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Senior Class President Suspended After Tweeting About High School Sports

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35:11 +0000

An eight word tweet has gotten former Heights High School Class of 2013 President Wesley Teague in hot water with his school administration. WSU is Wichita State University, whose football team was disbanded in 1986. The athletic department at Heights High School, which is in Wichita, Kansas, is often referred to on Twitter by the hashtag [...]

High School Students Hold Online 'Hotness Contest,' School Does Nothing

Donald Deane — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:27:13 +0000

High school is hard enough, but imagine if you had the added pressure of competing in an online "hotness" contest organized by the male student body. That's currently what's happening at Issaquah High School in Washington state.

33 High School Students Were Suspended For Twerking

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:45:00 +0000

"Twerking" is the latest dance craze. And by that we mean Miley Cyrus is quite fond of posting videos of herself doing it.

But the administration at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego are not fond of Twerking. In fact they just suspended 33 students for their o

High School Bans Students From Wearing Axe Body Spray

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:00:55 +0000

A high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is telling its students not to wear Axe Body spray. Finally, a ban we can get behind. And, no, it’s not because female students were shedding their tops and chasing the fellas who were wearing the fragrance through the halls, as Axe’s television commercials would have you believe. Instead [...]

Students Perform Zombie-Themed Flashmob to Protest School Closings

Amanda Ferris — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:50:57 +0000

Students of the group Philadelphia Student Union, which is a part of a larger organization called the Philadelphia Coalition Advocacy of Public Schools, recently performed a zombie-themed flashmob to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ in front of the school district’s headquarters. The students were protesting the new plan that would close 37 schools thanks to state budget cuts. They [...]

Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:50:26 +0000

Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting. Given her unusual affliction, her Cincinnati, Ohio, school district assigned her to high school, because older children don’t engender such extreme [...]

Student Expelled for Refusing to Wear Tracking Device

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:00:48 +0000

Big Brother is watching the students of John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas. They have all been given RFID badges so the administration will “always know where they are in the building.” Sophomore Andrea Hernandez thinks this level of surveillance crosses the line. So she refused to wear her badge. When the school [...]

Students Suspended after Eating Caffeinated Mints

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:25:23 +0000

It’s important for school officials to be aware of suspicious behavior among students, but Pekin High School in Illinois is cracking down on even the slightest of offenses. Eric McMichael was recently suspended with three other friends for eating caffeinated mints. At first, school officials thought the students were in possession of drugs, so they [...]

A High School Student Was Paddled at School For Cheating [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:49:16 +0000

I can’t BELIEVE this still goes on in 2012. I thought schools stopped PHYSICALLY PUNISHING STUDENTS four decades ago. But 19 states actually still allow corporal punishment in schools, and Texas is one of them. According to ABC News / Jezebel / ABC 8 – Dallas/Fort WorthTaylor Santos is a sophomore atSpringtownHigh SchoolinSpringtown,Texas. Last week, [...]

Americans Will Give $4.7 Billion Worth of Graduation Gifts

Jackie — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:37:24 +0000

I guess we feel like giving someone $100 to Applebee's will soften the blow of $200,000 in student loan debt?

According to Time and the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend more than $4.7 BILLION on graduation gifts this month and next month.

A High School Kid Sets Off a Fire Alarm Because He Puts On To Much Axe Body Spray

Jackie — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:28:01 +0000

Let’s call this another side effect of overdosing on Axe Body Spray. Besides alerting the world that you’re a d-bag . . . apparently, you also qualify as FLAMMABLE. According to Middletown Press on Thursday afternoon, around 3:00 P.M., a student at Middletown High School in Middletown, Connecticut was in the gym locker room just [...]

Local Student Kicked Out of Lifetime Sports [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:20:30 +0000

I like to think our teachers always do their best to accommodate our students in special circumstances. I have heard of many examples were a teacher goes above and beyond for their students. But yesterday I was talking to a mother who was outraged at how her daughters special circumstances were being handled by a teacher. The student had [...]

What Do You Get A High School or College Graduate?

Jackie — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:27:32 +0000

Graduation season is all around us. A lot of our friends and family are graduating from both High School and College. We definitely want to tell all of the graduates we know that we are proud of them by getting them a nice card and a gift, but what do you get a graduate?

High School Senior Banned From Prom After Romantic Gesture [VIDEO]

Terry Morgan — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:27:11 +0000

High school senior James Tate decided to go big when he asked friend Sonali Rodrigues to the prom last Friday.

So, in the middle of the night, he taped large cardboard letters spelling out "Sonali Rodrigues, Will you go to prom with me? HMU - Tate" on an exterior wall of Shelton High School in Connecticut. (HMU stand for "Hit Me Up.")