Archive for September 2009
The Digital Revolution: Estee Williams
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Opinion & CommentaryGuest Writer Estee Williams The world in which we live is changing exponentially. That was the message of the speaker Ian Jukes when he addressed EVSC high school teachers at an eLearning workshop on July 10. In simplest terms, it means that as time passes, change happens faster and faster and
Red Ribbon Week coming to Reitz in a new fashion
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NewsOne American teenager dies every 42 minutes in the United States from drug related causes, according to . Red Ribbon week will bring awareness to startling facts about drugs such as this and educate students about drugs to help prevent drug use across America. Red Ribbon week is officially the last full week of October. [...]
Revolution Brought To The Classroom
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: FeatureTeachers are constantly looking for ways to create a better atmosphere for their students. They change their learning techniques by adding creative methods with colors and objects and by other means, such as singing songs so that students remember the lesson that they are teaching. Now, teachers are forced to change their ways due to [...]
Netbooks now part of freshman transition
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: FeatureThe transition from 8th grade to high school is no laughing matter, as arguably the toughest educational transition a student will ever face. So with the changes instituted over the summer, has the EVSC has placed another burden on the freshman student population with their decision to distribute netbooks to high-schoolers this year? The HP [...]
The Revolution Has Come
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: FeatureTen years ago, students in the EVSC sat in the same classrooms that students are occupying now. They took notes by hand as teachers lectured, researched information through books in the library looked up with a physical card catalog, and tracked down and talked to teachers after school to get help over an assignment. Now, [...]
Cobra Starship’s Hot Mess is anything but…
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Arts & EntertainmentWith their latest effort, Cobra Starship has outdone themselves. Released under the punk rock powerhouse label Fueled By Ramen, Hot Mess is climbing the charts and flying off the shelves, Cobra Starship is on their way to revolutionizing the modern punk rock movement altogether. From the onset, Hot Mess has been an adrenaline injection into [...]
Local bands really can ROCK!
Sep 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Arts & EntertainmentIf you’ve ever been to a concert, you know what it feels like to be there. The band is playing songs you’ve never heard of, and the lyrics and sounds are entering your mind, so it is as if those lyrics and sounds are the only things that you know. The bass drum pulses through [...]