Every year, Apex High School is allotted five slots for exchange students to enroll at our school. Last year, many students had to go home early due to the pandemic. I interviewed three students who attended Apex High School last year, catching up with them on how their lives have changed since going back to their home country during a
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At the beginning of April, three North Carolina lawmakers introduced a new bill, the Youth Health Protection Act (Senate Bill 514). This bill would prevent health care professionals from performing any sort of gender confirmation surgery for transgender people on minors. Normally, in law minors are stated to be anyone under the age of 18, but this bill suggests anyone
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In early March, the North Carolina Public School System announced they would be making a change in Powerschool, the online grade book used throughout the state, that would allow students to input a chosen name to be shown on their school records. So what changes? Now, students will be able to protect their privacy and have their chosen name appear
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Wake County is fairly progressive compared to a lot of places, including other counties in the state, so why haven’t they addressed kids’ concerns about the name that represents them in Google Classroom? It is not uncommon for a person to go by the name not on their birth certificate, whether it is a nickname, middle name, or chosen name
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With the number of coronavirus cases on a constant rise in North Carolina, many people are anxious to know when they can get their vaccines. As many people return to work, their chances of getting exposed are constantly rising, and their odds don’t look good. Not only do people find themselves worried about their safety but the safety of those
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