One of Us Is Lying Book Review

Imagine the classic movie, Breakfast Club, meets the outstanding book series, Nancy Drew. One of Us is Lying is a book about growing relationships, powerful encounters, hope, defeat, and an overall high school experience.Five students, Browyn, the smart one, already set on a college on always keeping the rules in place, Nate, the “bad boy” already broken laws and on

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Regional Shakespeare Competition: Shining a Spotlight on Aryana Figueroa

All the world was a stage at the Regional Shakespeare Competition, and Apex senior Aryana Figueroa along with nine competitors from various schools in the state, its players. On the evening of February 17, the ten thespians stepped onto the campus of William Peace University to perform both a monologue and a sonnet of the Bard’s prose to compete for

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Winter Sports Recap

As the winter sports season comes to an end, let us review our winter athletes’ accomplishments this year. Winter sports include Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Wrestling, Indoor Track and Field, and Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving.  Basketball The Men’s JV basketball team finished with a 5-10 record. Our Varsity Men’s team has a 14-9 overall record. Varsity began playoffs

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Pushback Against the Apex High School Tardy Policy

By: Kate Sinodis and Rose Andrews Two years ago, a petition was created to remove or change the tardy policy in Apex High School on Change.org. Created by then Apex student Jackson Beaufort, students banded together to collect over 1000 signatures; after which the petition was forgotten. Now, in 2022, the petition has gained attention once again and students have

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Celebrating Black History at Apex

Black History Month is the annual celebration of the achievements of African Americans and all their importance in America’s history. This month started out just as a week, but eventually, in 1970 became an entire month. Ever since 1976, every president has recognized this month, even though it started in 1915, by Carter G Woodson, an American author, journalist, historian

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FTC Robotics Tournament

When most people think of robots, they conjure up the image of a distant future, however, robots are very much a part of present day society at Apex High, where they take on a more competitive form in the First Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team. Most recently (February fifth) the team traveled to a tournament in Sanford, where they faced

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