Lincoln High School

with the 1977-78 school year, the Mid-Valley School District rented the former St. Patrick’s School in Olyphant. That school year, it was used as an elementary school for students who would have attended classes at the building in Olyphant that was condemned. This building was only big enough to accommodate the kindergarten through fourth grade students from Olyphant. Students from Olyphant in fifth and sixth grades continued to attend classes at the former junior high school. The former…

adulthood, people spend more waking hours in school the majority of the year, rather than with family or friends, pursuing their prosperous futures. At school, students are required to take specific classes in order to graduate with little to no choice in what courses they select. Also, students place prodigious amounts of pressure on themselves to perform well in school, often making themselves feel inferior by comparing their grades with others. In a school environment, students are expected…

Is College Worth It? Abraham Lincoln, Coco Chanel, Walt Disney and Bill Gates. These successful entrepreneurs are all examples of people whom opted out of college and chose to take the less conventional route to finding success. With the average college graduate owing around $25,000 in student loans and employment prospects being slim, it is a hard decision whether college is the right choice for you or not. If you choose to go to college, you are signing away years of your life and chunks of…

Lincoln High School presents a common challenge faced by many schools today. With the constant change of leadership, combined with the changing community, several problems can be overwhelming to the most seasoned administrator. The creation and implementation of a new vision and mission for the school are necessary. All students should be held to high academic and behavioral standards with the aim of becoming a productive citizen of their community. With the collaboration of local businesses,…

music education. My mom is now a music teacher in a small, rural school district in New York, and my dad is the senior high band director and music department chair in another district. Additionally, my grandfather started the local music store that has now been in our family for three generations, Royalton Music Center. Growing up, I was surrounded by music everywhere I went. I always enjoyed general music in elementary school, from singing songs to learning the names and rhythms of the…

leader. We continued with this traveling team into middle school. My eighth grade year I made the decision to try out for the high school team. I felt like I wasn’t excelling enough in middle school basketball. One of my teammates also tried out her eighth grade year. Knowing someone when going into a gym of high schoolers was definitely a plus especially since she was in the same exact position as me. We both ended up making the high school team. Although it was scary and a really hard year it…

This i It, or This was it, or that was it? Either way something was it. I had successfully made it through my first year of Junior High and my first year at Sequoia Union. It was the worst year of my life. Especially at the beginning of it all. Now what I’m about to tell you seemed like it happened along time ago compared to the difference from then and now, not to say it wasn’t a while back, yet it feels as though it were yesterday. At the beginning of this entire story, believe it or not, I…

York were built and designed by architects. Without the ingenious architects that designed famous buildings such as the Lincoln Memorial or the Pennsylvania State House historical events such as MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech or the signing of the Constitution might not have taken place. While Architecture is an important job that pays well, the architects go through 8 years of school and training before they can become…

to new ideas, they use money the money they collect wisely towards programs like the public schools and recreation programs, and take pride in the recreation and sports. We have endless parks, pools, and fun programs and camps for the youth of our town. To start off, Caldwell…

“College Calculus” Kenzie R. Lincoln Roncalli High School College Calculus In “College Calculus” John Cassidy presents both sides regarding whether or not a higher education is necessary. For hundreds of years Americans have stated that a higher education is key to human betterment. Recently the demand for a higher education has increased because it does not just help a person acquire higher-paying jobs; it also raises wages and helps with rising inequality. Colleges have also…