Exams are just around the corner, and that means studying for the test – worth twenty percent of your final grade. For some people, this also means excessively worrying whether what you are doing to prepare is enough. This is not unnatural, and if you have experienced this before, it is perfectly understandable. However, I would not go so far
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Imagine you have fallen into a deep and peaceful sleep. You feel as if you are floating on a cloud with dreams as tranquil as can be. With the silence of the night, you lay peacefully resting, preparing your mind and body for the next day. All of a sudden you hear an agonizing screech like the wail of a
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Over the years many video games have shaped the face of how we play them today. Beginning with “Pong” in the early 1970’s- the first video game to ever be widely played, and “Donkey Kong”- the game that popularized platformers and introduced the character, “Mario.” Though the 1980’s saw video games’ initial rise to prominence, less than forty years later
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We have a hockey team here at the peak of great learning; who knew? It might be hard to believe, but Cougar Hockey is the best roller hockey team. The last four years they were undefeated, and they recently begun a new season, so everyone has high hopes for the new season. Cougar Hockey has both a junior varsity and
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Senior year is a year that some would argue is the best of your entire High School career. The first three years are the inconveniences that guide you to the great (or not-so-great), rewards of the final year. From applying to college, to getting those final credits it seems that every year seniors get sick. They get sick with a
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With the end of the semester coming, students are dreading the exams. It’s the test that counts the most toward your grade and could end up ruining it. Your teachers spend weeks trying to prepare you and rejog your memory making sure you feel the most confident about the test. Most students end up trying to cram the information given
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The Apex High School wrestling team is about halfway through their season and is striving for success and improvement. It has been difficult for Apex to win as a team due to the fact that there are not many members compared to other schools’ teams. However, wrestling is both a team and individual sport, and individually, our Cougars are performing
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Athletic Director Del Phillips will be stepping down from the Athletic Director spot later this month. There is a running joke about him always cutting the grass. We are going to miss the beautiful fields he maintains, and I hope that the incoming AD, Mr. Scott Ferguson, enjoys the grass as much as Del! I wanted to interview Coach Phillips
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The New Year has begun and people around the world are making a change. Whether it be hitting the gym, saving money, getting more sleep, or giving more hugs, New Year’s resolutions are an incredibly common way of making a positive change. While naysayers love to say that your new intention will fail in a few weeks or that if
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Kyndall Boxell, a junior at Apex High School, is currently involved in many of our school’s athletics. Throughout the span of her life, sports have played a major role in her upbringing. The sport that started her long line of athletics was dance. Boxell did both ballet and tap all throughout kindergarten and part of first grade. With her love
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