My Grandmother has always put food on the table. Every Thanksgiving the family would go over to her mansion and the kitchen would smell of sweet turkey, ham, buttered mashed potatoes, and her amazing apple crisp accompanied by a heap of frozen French vanilla ice cream. She would always make sure that her hard work […]

Everyday, at Tripp Middle School, kids come equipped with pencils, paper, binders and hopefully their homework. But they also come with something you can’t see. They are the daily learning tools necessary to be taught. One of the needed abilities is understanding what’s being asked. Understanding what’s being asked is knowing what’s going on in […]

I am mad and sad; I didn’t mean to do what I did, but it just happened. Kids are put into situations like having two view points about an incident. If I could change what had happened, then I would because I wouldn’t have thrown the basketball and I would have listened to the P.E. […]

As you know, most school districts end recess after elementary school, although what you probably don’t know is that may not be the wisest decision. The purpose of ending recess is so that students can have more time to learn, resulting in smarter students. But having no recess can actually make it harder for kids […]

This year at Elm Street School there are a lot of new students. There is one new girl who is extremely different. Her name is Shujing Lian and she first came from New York to Mechanic Falls, but she originally came from China. She moved from China to Ohio. After Ohio, she moved to New […]

Something large in a small package has been going on around Lewiston High School. There is a small group of young students who have decided to join the Army Cadet Corps. No, this is not all about the military, even though we are sponsored by the Army, wear a uniform, learn survival skills, and follow […]

During the school year, students in grades three through high school have the opportunity to be an honorary page during a session of the Senate. The job of a page is to deliver messages and other important documents. While the Senate is in session, the members need to remain seated. This means that they can’t […]

International Festival is a project that we start at the beginning of the school year. Each student, except for the seniors, are handed a book in which they are to pick a country and fill out certain information about the country and its history. This is a project that you have to do for three […]

It was 2 a.m. Lesley had spent the night partying with her so called friends. Now she sat in the front seat of Lynn’s car, drunk and wasted. She had called Lynn for a ride believing she would get home safely. Lynn was a Christian and never went to the parties and all that. She […]

Hello, everyone! My name is Michael Girouard, and I’m a senior at St. Dom’s this year. I’m writing this column (serial, journal…call it what you will) because I was fortunate enough to spend the majority of last summer in Paris, France, and I want to tell the highlights and the many things I learned about […]