Apex High School offers a variety of programs for students to get involved in. Among those is the sports medicine program. I have had the pleasure of being a part of this program for the past two years, and I think it is an amazing program. Since that is my personal opinion, I thought it would be fun to see
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As tensions increase, divides widen, and debates become impassioned, the political landscape can seem daunting to the average voter. With the primaries nearing, voters are faced with a multitude of decisions regarding whom they vote for. In this article, readers will learn how to vote in North Carolina, and strategies to pick the candidate best for their interests, beliefs, and
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I am very passionate about helping the community, and I heard about an amazing operation called Project Classroom, created to help our teachers everywhere. When students think of teachers, they think of the people that give them homework and lots of tough projects. In reality, teachers try to help us learn and prepare us for adulthood. But while teachers support
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As we all know, taking tests is a part of school life. Pretty much every class you take requires you take tests or quizzes. Teachers use test scores to measure how well you understand a topic that they are teaching. The main problem with taking all these tests is that the majority of them are timed tests. Normally you only
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I sat down with Mr. Clark, the newest CTE teacher at Apex High School. I asked him some questions about his past experience, and how he likes Apex so far. Q: How do you like Apex High School so far? A: “I think it has been great. We have overcome a lot of obstacles with moving into the new school.
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After making the journey back to their original campus, Apex High School isn’t exactly the same as we left it. “The school lost some of its spirit and its title,” said Scott Ferguson, our school’s athletic director. Mr. Ferguson has been at Apex High School since 1994. He is one of the school’s English teachers, along with our speech teacher.
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Right now, 3.26 billion people are members of some sort of social media platform. We use it to talk to our friends, see what everybody’s doing, and keep up on the ridiculous celebrity gossip. Harmless, right? Not exactly. Millions of users on social media are competing on who can get the most likes or who is better than who. Social
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Happy New (School) Year, Cougars! We are almost four weeks into our new school year, and we are so excited! Not only do we have a new building and a new principal but also some new freshmen! Needless to say, a new school year can be stressful, but it can also be so much fun, and we can make the
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We are about to enter one of the most stressful periods of time in one’s high school career: college application time. As fall begins, many high school seniors will start the process of submitting college applications. Choosing which colleges you want to apply to is a very important decision, and it is definitely not an easy one. There are a
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Joining clubs is the thing to do in high school; it’s the big step from middle school to the real world. Even if you are like most that are always busy with sports or a job, you should still think about one. Joining a club benefits you in many ways! Rarely do people regret being a part of clubs. Joining
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