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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Earth Day is on April 22, 2020, and is fast approaching. Click here to test your knowledge to learn all about the international holiday! Learn why the day was started, this year’s theme, and more. Afterward, take your knowledge to make a global impact on and after Earth Day.
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Yesterday was National Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. Seuss Day. The day is celebrated annually March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, unless the day falls on a weekend, in which case it is held on the closest school day. This is because the event is a part of an initiative by the National Education Association to encourage childhood
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Environmental activism has been a hot topic lately with the international student walk-outs and Greta Thunberg’s amazing, heartfelt speeches. On the local level, it can feel impossible to make a difference, though. We all know the “three R’s” (reduce, reuse, recycle), but where do we go from there? The Town of Apex has new committees helping to lead the way
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Everyone wants to be successful, but what does that mean, and how do we get there? Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is having a guest speaker come to Apex High School to discuss more about what it means to be successful and what it takes to achieve success, on February 12th in our school auditorium. Our guest speaker is
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Apex High School is full of many amazing star athletes, but where do they get their start? Some athletes start out playing on recreational teams or even start playing in high school. Some, though, make their start on a middle school team. With many of our students, and thus athletes, coming from Apex Middle, I wanted to sit down with
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Update (12/20/2019 11:30 am): Yesterday was the Ice Cream Competition! For all of third-peirod, staff and students got to enjoy the five flavors featured in the competition! More than 1400 people attended and cast their votes for their favorite flavor. After a thorough count, the winner is… Red Velvet Dream! We are so proud of the students, Mr. O, and
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On December 4, 2019, Apex High’s DECA chapter loaded up five buses to go downtown to the Raleigh Convention Center. The 253 students who went to the District 3 Marketing Competitive Events Conference, also known as Districts, competed in events known as roleplays. During the roleplays, students are given a prompt, a set amount of time to prepare, and then
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Recently, Apex High DECA hosted two amazing events centered around preparing our students for life beyond high school. It can be hard to figure out what to do past high school, whether in college or the workforce. A great way to start exploring interests is to meet professionals within various fields and have discussions with them about their career path.
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No one does Halloween quite like the Food Network. This year on the Haunted Gingerbread Showdown, each round consisted of a challenge to create a ginger-bread structure paying homage to a classic Halloween movie. For the first three episodes, there were three new competitors, who the winners of then went head-to-head in the finale. Of those contestants, two are near
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