Many teens agree, and many adults remember, that homework can be frustrating and stressful as well. Almost every single day this school year we have had homework, and we believe we have too much at Valley Middle School of STEM. We have almost always had homework for math ever since 6th grade, but now...

Math is an important skill in students' everyday life, and Mr. Spiegelberg teaches it because he struggled with it in middle school. When he arrived in high school, he had an amazing math teacher who turned him around and motivated him to do better. He wants to provide students with opportunities for...

At both Lunches 1 and 2, iPads have been taken away except on Fridays. Monday through Thursday, students in these lunches may not use their iPad at the regular tables. They may only use it for homework at the special homework tables. They were taken away around a month ago when Dr. Buchwald stepped on ...

  I’m lying still. In a field of flowers. I’m running fast. Never getting anywhere. So I lie still in a field of flowers. What’s so wrong with giving up?   I’ll tell you.   You will never see the world through your eyes. You will never touch th...

Have you ever been dress coded? Well, I’m surprised it doesn't happen more because of the extensive dress code policies. I doubt most students have even read the dress code policies; before I wrote this article, I never had. The exact dress code policy states: “School is a place of work. Maintaining the proper l...