Author Archives: Dacoda Duncan

Traveling Alone

As we approach the school year’s end, everyone is booking their summer trips! And coming of age, some of these trips are being booked for high-schoolers to travel without adults for the first time.  For my summer trip, my best friend and I will take a plane down to Florida to my grandparent’s house! We will be flying just the

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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and making the mothers in your life a special gift would make their day so special. I have found three things you can gift to any mother in your life that would make them happy and appreciated.  You could customize personalized or make hand-crafted jewelry. Consider creating something meaningful to them in the

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Ending of Spring Sport Season

Here at Apex High School, there are select spring sports to choose from such as baseball, softball, mens and womens  lacrosse, track and field, stunt, women’s soccer, and men’s tennis. As we are nearing the time of exams and finals, it means that spring sports are coming to an end. Yes, there are playoffs, but for JV teams and non-qualifiers,

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Saving the environment should be important to everyone because it helps to preserve the planet that was given to us. There are simply no downsides to using the three R’s. Some of the main benefits are saving energy and money, reducing pollution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving natural resources by extracting fewer raw materials from the earth. First of

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AHS W JV LAX

Here at Apex, we are very fortunate to have a ton of sports teams to choose from for the students to get involved in. I myself am a part of the Apex Women’s Lacrosse Organization. I am a captain of the JV team and encourage others to get involved with this program because it truly makes an impact.  As of

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National Craft Month

March is known as the month of Saint Patrick’s to most, but to some, it is National Craft Month! Crafting was a big part of my life during the lockdown of 2020, and I want to pass it on to younger generations whose lives revolve around electronics. Being able to complete a craft or crafty activity is very rewarding and

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Garden Time!

There are many benefits of having a garden for the springtime. I know that especially for high school students, it is important to get that “spring and summer body,” which entails eating healthy. Being able to maintain a healthy diet throughout the warmer months and achieving goals that were set at the beginning of the year is easily achievable with

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Leap Year

Some may consider February 29th to be an “unlucky day” or a fever dream, and this year you will get to experience that feeling that comes along with that special day! The year 2024 will be the first time since the odd and unfortunate year of 2020. This fact does have a lot of people on the internet worried, but

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