High School

My Most Over-the-Top Moment as a Mother

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Fencing, Mother, Hover Geneartion, Mothering, Hover Mother, Ivy League, High School, Parenting, Help Applying to College, College Admissions, Living News
Marilyn M. Machlowitz

When my daughter's fencing coach moved to Seattle, I was beside myself. How, I worried, could she explain on her college applications why she stopped fencing senior year?

Read Post

A Brief Educational Update

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Television, High School, Reality TV, Humor, School Discipline, Gas Prices, School Budget, Alternative Energy, School Funding, Cheating, School Militaary Recruiters, Education Budget, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

The bus schedules should have arrived in your mail by now and we have instituted a policy that awards school credits to any student who shows up at the bus stop with a full can of gasoline.

Read Post

HIV Scare at St. Louis High School

Abigail Jones | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Sex Education, Cdc, St. Louis, Teenage Sex, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, HIV/AIDS, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Health Scares, Normandy High School, Kids, Sex...With Mom and Dad, Health, Teens, Abstinence Education, High School, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Troubled Teens, Living News
Abigail Jones

Normandy High School officials should have come out strongly, advocating openness, pushing sex education, and acknowledging the problems and pressures of teenage life.

Read Post

High School Debaters Debate The Debate (WATCH)

Washington Post | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, High School, Washington Post, Presidential Debates, John McCain, Politics News

via The Washington Post: Last night, four members of the Walt Whitman High School Debate Team from Bethesda, Md., debated John McCain and Barack Oba...

Read Whole Story

What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Health Clinics, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Cheerleader, Sarah Palin Vice President, Prisoner of War, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, California, Christian Fanatics, 1996 Olympics, John Kerry, Bill Ayers, High School, Republicans, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Rudolph, Carson, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

I'd rather be thrown out for the truth than group-hugged for a lie.

Read Post

On Facebook, The High School Reunion Never Ends

Pauline Millard | Posted 09.29.2008 | Media

Read More: People, High School, Facebook, Reunions, High School Reunion, Social Networking, Friendster, Long-Distance Coorespondence, Myspace, Media News
Pauline Millard

These aren't people I see everyday but it's nice to hear from them every now and again.

Read Post

Police Add Uncertainty to the Mix

Donald Liebenson | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Adolescent Depression, Scrubs, The Police, High School, Parent-Child Connections, Adolescence, Parenting, Mixtapes, Teenagers, Living News
Donald Liebenson

At parent orientation for incoming high school freshman, the principal encouraged us to get involved with our kids, to ask questions. So I sat my son down and, bracing myself, asked about the mixtape.

Read Post

Attention Parents: Back-to-School 101

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Restless Virgins, Sex, Sarah Palin, High School, Beverly Hills 90210, Parenting, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley

High school will be a whole new world for your daughter, including a changing social scene where partying, drinking, and hooking up may seem suddenly expected. You--her parents--can help her safely navigate all of it.

Read Post

Not Just a Bunch of "Stupid Girls" -- Education and the Next Generation

Lindsay Dittman | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: High School, Community Service, Travel, Invisible Children, The Giving Life, Living News
Lindsay Dittman

Heading into my senior year of high school, I'm entering it with a much clearer head because I know that somewhere in my four years, I did something constructive.

Read Post

Donating To Myself

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: High School, Donations, College, Selfishness, Costa Rica, The Giving Life, College Endownments, Alumni Donations, Alumni Gifts, Living News
Lindsay Mannering

Once a year I officially donate money. I write two checks, one to my high school and one to my university. I fill out the insert that comes in the s...

Read Post

Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.

Read Post

The Best Teacher I Ever Had

Alex Remington | Posted 07.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Obituary, High School, Steve Sigur, Math, Teacher, Brain Cancer, Living News
Alex Remington

For other classes, I bought $80 textbooks geared for the AP exam. In Steve's class, I received handouts from century-old Russian books because he said they taught logarithms better before the fall of the tsar.

Read Post

Recession Special - The Truth About Affording The Rising Cost of College (Part I)

Kat Cohen | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: College Loans and Debt, College Admissions, College, College Admissions Craze, High School, Higher Education, College Admissions Frenzy, Independent College Counselor, Financial Advice, Living News
Kat Cohen

Before you can even begin to consider the, "Will my child get in to her top choice college?" question, it's impossible not to reflect on the cost of attending college. And college costs are rising.

Read Post

Friendship: The Graduation Gift That Keeps On Giving

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Girl’s Night Out, Healthy Living, Samantha, Carrie, Girlfriend Getaways, Bestie, Sex and the City, Miranda, Friendship, Graduation, College, Graduate, Health, Fandango, Entertainment News, Rituals, Friendship Deficit, Charlotte, High School, Gift, Circle of Friends, Netflix, Female, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Graduation often means going home or moving away, leaving the familiar and making new starts. But make yourself a promise to keep up with your school chums - they're the best graduation gift you can get.

Read Post

My First Time

Bil Browning | Posted 05.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Gay Bashing, Shameful, Sex, Closet, Homophobia, High School, First Time, 80's, Gay, Repressed, Teenagers, Living News
Bil Browning

Everyone remembers the first time they had sex. It sticks in your memory and can help shape future sexual desires and preferences. As I was scanning...

Read Post

Just Like High School

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Mike Bonifer, Campaign, High School, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Boys State, Gossip, Race, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Governor, Divisiveness, Bonifer, Saxophone, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

Her boyfriend had been one of the most popular and best students in the history of Just Like High School. He played first-chair saxophone in the Just...

Read Post

The Dark Side of Prom

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Duct Tape Scholarship Contest, Drug Use, High School, Dangers of Prom, Teen Sex, Gossip Girls, Prom, Cost of Prom, Duct Tape, Underage Drinking, Prom Night, New York Daily News, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Prom night can be anxiety ridden for many reasons - underage drinking, drugs, car accidents and, of course, all of the s-e-x. What you ought to be worried about is the cost.

Read Post

Canadian Turns Mom's Yearbook Into Art

Jeremy Axelrod | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Graphic Artists, John Martz, Robot Johnny, Excelsior High, Graphic Art, High School, Yearbook, Comics, Ontario, Excelsior, Living News
Jeremy Axelrod

Excelsior High is a fiction, set in "fictional Bristol Country Secondary School in the fictional Staedtler, Ontario," but the students are drawn and renamed from an actual yearbook.

Read Post

Reading The Pictures: Prompting A Look At The Early McNasty

Michael Shaw | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Photos, Annapolis, Teleprompter, Mccain, Campaign, Media, Press, Election, Republican, Images, Politics, Virginia, Video, Punk, High School, ABC News, Nominee, Pictures, Wapo, Episcopal, Photography, Campaign Photography, Washington Post, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-04-03-mccain_biotour_shaw.jpgI can't recall such a revealing shot of a teleprompter. It draws attention to how impersonal and highly-scripted McCain's self-described biographical tour has turned out to be.

Read Post

States' Data Obscure How Few Finish High School

New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: High School Graduation Rate, High School, US Education, High School Graduation, Politics News

When it comes to high school graduation rates, Mississippi keeps two sets of books. One team of statisticians working at the state education headquar...

Read Whole Story

Make It Work: Prom Time! Or, "You'll Regret This in 10 Years"

Jane McGivney | Posted 01.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: High School, Prom, Prom Dress, Project Runway, Make It Work, Project Runway Season 4, Entertainment News
Jane McGivney

Prom dresses: it's like the wedding dress challenge but 10 years younger and 100 times less rational. Genius!

Read Post

Meritocracy Hypocrisy

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: High School, Education Disparity, Schlarships, No Child Left Behind, Going to College, Politics News
Sarah Seltzer

The college craze that engulfs the affluent each year magnifies our neglect of failing public schools.

Read Post

Acceptance

Erika Schickel | Posted 09.24.2007 | Living

Read More: High School, Los Angeles, Living News
Erika Schickel

Our family hit the jackpot: we got a call from the Holy Grail of LA public schools informing us our daughter had been accepted into the seventh grade.

Read Post