The air is thick with anticipation. Heels clack on the school tile, boutonnieres are fastened while sitting in desks. The click and flash of a camera goes off, illuminating smiling faces. The room is filled...
It’s 9 p.m. You're trudging through the front door after a stressful game against Lyons Township. The only thing that sounds good right now is eating dinner and going to bed, but you have three tests...
In the English hallway, dozens of conversations can be heard amongst friends. “Wait, what happened in the reading last night? I didn’t do it and we have the reading quiz today.” Students read aloud...
Cracking open a new book, stepping onto sandy beaches or spending quality time with loved ones can all be possible during a respite from school. Spring break is coming soon, as the weeks before spring...
On a Wednesday afternoon in February, students filed out of class and into the cold, joining peers from Hinsdale South in a student-organized walkout over the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the presence...
Between brand deals and bell schedules, Hinsdale Central students are navigating the frontier of social media fame.
The fifth bell rings, the halls filling up with likes, shares and follows once the...
On Friday nights, Poms performs beneath stadium lights. The music echoes across the football field, the kick line slices cleanly through halftime and the crowd cheers in approval. It’s tradition. It’s...
Before the first bell rings, students are already thinking ahead. Some glance at assignment lists on their phones, others mentally rehearse what they need to say in class or what they hope to finish by...
He reaches for the phone, swiping for the best dopamine hit the brain knows, only to remember the project Jim DiDomenico assigned: To make a change for 14 days and collect data on how it affects daily...
One Direction posters, fidgets spinners, JoJo Siwa, boomerang, Fruit by the Foot, vsco girls, Minecraft. Nostalgia often shows up in the smallest, everyday habits. It may be replaying playlists or rewatching...
