Yearly Archives: 2026

Walk into history

By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6  History is not just shown in museums or books; if you walk into history, it will start to emerge in your mind. Walk into history, and I saw “fortitude.” Si Maqian, in the Western Han dynasty of China, chose to endure humiliation for the sake …

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How Technology is Shaping the Sports World

By: Elle Shi, Grade 8 Technology has become an increasingly important part of the sports world, changing the way athletes train, teams compete, and fans experience their favorite games. From advanced equipment to social media, technology has made sports faster, more accurate, and more connected than ever before. Although some …

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Why Lack of Exercise Is Bad for Teenagers’ Health – Heran Zhang G10

In modern life, many teenagers spend most of their time sitting down. We sit in classrooms for hours, sit to do homework, and sit to relax. Because of busy schoolwork and lazy lifestyles, more students hardly exercise at all. Few people know that a sedentary lifestyle is very harmful to …

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The Quiet Shift From Chatbots to Coworkers

By: Mitchell Cui, Grade 11 For the past few years, most people’s experience of artificial intelligence has been a text box. You type a question, you get an answer, and then you copy that answer somewhere it can actually be useful. That arrangement is changing. The newest systems are designed …

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What Do Fires Do to a City Environmentally and Economically?

By: Elle Shi, Grade 8 Fires can have devastating effects on cities, causing serious environmental damage and major economic losses. Whether caused by wildfires spreading from urban areas or fires beginning within the city itself, large fires can affect communities long after the fires have been contained.  Environmentally, fires can …

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The Negative Influence of Fast Fashion – Xiran Zhang G11

Nowadays, fast fashion is extremely popular among teenagers. Fast fashion means cheap, trendy clothes that are produced and sold very quickly. Many young people love buying new stylish clothes because they are affordable and look fashionable. However, fast fashion is actually a serious social hot topic that harms the environment …

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What Built My Life

By Elizabeth Tang, Grade 6  As a student, of course, my life is full of homework and childlike innocence. To me, everyone gets a different life; it depends on what we see and learn every day. As we grow up, our experiences change. Looking back, what built me wasn’t just …

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A Childhood Game That Turned into a Global Sport

By: Elle Shi, Grade 8 Most people have played tag at some point in their lives, but few would imagine that a simple recess game could become a professional sport. World Chase Tag (WCT) has done exactly that by transforming tag into a fast-paced competition that combines speed, strategy, agility, …

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