Freshman year is an exciting yet stressful time for many students. While most enjoy the newfound freedoms associated with high school, they might also have a hard time finding their place in a school with over two thousand students. Thankfully, Apex High has a team of student ambassadors who are here to resolve this issue. These ambassadors, who are members
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Student parking at Apex High is getting out of hand. In the first few weeks alone, there have already been a handful of students involved in accidents. I interviewed Mr. Zies on the rules and procedures students need to be following at all times. Whenever entering and exiting the parking deck, students should “follow the arrows” and, “take it slow
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As you probably know, lunch is overcrowded. Whether you have first or second lunch, you have most likely realized how uncomfortably populated the lunchroom and courtyard are during that time. If you need lunch, you need to get in the lunchline, but you are lucky to get through it with more than fifteen minutes left to eat it. If
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On Friday, September 9, Apex High School held this school year’s club fair in the courtyard during both first and second lunch. The Club Fair gives students opportunities to get involved in after-school activities and provides information about all different kinds of clubs offered at the school. The club booths were spread out all around the courtyard, allowing the students
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By: Briana Taylor This past Friday, September 9th, forty of Apex’s Cross Country team had the opportunity to participate in the annual event, Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is held every year at Kernersville on the State Meet track course and is a vastly anticipated event for cross country runners throughout the state. With a team of over one
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This school year, six early release days have been added to WCPSS school calendars. They come as a way to allow K-5 teachers to complete training for a new way of teaching reading. For teachers at Apex High School, the early release days will be an opportunity to participate in staff meetings and meet with their Professional Learning Community (PLC)
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This semester, Ms. Piper’s AP Environmental Science students completed a lab using an RTI International PurpleAir device to study air pollution. PurpleAir is an organization that makes sensors meant to “empower community scientists who collect hyper-local air quality data to share it with the public.” PurpleAir sensors measure particle pollution (PM2.5), and can be installed by the general public. Each
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My journey here at Apex High has been full of changes. From starting at the Green Level campus to attending school virtually, and then returning to the new AHS campus, it’s been nothing short of hectic. Now don’t get me wrong, change keeps things interesting, but the one thing that I’ve proudly kept consistent is this Newspaper class. Looking back
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By: Kate Sinodis and Rose Andrews On Thursday, May 26th, a few days after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Apex High School held a memorial, as well as an informative event in the courtyard during both lunches in order to honor those who died, and to serve as a call to action for change. Students Emma Fornes, Stanley Wilson,
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CougarTV is one of the most loved classes in the school and so many students aspire to be a part of it. Here at Apex High school once a week during Cougar Class, (homeroom) we all get to enjoy an episode of CougarTV, where we hear about the past week, upcoming events, and important announcements. CougarTV has brought people together,
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