Yearly Archives: 2026

We Went to the Moon in 1969. What’s Taking So Long to Reach Mars?

By: Sofia Grade 8 People first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission—a feat achieved in roughly eight years from the official commitment to the landing. Yet our attempt to send humans to Mars has already spanned over 70 years, with technical studies dating …

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The Ocean Is Choking — And So Are We

Picture this: every single day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic gets dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers, and lakes. Not every week. Not every month. Every. Single. Day. Every year, 19 to 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into rivers, lakes, and seas around the …

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U.S. Blockade Tightens as Iran Talks Hang in the Balance

President Trump signaled Tuesday that diplomatic negotiations over the ongoing war in Iran could pick back up within days, offering a rare note of optimism after weekend talks in Islamabad fell apart and the United States responded by imposing a naval blockade on Iranian ports. Speaking to the New York …

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Spring Break Article

By Ben Yi, Grade 10 Over spring break, I visited my parents’ warehouse in California and worked there for a week. Compared to my time working for them over Thanksgiving, my overall takeaways are roughly the same except for two new conclusions that I’ve come to: First, there is a …

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Imagination in Creative Work

By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6 J.K. Rowling is the writer who wrote Harry Potter, the book series that is famous all over the world. When she was a kid, she loved to play role-playing games in her little loft; she liked to act as a wizard and other characters, and …

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The Role of Parents in Youth Sports

By: Elle Shi Grade 7 At the school game, when the cheering is so loud that you can barely hear the game, parents often have the loudest voices in the bleachers. However, their influence on their kids, both good and bad, can shape the competition, success, and even failure of …

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Hydration and Health

Every day, the human body loses water through breathing, sweating, and digesting food. At the same time, people need water to function correctly. Many people are not drinking enough water, which affects their health. One of the easiest ways to help your body is to drink plenty of water. So …

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Dead internet theory

By: Mitchell Cui Grade 11 The “Dead Internet Theory” used to be a weird joke from a late-night Reddit thread. It used to be just a conspiracy theory of bots talking to other bots. But when you look at the internet in 2026, it doesn’t feel like a joke anymore. …

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