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  • "Today we will send over 300 billion e-mails, 19 billion text messages. Yet, we’ll still feel alone."

    Wednesday, April 11, 2012 By: Kacie Craig

    Looking for a new television show that will tax your mind and keep you on the edge of your seat? You’re in luck; people are raving over the new television series Touch.

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  • Alternatives to Prom

    Wednesday, April 11, 2012 By: Tyler Bridwell

    There are many things to do instead of going to prom.

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  • The Trouble with Girls; a review

    Wednesday, April 11, 2012 By: Carolyn J. Conrad

    A teenage girl's review on Scotty McCreery's hit single "The Trouble with Girls".

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  • Cyber bullies: Dislike

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Amy Laninga

    What students need to know to stay safe online

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  • Do you know where your stuff is? School steps up security as recent area thefts remind community to remain watchful

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Katia Patin '12

    Along with longer days and warmer weather, the spring season marks the beginning of heightened activity on campus. The musical, lacrosse and softball games, and various campus events are all staples o

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  • Gay-Straight Alliance Denied In East Pennsboro

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Selby Harter

    On Monday, April 2nd, the East Pennsboro Area School District school board voted 4-4 on the consideration of the club “Coexist”, a gay-straight alliance.

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  • Seventh Grader Saves School Bus

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Jesseca Perkins

    Seventh grade kid saves his bus when bus driver becomes unconscious.

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  • Schools Need Daycare for Teen Parents

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Naisha Tindal

    Daycares in high school would help teen parents attend school more regularly, according to one teen mom.

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  • Advisors say GSA also for straight students

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By: Jennifer Currier

    For the last five years, the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) has been included in the list of extracurricular activities at Pembroke Academy. However, the level of club activity has faltered since the gro

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  • Federal Program – Youth Violence

    Monday, April 09, 2012 By: Tiara Moses

           A $6.5 million federal award was slow to arrive. It was delaying a five-year project to research and decrease youth violence in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood. The pro

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Issue Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 Issue: Week of April 16, 2012
 
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Portland, Ore., teachers will get an extra week's pay, having won their argument that the district's 'eight-block' schedule greatly increases the number of students each teacher is assigned.
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Principals are as common as textbooks in most American schools. At Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, the recent decision to create that position was revolutionary.
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Tonight, the East Pennsboro school board will get a second chance to approve the official formation of 'Coexist,' a gay-straight alliance. Funding and philosophical opposition are big issues.
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Quick action by seventh-grader Jeremy Wuitschick may have kept a school bus from an accident and fellow students from harm after the driver went unconscious at the wheel.
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Now that funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in hand, Denver and several other communities can begin research into the causes of youth violence.
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A 'great family' is torn asunder following a wildfire that struck their home and killed the mother of two Dakota Ridge grads. Two neighbors were killed by the same blaze.
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Features
Smokefreetxt looks to help teens kick the habit
Your cell phone may set you free from the clutches of tobacco. That's the thinking behind Smokefreetxt, a cell program that encourages users to kick the habit.
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Why, when almost everyone agrees that education is the key to a successful life, do so many students drop out of school?
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Speed kills, the expression goes, and on the roads and highways of Virginia, the expression fits. Since 2000, speeding deaths have been rising, and teens are often behind the wheel.
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Social networking is a wonder of modern technology, but it also has its ugly side. Teens of low self-esteem pay a heavy price.
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