For many students, a backpack is non-negotiable, it's something to carry all your pens and pencils, notebooks, ipads and for some students laptops or textbooks. However, with the amount of things a high school student has to worry about, adding to the stress with physical pain isn't the best idea. Students often carry so much in their backpack it becomes difficult to carry around, but leaving everything...
In recent months, the administration of US President Donald Trump has recently targeted one of the United States' primary agencies for biomedical and public health research, known as The National Institutes of Health or the NIH. The administration is driven to implement major reductions to indirect costs in NIH research funding, which would cause significant harm and setbacks to lifesaving medical...
Each generation has something to say about the one that came before and the one that will come after. Whether it be good or bad, we are all entitled to our own opinions. This debate, when considering Gen Z and Gen Alpha is heightened with neither group being hesitant to share their true thoughts on the other. For many individuals, the biggest difference between the two generations concerns their...
Sometimes a random act of kindness is all a person needs to brighten their day, and that is exactly what the Random Acts of Kindness club at Troy High School does. The Random Acts of Kindness club, also known as RAK, is one of the many clubs Troy High School has to offer and contains about 28 members. Around 15 years ago, this club was unofficial and not many students had paid much attention to it....
The Troy School District Board of Education’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Troy Education Association was ratified early last year to be active from Feb. 1, 2024 to April 15, 2027. In the newly laid out 2024-2025 School Year Calendar for K-12 in Schedule F, two new “student holiday[s]” denoted as “SH” were added. The titular holidays are Diwali and Holi and both holidays are widely...
Troy High School has not had a Literary Magazine for a long time, and after 10 years the magazine has come back. It's now known as The Mosaic. The magazine’s goal is to be a perfect space for artists who would like to share their art.From visuals, like drawings and paintings, to literature like poems and short stories, the magazine combines all of these pieces in a surprising gallery to show the...
The sleeping account known amongst students under the handle of @ths_sleepy2025 on Instagram showcases numerous students slumped over desks, on the carpet floor, sleeping. It appears to occur anywhere, in classes, sports, buses and more. Psychology teacher Chris Rich says that students sleep in class “fairly regularly,” and that “there's generally gonna be someone sleeping almost every hour.” What...
Junior year is often described as the most grueling year of high school, yet it rarely gets the same recognition as senior year’s “senioritis.” With Advanced Placement classes, SATs, extracurricular overloads, and the mounting pressure of college applications, many juniors are finding themselves exhausted far before they even reach senior year. For many juniors, the shift from sophomore year...
The life of a teenage girl is known to be full of spontaneous and unexpected adventures. However, societal acceptance plays a crucial role in this part of a girl’s lifetime. Brandy Melville, an American Italian women’s clothing brand by Stephan Marsan, was established in the 1970s, originally in Italy, eventually migrating to the United States. The brand’s popularity exploded on their Instagram...