Last Tuesday the 8th grade had the opportunity to visit Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston! It was an amazing experience and was full of excitement and educational value. Before hopping on the bus and heading into Boston we all read a short paper on AI, the main topic that as “senators” we would be discussing. The paper prepared us with a little background knowledge on what AI was and how America is currently handling it. Going into the debate with some background info helped boost our confidence and gave us textual evidence to back up...

Imagine waking up on a Monday morning determined to go to school with a smile – even if the weather is nasty. Then, imagine a sharp pang in your head, even if that pain is only in one half of your head. If you’re like me, you know that this is a migraine. Migraines are horrible headaches which happen because of the Trigeminal Nerve. According to Associations of Migraine Disorders, the Trigeminal Nerve is the “largest of the 12 cranial nerves. It sends sensations from the face to the brain. [It is] involved with the pathophysiology of migraine.”...

I know the feeling of the frantic morning before the school’s first tag day — it’s a nightmare! The only thoughts going through your head are: “Am I sure it’s really a tag day?” “What if I wear the same sweater as so-and-so?” “What is ‘in’ right now?” And, of course, you’re frantically searching your Snapchat and Instagram to find the latest styles — and then (of course) you can’t find anything. So you text your friends, but you’re running late, so they’re already driving to school. And you decide you’re on your...