E-cigarrettes should not be allowed in school
JagWire staff
April 17, 2013
Glancing over in class, you see vapor emerge from someone’s mouth, and what appears to be a cigarette in his hand. However, it’s actually an electronic cigarette, and the use of it is becoming a problem during the school day. While it seems it’s common knowledge not to smoke in school, there are... Read more »
School should improve security
February 7, 2013
As school shootings appear more often in the news, our own school’s safety comes into question. While it is impossible to be 100 percent safe, there are actions that both the administration and students can take to make our school more secure. If you see an adult walking around in the school who you... Read more »
Implementing half-day finals week would benefit students
December 12, 2012
As finals week quickly approaches, students and teachers are questioning the structure of the finals schedule. The current structure includes two “study times” per day where the conditions to study are not ideal. Recently, various teachers have proposed half-day finals to the calendar committee in... Read more »
Staff Editorial: Dress code inconsistency
JagWire staff
November 13, 2012
One of the constant battles that occurs between teenagers and adults deals with what is viewed as appropriate dress in a school setting. While the JagWire staff acknowledges that a dress code is necessary, we have also noticed that there are a few discrepancies in the interpretation of our school’s... Read more »
Staff editorial: Class Cup a positive idea
JagWire Staff
October 26, 2012
When the Student Leadership Team brainstormed ways to boost school spirit last year, members decided to implement a Class Cup competition. In the competition, each grade is awarded points for participating in different activities that help increase the school atmosphere. Among other things, points are... Read more »
Staff editorial: Staff sets goals for the year
Austin Gillespie, Kristina Milewski and Hanna Torline, JagWire editors-in-chief
September 26, 2012
Ever since the very first student newspaper was published, student journalists have had one goal in mind: to educate the school about newsworthy or relevant topics. This school year, the JagWire staff plans to continue doing just that. That’s not our only goal, of course. Obviously we’d love to win... Read more »
Staff editorial: JagWire staff addresses concerns over recent article
JagWire staff, staff editorial
April 16, 2012
The JagWire staff has decided to write a staff editorial in order to address recent complaints regarding the article about hookah bars that ran in the issue that came out on Friday, April 6. Complaints have been brought up over the lack of information in the article about the dangers of smoking tobacco.... Read more »
Staff editorial: High school comes with “don’t” list
April 4, 2012
The JagWire staff brainstormed an “anti-bucket list” of things you shouldn’t do in high school to compliment our high school bucket list on the center spread. Here are a few of the highlights. 1.”Don’t sweat the little things.”–editor-in-chief Sarah Darby There are so... Read more »
Staff editorial: Hierarchy needed in coaching evaluations
March 1, 2012
Two years ago, in the April 29, 2010 issue of the JagWire, our staff editorial was about the school board’s attempt to fire head basketball coach Justin Bogart following an investigation into parent complaints about their son’s playing time. We questioned why these few complaints were being taken... Read more »
Staff editorial: Cyberbullying problem begins to worsen
JagWire staff, staff editorial
February 2, 2012
As the number of social network users rises, so do the number of reported cases of cyberbullying. Our school proves no exception to this, and the number of times harassment on sites like Facebook and Twitter has infiltrated our student population has gotten ridiculous. At our school in the last year,... Read more »
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