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Students Jam On, with Plenty of Moxie

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Forest Hills Eastern High orchestra students joined forces recently with The Moxie Strings for a night of upbeat contemporary music. But before they did,...

On Snow, Surf or Sidewalk, Let’s Go Boarding!

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Bill Curtis was teaching physical education at Eastern High a few years ago when, he says, "I got the sense that a lot of...

It’s All Happening at the Zoo

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Corrin Kile made a beeline around the corner to where her classmates sat on folding chairs in front of a window of water. "Dos nutrias!"...

Mind Sports Roundup

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Editor's note: Academic competition season is upon us! Each week School News Network will be running roundups of events including Odyssey of the Mind,...

Adding Sugar to Education’s Cake

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As a young mother new to the district in the early 1970s, Candace Hinshaw remembers hearing about a magazine sale at Pine Ridge Elementary...

French or English, It’s Still Teen Talk

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In the B Wing of Eastern High School, three groups of students sat around tables asking one another questions that most teens do when...

Building a Dream Into Reality

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I see the horror figures portrayed in the media. I flinch and glower at the images of helpless people, abandoned and alone, drowning in...

ASL Helps Students ‘See From a Global Perspective’

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Gabe Vogt has no problem honing his sign language skills. It's the ideal way, he said, to communicate with his older brother, Aden, who...

‘No Sense Keeping Knowledge to Yourself’

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Vishnu Mano was selling homemade lemonade at home over the summer when a better way of doing business dawned on him. The Knapp Forest Elementary...

Teachers’ Turn to Learn

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This year, nearly 1,000 K-12 school leaders in 45 states and 38 countries signed up to participate in Shadow a Student Challenge. It's a...

Hola, Madrid? It’s Me, Forest Hills!

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Ava Dingman sat at third in line, her feet bouncing up and down in neon green sneakers with bright yellow laces, as she waited...

Human Anatomy, Now in 3-D

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Emma Beck admits she hasn't yet mastered cooking macaroni and cheese without burning it. But even after just two weeks of practice molding a...

This Group Could Drive You Batty

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In their first year of competition, team "Hey, Watch This!" brought home the silver. And for their classmates, that means a week of focus...

Just Like Us

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Editor's note: This essay was originally published in the Central Trend, the student newspaper of Forest Hills Central High School. What college are you going...

Respect and Relationships Build Bonds with Students

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On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Bill Kennedy's AP Government class kicks off as it does on most days: with video news footage. Today it's...

The Change Agents

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If you didn't have to go back to school tomorrow -- or ever -- would you? When Evan Lehmann first heard the question, "I was...

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