By KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Forgive the Jeffrey siblings if they sometimes refer to themselves as “we.” Amy, a senior, and identical twin brothers Peter and Jonathan, juniors, are associated student body officers at Windsor High School, as well as members of Interact Club, Advanced Placement Core [...]
By SAMANTHA SALEK SONOMA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, 17 Cheerleading is not a sport. At least, that is, according to a federal judge who ruled in July on the matter. But is the issue really that simple? Quinnipiac University, a private college in Hamden, Conn., was put at [...]
By NATALIE QABAZARD URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR, 15 In contemporary America, it seems as though more and more teenagers are inclined to act disrespectfully toward adults. The notion that the youth must respect their elders has completely vanished. What has replaced this attitude is a sense of disobedience, [...]
By BRETT WILKISON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Spare time is a rarity for 16-year-old Ana Lopez. The Roseland University Prep junior has devoted herself so wholeheartedly to community service in the past four years that her whereabouts after school or during the summer are almost a foregone conclusion. Friends, [...]
Coming soon -- postings from the Sonoma Valley High School journalism class! Be sure to look for them.
By MICHELLE KING CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR I hated reading. Kindergarten was a nightmare. We all got into our reading groups that consisted of red, blue, green and yellow, and I fell into the group that everybody knew as the bad readers: the yellow group. While all [...]
By KYLE GALBRAITH CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR Every teen knows of the intimidating facts that driving instructors throw at you. According to dosomething.org, car crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for teens, 35,000 teens have been involved in fatal crashes in the past five yaers, the number [...]
By LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Savannah Binney’s parents might have predicted her future the day she climbed into her first car. Granted, she was 5 or 6 and it was a battery-operated pink Barbie-mobile. But Savannah already was showing mad racing skills. “I’d tool around in [...]
By BETHANY CODDING URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR Many teens in high schools struggle with decisions that involve their future. At this time in their lives, one of the most important decisions a high school student will make is where they will go to college. This decision puts a [...]
By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Lucas Bilbro, 15, has leg muscles a middle linebacker would die for. But the 5-foot-11, 175-pound high school sophomore is more comfortable in a pirouette than plowing into running back. Coaches and peers at sports-oriented Cardinal Newman High School were eyeing Bilbro [...]