Every October since 1985 millions of people, including politicians, professional athletes, and other public figures, wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Every year breast cancer claims the lives of roughly forty-two thousand women and five hundred men. Breast Cancer Awareness Month’s goal is to provide support to those fighting their battles with breast cancer, celebrate survivors, and
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By: Briana Taylor Apex High School is holding a homecoming dance for freshmen through seniors for the first time in three years. Annually, homecoming provides a chance for students to socialize and for the girls to show the newest trends in clothing. Although the boys are less excited about dressing up, they do look forward to going to the homecoming
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Fall is here, winter is coming, spring is around the corner and Wake Tech registration for tuition-free dual enrollment courses is open for all 10th and 11th graders in Wake County. Wake Technical Community College is the largest community college in North Carolina and has multiple locations spread out within Wake County. Wake Tech allows students to complete high school
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It is fall now, everyone’s favorite time of the year to stay warm with pumpkin spiced lattes and your favorite movies. However, instead of sticking to the movies you usually watch, here are some movies you should be excited for this fall season. First off is Hocus Pocus 2. The cult classic original, Hocus Pocus, has been a favorite amongst
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In 2015 Coach Paul Lockwood began Apex High’s beloved student broadcast news, entitled CougarTV, was created. For the last seven years, students at Apex have joined the CougarTV crew through the Cultural Media Literacy class. They have written, filmed, and edited informative and fun videos for students to enjoy each week. All students watch the latest CougarTV episode in Cougar
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By Briana Taylor Apex High opens its doors to Adam Ferguson, a new Arts teacher, who will be an exceptional addition to the already noteworthy arts staff. Mr. Ferguson can be found on the first floor and teaches Drawing. It is important to get to know the new staff here at Apex High as we are welcoming over twenty new
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As Apex High kicks off the new school year, there are many new faces here at Laura Duncan Road. There are over twenty new teachers at Apex this year. In the math department alone, we have five teachers who are new to Apex, and Mrs. Conner is one of them. Q: How long have you been teaching? A: “This is
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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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Most people know September as the start of a new school year, the beginning of autumn, or the month of Labor Day, but what most people may not know is that September has been National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (SPAM) since 2008. Suicide is obviously a sensitive, tragic topic, but it impacts millions of people around the world, so prevention
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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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