As the school year draws close, MCHS freshmen are overwhelmed with final exams and late-night study sessions, pushing stress levels to an all-time high. Multiple different students use different strategies to juggle their...

It’s 8:30 a.m., and you walk into your first class of the day. You unzip your backpack and take out your laptop to check Canvas and start working on your assignments, but your teacher tells the class to put their computers...

Have you ever wondered how your family has shaped who you are? Galit Atlas explores how our parents’ and grandparents' unprocessed experiences can keep us from becoming our best selves. In her book, Emotional Inheritance:...

The 2024-25 school year is coming to an end, giving us an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come on our educational journeys. While some students are now graduating from high school and pursuing higher education at...

In the fall of my sophomore year, I reported an issue to the office. A few days later, I learned the student involved had been suspended. However, much to my disappointment, the suspension only lasted three days. Then they...

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and first occurred on May 30, 1868. Individuals would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday in...

Walking or driving through downtown Santa Ana, you’ve probably seen large groups of people holding out large signs with a variety of variations of “Hands Off” to them. These protests are not only the way this community,...

Social media has become a new lens for students when it comes to choosing their future schools. Many seniors in the Class of 2025 are using YouTube, Instagram and TikTok as aids in making one of the biggest decisions of their...

As humans, we naturally gravitate toward people and wherever there may be interaction. We are social creatures who want love, attention and genuine connections on deep emotional and psychological levels. Even if we prefer...