Ms. Tillett. No one answered. The room suddenly got kind of silent. ¨Anjali Rao?¨ she said […]

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? We all know the top two drop-in restaurants Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. But if you had a choice between the two what would you choose?   There is a decent variety at these two drop-in restaurants.  Starbucks is known for its sweet drink and summery spring drinks. Dunkin’ is known for […]

Summer by Ms. Mills   Summer. Just the word evokes images of pools, beaches, books, vacations, sun, and the great outdoors. Everyone looks forward to summer for different reasons. Some are ready to sleep in, while others are ready to watch YouTube videos or stream their favorite shows. Whatever your plan, summer is a break […]

A 6th Mass Extinction Isn’t on the Horizon. It’s Here.   Last Saturday, my dad was reading from Science, one of the world’s top academic journals, when he stumbled on an article claiming that it was “widely accepted that we are in the midst of a sixth mass extinction.” Now this was news to him, […]

Navy blue waves climb up the shoreline, smooth and piercing cold, while white, bubbly foam surfaces from the crashing waves. Chaotic, frothy water swirls about rocks jutting up like daggers. Chocolate colored snails cling to these rocks with their sticky undersides, as dark speckled crabs leap between them. Black & white gulls swoop and dive […]

The Little Prince: Book and Movie Review by Isabelle Rideout   Friday evening, while many students went to see Endgame, I saw a very different movie: The Little Prince (2015) on Netflix. This was a follow up to my family’s reading of the classic novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry over break. […]

People Opposed to GMOs Know the Least About Science by Isabelle Rideout   Back in January, a peer-reviewed study published in Nature, an extremely high profile scientific journal, proclaimed that people opposed to GMOs know the least about science – but think they know the most. While this is nearly a month old, I thought […]

Come on! Hurry up! How long is this gonna take?   This past week, I went to London for spring break. During my stay, many unanticipated interruptions popped up while I was traveling around London, like the one shown above. These disruptions often resulted in blockages for hours, throwing off many tourist’s, and Londoner’s, busy […]

Twang…bong…plink…screech…   Whether it’s classical, rock, jazz, or pop, most of us probably enjoy listening to some kind of music. But for the majority of us, there will always be that one genre of music that we just don’t “get”.   Recently, I participated as a solo pianist in a recital at the 41st Seminar […]