5-Star Students Jenison High School administrators proposed a new app to be used in the upcoming school year. The app is called 5-Star Students. It contains different features that would cut down on teachers’ work and possibly reward students. One feature that this app provides is digital attendance. Students could scan a barcode outside of a teacher's class to be marked present instead of...

  Schools don’t have to start later every day. A possibility is schools start later on only certain days of the week. That said, events happening on the weekends makes students want to get more sleep. A suggestion is on Mondays at least we should start school later. So students get a little more sleep and catch up on the sleep they might have lost on the weekend. Sleep Students should be...

At Jenison High School, seniors get two absences during the second semester. If they have 2 or fewer absences, they have the option to waive exams. If they go over the 2 absences they have to take the exam for the class. These absences include sick days and to get them excused you have to go to the doctor. Seniors should be able to miss more days in school and still be able to waive their exams....

The technology could be taking over our lives. This topic can help others realize how they need to spend more time with their families and friends. Technology can make us become less social with each other. It can also make us become more isolated and can make us more distracted by things going on around us. It is possible for technology to make us less social. This can happen by going on our phones...

NIL, name, image, likeness. It is something that is new to college sports. Something many college athletes are taking full advantage of. Bryce Young made the most with NIL at a total of around 3.5 million dollars playing football for Alabama using the NIL. NIL has become so important because it is affecting what college an athlete goes to. And it also affects if an athlete will transfer.   Coach...

  Schools don’t have to start later every day. A possibility is schools start later on only certain days of the week. That said, events happening on the weekends makes students want to get more sleep. A suggestion is on Mondays at least we should start school later. So students get a little more sleep and catch up on the sleep they might have lost on the weekend. Sleep Students should be...

At Jenison High School, seniors get two absences during the second semester. If they have 2 or fewer absences, they have the option to waive exams. If they go over the 2 absences they have to take the exam for the class. These absences include sick days and to get them excused you have to go to the doctor. Seniors should be able to miss more days in school and still be able to waive their exams....

The technology could be taking over our lives. This topic can help others realize how they need to spend more time with their families and friends. Technology can make us become less social with each other. It can also make us become more isolated and can make us more distracted by things going on around us. It is possible for technology to make us less social. This can happen by going on our phones...

NIL, name, image, likeness. It is something that is new to college sports. Something many college athletes are taking full advantage of. Bryce Young made the most with NIL at a total of around 3.5 million dollars playing football for Alabama using the NIL. NIL has become so important because it is affecting what college an athlete goes to. And it also affects if an athlete will transfer.   Coach...

Toxic masculinity, whether you believe it or not there is at least a little truth to it. It affects all men and even women. You always hear about women having expectations that aren’t possible, but if you pay attention men do too. Invalidating emotions, creating sexist environments and making aggression more prevalent. This has been going on since the very beginning of earth but now attention is...