On Saturday, March 11, HOSA will be partnering with The Blood Connection to host their second blood drive of the school year at Apex High School. Donors will receive credits that can be redeemed for prizes at The Blood Connection’s website. Students can also receive volunteer hours for donating or bringing another person to donate. Anyone who is at least
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At least six different schools in Wake County have gone into either a code red or code yellow lockdown this month. There has been an increase in online threats, not just this school year, but more specifically in 2023. Recent news stories about schools going into lockdown because of social media threats or the stories of students bringing guns into
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On Tuesday, February 14th, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Board of Education voted unanimously to increase minimum pay for bus drivers to $20 per hour. New drivers will immediately be eligible for increased pay while current drivers will receive it in July. This decision is an effort to combat the ongoing bus driver shortage impacting CHCCS and other districts
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On Thursday, December 16, an Enloe Magnet High School student hacked into the school’s intercom system, allegedly making antisemitic remarks and threatening U.S. President Joe Biden. Although the identity of the student and exact content of the message are unclear, Principal Jackie Jordan reported in a message to Enloe families that the individual responsible was identified and will face appropriate
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Stephen “Twitch” Boss was a big personality on stage and off of it. As a runner-up and judge on a dance competition TV program So You Think You Can Dance, actor in the Step Up franchise, and DJ and producer for The Ellen Show, Boss used his talent to empower and inspire people to love dancing. Being a huge fan
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Five days. That was how long thousands of Moore County residents were left without power until it was fully restored on Thursday, December 8th. This massive power outage, which impacted around 45,000 people, had a devastating effect on the county’s Southern and Central regions. With no power, residents were left without electricity and functioning wastewater pumps, and some traffic accidents
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The holiday season is here, and many students in the Peak are enjoying the ice skating at the Fenton Shopping Center in Cary. Starting November 5th through January 23rd, Skating in the Square is held from about three-thirty to ten p.m. on weekdays, from ten a.m. to ten p.m. on Saturdays, and twelve p.m. to seven p.m. on Sundays. The
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On Wednesday, November 16 at 1:47 am, the Artemis I rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida. The goal of this mission is to orbit the moon, but the eventual goal of the Artemis program is to land both the first woman on the moon as well as the first person of color on the moon. The
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By: Briana Taylor and Ekite Lew At 12:00 a.m. on October 21st, Taylor Swift made her “return to pop” by releasing her 10th studio album, Midnights. Taylor has always thrived when writing about “her past experiences and her own internal tugs of war” (New York TImes). She is known for her songs on raw love and break ups, but in
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This Tuesday, November 8th, is Election Day. For most students, this means a day off from school to relax and catch up on work. For staff and students aged eighteen or older, however, Tuesday is the last day to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. Midterms are elections held at the halfway point between presidential elections during which Senate and
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