Teacher appreciation week is right around the corner which means it is time to shower our teachers that do so much for us with gifts and love. Now, I have never been a teacher nor do I plan to be, but I am pretty sure that dealing with a whole bunch of hormonal teenagers all the time is hard work. It...

This past Monday and Tuesday, March 11 and 12, Ascension seventh graders through juniors competed for spots on the 2019-2020 Varsity and JV Cheerleading squads. Girls met in the gym Monday and Tuesday to learn the tryout dance and cheer, in which they would perform cheer (by themselves) and dance (with...

This long-awaited week includes tons of pre-lent celebrations. Lent is a Christian celebration lasting a period of 40 days. During this time, Christians replicate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ by offering up things such as food and habits. Reverend Larkin says, “it is like deep cleaning. Not only cleaning...

Senioritis: a decline in motivation or academic performance that supposedly afflicts some seniors in high school, especially in their last term. We all know that senioritis is a thing, but for this year’s seniors, it came hard and early in November. Don’t misinterpret us; we are very hard working...

During the month of February, I, for some reason, decided that I would try to beat Emily Bourque in a reading competition. Now, any of you that know Bourque know that that girl loves to read and loves to read a lot. The rules for this challenge were simple: read more books than Bourque and actually read...