Téa Tamburo, Content Manager
April 9, 2021 • No Comments
For many students, quarantine and distance learning has negatively impacted their mental health and left them feeling socially isolated. Students share their experiences with isolation, what they wished their peers knew,...
Caroline Hohner, Arts Co-Editor
April 6, 2021 • No Comments
Zoom classes restrict the kind of jokes and quick clarifications found in casual classroom conversations that might not fly in front of an audience. In response, students have turned to texting during or after class to connect...
Without volunteers, organizations need extra assistance
April 5, 2021
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the sophomore volunteer requirement at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools...
Through Instagram, teens share stories of losing a parent
April 2, 2021
The organization SLAP’D began as a website a few years ago, where teens could share their stories about losing a parent....
Girl Up members start fundraiser, discuss intersectionality
April 1, 2021
While it has been challenging for Girl Up members to pursue initiatives with distance learning, club members are making progress...
With dialogue, organizers direct form against big picture problems
March 15, 2021
After officially launching on Jan. 5, the bias reporting form has received seven submissions from the Laboratory Schools...
For almost a year, U-High students have been learning from inside their homes, their teachers contained to a small box on their screen, guiding them through the curriculum....
According to the German Marshall Fund Digital New Deal think tank, interactions with posts containing misinformation on Facebook alone n have tripled since 2016. Additionally,...
During the coronavirus pandemic, regulations were put in place to reduce the spread, but that closed some small businesses and drove others to bankruptcy. The restrictions...
After waking up in the morning, many students roll out of bed and into class, only a few minutes separating the sound of the alarm and the illumination...
In an enclosed orange room, a girl with large space buns and yellow eyeliner picks up a telephone, drops it with a sudden jolt and then starts hitting herself, all while music is playing. Bright flashes...
For many students, quarantine and distance learning has negatively impacted their mental health and left them feeling socially isolated. Students share their experiences with...
Until March of 2020, assessments were taken with pen and paper and under a time limit and with the watchful eye of a teacher. But, with the transition to distance learning,...
In March 2020, teachers, families and administrators all over the country were abruptly forced to figure out how to facilitate learning from...
