‘Lacrosse My Heart’: High schoolers band together to make sports accessible for people with disabilities
Long Island high school students are raising money to support inclusive initiatives and supporting sports activities for athletes with disabilities. Lacrosse My Heart, a nonprofit led by six student lacrosse players from New York’s Roslyn High School, recently raised enough funds to support the Long Island Hammerheads wheelchair lacrosse team. “My friends, co-founders and I […]
Universities of WI would admit all top-performing high schoolers under bill
Under a bill passed by the state Senate on Tuesday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison would have to admit all high school students in the top 5 percent of their class, and other campuses would have to admit students in the top 10 percent. This is part of the agreement reached between the council and the […]
Video Shows Two Minneapolis High Schoolers Viciously Attacking Each Other As Teachers Try To Intervene
A violent altercation between students in Minneapolis broke out during lunchtime, prompting an emergency police response, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. The incident, in which two female students were involved in a violent confrontation, was captured on video and circulated on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter. For this reason, the school warned students […]
Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas flashes gun at high schoolers advocating for gun reform laws
An Indiana lawmaker fires a holstered gun at high school students who came to the state capitol to advocate for gun reform, leaving some teens fearing for their safety and saying they felt “threatened.” The video of the exchange revealed that he felt that way. Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Lucas was discussing firearms legislation with […]
Mexico high schoolers take up arms after village kidnappings
A volunteer police force in rural Mexico, overwhelmed by local kidnappings, has recruited 12-year-old schoolchildren to join its ranks. It's the latest sign that some parts of the country are struggling to deal with organized crime. Armed with rifles and sticks and with their faces covered, the boys and girls paraded through a local playground […]
High schoolers ID possible serial killer in 40-year-old cold case — reveal their findings on true crime podcast
To catch the murderer: Classroom edition! When Alex Campbell, a sociology and history teacher in Tennessee, decided to have his students solve a series of cold-case murders in the spring of 2018, he knew that when it came to identifying a suspect, I never dreamed of it. Little did he know that six years later […]
Middle schoolers bullied for not having Stanley tumblers: They ‘laugh and point’
Navigating the trials and tribulations of middle school popularity is something preteen girls are all too familiar with, with status markers like which sports, extracurricular activities, and friend groups they belong to. This includes what brand of water bottle they have. The Stanley tumbler has become a popular symbol in junior high schools and even […]