By: Elle Shi Grade 7 One of the most common beliefs today is that electric cars are completely environmentally friendly. Since they don’t use gasoline and don’t produce exhaust fumes, many people assume they are the perfect solution to climate change. In reality, it’s more complicated. Electric vehicles or EVs …
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ShinyHunters Brings Down Canvas During Finals Week in Historic Education Breach
For millions of students already stressed about final exams, the week of May 7, 2026, brought an unwelcome surprise: their school’s learning platform had been hijacked. The 2026 Canvas security breach is an ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting Canvas LMS, a learning management system operated by Instructure. In early May, Instructure …
Read More »AI within Business
By: Ben Yi, Grade 10 With AI being one of the biggest markets in the world right now, it’s difficult to think of a world where it won’t be integrated into everyone’s lives within just a few years. Still, however, with how big AI currently is, the business model still …
Read More »How This Season’s Fashion Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules
It happened somewhere between a coffee run and a Zoom call. I looked down and realised I was wearing a perfectly oversized charcoal blazer, vintage Levi’s, pristine white trainers, and no logos whatsoever. No flash. No flex. And yet, for the first time in a long time, I felt entirely …
Read More »The Factor of Confidence in Sports
By Elle Shi, Grade 7 In sports, talent and training matter, but confidence can be the most important thing that separates good athletes from great ones. That important factor is confidence, more than believing that you can win, is trusting your preparation, staying composed under pressure, and continuing to compete …
Read More »Stay Healthy with Daily Movement
Heran Zhang grade 9 As a ninth-grade student, I am always busy with my studies. We have to sit in the classroom for long hours every day, doing homework and preparing for exams. Most of us hardly move our bodies during school time, which is not good for our health. …
Read More »Blades, Spin, and Physics: The Hidden Science of Ice Skating
By Sofia Pan, Grade 8 (Caption: Every winter, skaters glide across ice rinks with a grace that seems almost effortless. But beneath the elegance lies a surprising amount of science. Let’s look at two key questions: why is ice so slippery, and how do skaters spin so fast?) Why Ice …
Read More »Breathing Inequality
Take a deep breath. Now imagine that the air around you smells like diesel trucks, factory smoke, or chemicals every single day. For millions of people across the United States, that’s part of their normal life. Clean air isn’t something everyone gets equally. Where you live and how much money …
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