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Homeless Girl Overcomes Odds to Be Named High School Valedictorian
Homework was never easy for Chelesa Fearce -- mostly because she didn't have a home to do it in.
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Teenage Prom-Goers Stop to Help Car Accident Victims [VIDEO]
2 weeks ago This will be a story these prom goers will tell their grandkids! Some teens from Florida were all dressed up and riding in a limo to their prom. On the way, the vehicle in front of them had an accident. The limo driver pulled over, and the teens, in tuxes and prom gowns, got out to help the victims.
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Brooklyn School Bans Hipster Glasses
In a tacit admission that Brooklyn has become hopelessly overrun by hipsters, a Jewish Orthodox school in Borough Park recently banned the wearing of "thick plastic eyeglasses" among its student body. No word on whether skinny jeans or lumberjack shirts are next.
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Duncanville High School Student Lectures Teacher on How to Teach [VIDEO + POLL]
When we send our kids to school we expect them to learn and get a good education from our public schools. A lot of kids may think differently because they are kids, but to one student in a Duncanville High School (Dallas area school) classroom, he expects to get a good education too and apparently feels he's not getting it from one of his teachers.
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High School Students Hold Online ‘Hotness Contest,’ School Does Nothing
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.
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High School Bans Yearbook Photo of Student With Her Baby
Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina has found itself in one mother of a controversy.
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Six Country Songs That Take Me Back to High School [VIDEO]
September 27, 2012 I was in high school a long, long time ago. But when I hear certain songs, it takes me right back to Longview High School. Those were the days when you couldn't wait to get older so you could do what you wanted. But then that day comes, you're all grown up and on your own, and it dawns on you -- "Man I had it good, what was I thinking?!"
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Texas High School Ignites Controversy After Taking Doors Off Bathrooms [VIDEO]
McKinney North High School has been no stranger to controversy. First, the real-life story of "Mean Girls" in 2006 that inspired a Lifetime movie. Now, the school is denying its decision to remove doors to bathrooms had anything to do with stopping students from having sex during school.
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Kissing Prank Gone Awry [VIDEO]
December 16, 2011 This is a prank that went way south! This was a gag at a pep rally assembly at Rosemount High School. It was supposed to be a joke. But when it went viral on YouTube some people didn't find it the least bit funny.
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McAllen Student Refuses to Recite the Mexican Pledge [VIDEO]
November 22, 2011 I came across a very interesting story and I knew that you guys would help me "sort it out." Educating students about a foreign culture, a teacher in McAllen, TX required students in her Spanish class to memorize and individually recite the Mexican national anthem and pledge of allegiance — but one student objected, catching the attention of the school district.
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Friday Night Football–November 4
November 4, 2011 This is it. It is the last week for high school football here in East Texas (excluding playoff games of course). It is also senior night for the home teams. It has been a great season for football in East Texas and if you are regretting not going to any game this season, this final game will be the best to go to
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Bathroom Visits Limited for Some Students at Illinois High School
Students at Evergreen Park High School in Illinois may be well-advised to avoid excessive water intake — or find themselves with longer school days.
Some teachers there have implemented a policy of allowing each student only three bathroom visits during class each semester. Any subsequent visits require students to make up the class time later in the day.