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Spartan Education

Sparta's ruthless education may have been controversial, but it made them into one of the most battle-hardened city-states to ever ...

The Beatles: Talent and Courage

The Beatles showed mental, intellectual, and social courage as they created a new genre of music, brought it to places ...
Sunset Silhouettes

My Covid Birthday

“Prisha! Pack your bag! We are going to the beach for your birthday!” My mom declares.  It was true, my ...
An aerial photograph of clouds over a landscape.

How do people predict the weather?

It all started on a chilly Wednesday night when my mom and I were looking at the weather app because ...

Pandemic Echoes, a poem by Sofie, 10

Pandemic Echoes by Sofie Dardzinski, 10 An invisible enemy has changed our lives. Lives lost, all too soon. Soon slinks ...

About the White House

This year I watched the whole election. I have wanted to know what it’s like to live in the White ...

Aru Shah and the End of Time, Reviewed by Nina Vigil, 11

Are you looking for a book you can read for hours without noticing time passing? One that is funny and ...

Holes, Reviewed by Abhi Sukhdial, 10

Have you thought that nothing could be worse than jail? Well you would be totally wrong because in the book ...

The One and Only Ivan, Reviewed by Phoebe Eckstein, 13

This story is about promises kept, selflessness, and friendship. It’s about Ivan keeping his promise to his friend, Stella, and ...

The Iliad, Reviewed by Che Amaral, 12

I like books that are about football, basketball, and fantasy. My dad was tired of me reading the same genres ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Reviewed by Justin Park, 13

The Discord of Love Love is a quarrel that never ends. It is a wonderful thing, to feel love. In ...

The Fault in Our Stars, Reviewed by Clemi Roth, 13

John Green’s Fault in Our Stars is a novel about the amiable Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen year old girl ...