Posts Tagged ‘ soc ’

Here at our school bake sales and junk food are forbidden for health reasons but yet students are not taught healthy eating habits. Health class is not taught here or at many New York City schools. Since health class is not offered, the SPARK, Ms. Hattie Slaughter, at our school decided to incorporates health into Read More »

Sitting in a classroom always gets boring sooner or later. For two weeks, we had the chance to switch our typical classmates for penguins, seals, ice, and more penguins as we made our way to Antarctica, which is called the “Greatest classroom on Earth.” Students on Ice (SOI), which has given Antarctica this title, is Read More »

Bringing her arms up in a shiver, Charlene Casteno walked up the hill to school. It’s just an average day, nothing different about it except for that random rock that caused her to trip. Getting up slowly, she mutters a curse. Realizing what she had done, she utters another one. Why? Because she had broken Read More »

Everyday someone uses electronics, whether it’s a cell phone, microwave, a T.V., or an iPod. However, very few people are aware of the damages these items are doing to their health. For years now many rumors have been circulating about the dangers of specific electronics, the biggest rumor being that cell phones cause brain cancer. Read More »

Asia Society President Vishakha Desai discusses global issues and other topics with Sesame Street’s Grover. It was a Tuesday night in November, cold and chilly, when the Asia Society honored influential couples who have made an impact on the world. This event took place at the 33rd New York Annual Dinner held at the Waldorf-Astoria Read More »

Adam Levine | NHS students discussing their eco-friendly projects. Did you know that one gallon of motor oil can contaminate one million gallons of water? How about the fact that each person in the United States uses 3.8 tons of coal each year? Everyday, without even realizing it, people do something that damages Read More »

Since indoor track season began, muddy shoes and drenched shirts are a thing of the past for our school. Now, the muddy field of Essex Drive has been replaced with the hardwood floor of the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory, located in Manhattan on 168th Street. There, our indoor Read More »

Adam Levine | Back in the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln was beginning his presidential campaign. At the time, biased newspapers were extremely common. A reporter from The New York Herald once wrote that Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech was “unmitigated trash, interlarded with coarse and clumsy jokes.” On November 4, 2009, Journalism teacher Mrs. Nancy Read More »

From the beginning of the 19th century, Disney has created princes and princesses that have made an impact on children and adults. But, never has Disney created a prince and princess like Tiana and Naveen in the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog, which was released on December 11, 2009. Based on the Read More »

Addiction is a term used in many contexts. It is used to describe obsession, compulsion, or excessive dependence on a sole substance. The common types of addictions we encounter in modern society are drug, alcohol, shopping, and even food addiction. But now, technology has discovered another type of addiction — social networking. There have been Read More »