As I reflect on my four years as an Apex High School student, I realize it was full of change. There were major changes like having three different buildings to learn and adjust to as well as three different principals. There were also minor changes like meeting new friends, switching teachers mid-year, and changing interests and passions. There were also
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If someone my freshman year had asked where I saw myself in June of my senior year, I would have given a lot of the typical answers, and yet I couldn’t have been more wrong. I don’t think anyone in the world could have predicted this. Even thinking back to ten months ago when I started Newspaper I, I never
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Unfortunately due to the world wide circumstances, I took it upon myself to reach out to one of our very own Apex High seniors, Anya Pennisi to help sum up her senior and highschool years. Anya answered some questions covering her high school career and much more! Describe your high school experience. As a runner, I think of my high
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I’m sure we’re all thinking the same thing right now. When is this gonna end? Will this ever be over? What am I even supposed to do? We can all agree that something like this probably has ever happened during our lifetime. We have to adapt to a changing world, and sometimes we’re left feeling bored and hopeless. However, there
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As the realities of quarantine set in, the loneliness and boredom becomes evident. We lounge around the house, slugging through each day stuck inside. One upside, however, is spending every day receiving affection and love from my dog and cat. Pets are often dreamt of by younger ones, and most parents are reluctant. However, pets make home life active and
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As we approach two months of being stuck at home, surely everyone has experienced some degree of boredom. If you’re feeling bored today, take this quiz HERE to find out what activity you should do to pass the time!
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As most of us know, life isn’t always the easiest whether it’s because of something someone said or something someone did. Maybe you just had a bad day, and you weren’t expecting it to go the way it did. Well life is full of surprises, and we’re never sure of what’s to come for the future. If you’re reading this,
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Most people are familiar and up-to-date on popular music today, especially millennials like you and me. We tend to keep a closed mind on our music preferences and strictly pick our playlists. But when we think about it, most of us are only traversing through a sliver of the music accessible to us. Sometimes it can be important to step out of our
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, everything has changed, and AP exams are no exception. This year AP exams will be administered online to be taken at home on students’ computers, tablets, or smartphones. The exams will no longer follow their usual three hour format consisting of both multiple choice and free response questions, but instead all of the
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Being a multi-sport athlete is a ton of work, but getting the opportunity to play on varsity as a freshman is an honor. For freshman Maddie Degnan, it has been an experience of a lifetime being a part of Apex’s women’s varsity basketball team, the Lady Cougars varsity softball team, and the varsity Cougars tennis team. I had the pleasure
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