The beach is a popular recreational activity among hundreds of millions of people. According to Mass.gov, just in Massachusetts, over 111 million trips are made to the beach annually. Splashing among the...

Many countries worldwide provide paid parental leave after the birth of a child or an adoption. However, some countries provide more paid leave than others. Educators across the state of Massachusetts...

The Celtics have had a tremendous season, finishing with the best record in the NBA—64-18, their fourth-best season of all time. They took on the Miami Heat in the first round, who got their spot in...

On Monday night, 5/6, pro-palestine protestors painted "GENOCIDE JIM" over a memorial mural remembering the three football players killed in an on campus shooting in November of 2022. Devin Chandler,...

As a ninth grader at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School concerned about students’ mental welfare, I recently created a survey that asked students whether they felt the school, as a whole, prioritizes...

Billie Jean King once said, “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” On Father’s Day, June 18th, 2023, the Hamilton-Wenham Girls Varsity Tennis Team traveled to Endicott College to compete...

AI poses threats to the future and must be restricted immediately. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, AI is “Software designed to imitate aspects of intelligent human behavior.”  According...

Are you a good test taker? What if how well you are at taking a test could determine your future? Standardized testing should be abolished because it is not an adequate way to measure students’ intelligence.  Standardized...

In the American progress narrative, regardless of the wars fought and victories won, there is still an unfairness that we continue to have despite our claim of equality: the gender wage gap. Even with...

Social Media can be very impactful to teenagers and their mental health. According to The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory, if teenagers or children spend more than 3 hours a day on social media, they...

Academics debate how long a student's school day should be. Students' perspectives on why the school day should be shorter are rarely considered. I posit that reducing school hours per day is not detrimental...

Should students have to worry about whether they can afford school lunches? Free school meals keep nutritious food on kids’ plates and stress off families’ shoulders. After the pandemic, 19.5% of families...