Surely, everyone dreads writing college essays. Does it make sense? Will I sound like an idiot? Are my commas in the right places? Good news for the Class of 2024! The AHS PTSA started a new program for help with college essays. It is part of a larger “Bright Futures” program that will have some things during the year for
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Trick-or-treating, watching scary movies, colorful leaves and cooler weather time is here! Halloween is arguably one of the best holidays just because of the atmosphere around its time. Around 180 million people in the U.S. celebrate Halloween. But why do we celebrate Halloween? Where does it come from? Halloween originated from an ancient Celtic festival around two thousand years ago
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As the season of summer is slowly ending, the leaves and air are beginning to change. There is orange and red on the trees, and lately the air has been crisp and cool! North Carolina is known for its hot weather, but I bet people are excited for the cool breeze. Fall’s tone is far beyond leaves – it incorporates
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The 2023-2024 season has been a remarkable one for the varsity volleyball team in terms of personal and on-court successes. With a ten to five win ratio as of writing this article, they have shown outstanding sportsmanship and character throughout the entire season, and their demonstration of discipline on the court is fascinating to watch. In my interview with the
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With the homecoming game and dance right around the corner, the roster of this year’s Apex High School homecoming court is out! This year, there are ten queens and eight kings nominated to the court. The nominations were “write in” to a Google Form, with the link provided in cougar class a week before Homecoming Week begins. The decisions were
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So many new clubs emerge every year at Apex. The club roster is absolutely stacked now; there are dozens of clubs that meet at least every month, with boards of students who volunteer their time and efforts to help run each club. But every club has a purpose, and every student who attends the club meetings has some expectation behind
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This year’s homecoming is rumored to be the best one yet. Homecoming is the biggest fall event of the semester. Let’s talk about what happens during this fun-filled week. During the week of Homecoming, it’s Spirit Week. Every day of the week is a new theme for the day. This year, we only have four days of the week since
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Apex High has had a lot of changes in 2023. There are new lunch pass rules, new classes, and new teachers. However, a noticeable change that affects every student and teacher at Apex is the switch to Canvas from Google Classroom. Most people grew up using Google Classroom in elementary and middle school. While some people used Canvas as an
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Hurricane season usually runs from June 1 to November 30 each year in the Northern Hemisphere. Although we are only half way through the season, experts are already predicting an “above normal” season. Experts are expecting fourteen to twenty-one storms, of which, six to eleven will be hurricanes, and two to five will be major hurricanes. So far, 2023 has
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