
March 12, 2025




If someone had stumbled into my interview with US Medical Sciences Director Lisa Peck, they might’ve thought she was a mad scientist warning...

A deep breath in–subsequently followed by one out–could be the answer to the peace and serenity we all crave. When people are faced...

Cutting off a rotten, frostbitten toe with a Swiss army knife was not what senior Sarah Ayscue had in mind when she signed up for a 30-day...

A year ago she was working in corporate America. Two years ago she was living in an RV. Sixteen years ago she was setting records on a college...

Dark fog hangs low over the flattened landscape. An eerie silence settles, broken only by the faint buzzing of radiation. Dust and ash...


Dear Readers, From classrooms to tables at SAGE, from study sessions to social gatherings, the glow of a screen is rarely out of...


A sailboat races across the finish line among the country's most competitive sailors. A team grits their teeth as they watch their...

The shift in a person’s demeanor is almost tangible when I tell them I attend Shorecrest Preparatory School--always resulting in...

Bubblegum pink walls encompass 2nd grader Josephine L.’s room. It’s a room every little girl dreams of, filled to the brim with American...

Dreams take courage. After all, they are a desire for an unguaranteed future. Just having a dream is like sticking your leg over...

On a random hour of a random day, notebook out, pencil in hand, waiting for the bell to ring in Precalculus H, junior Betty Li received...


1-0. Sweat dripped off the players’ foreheads as they sprinted across the pitch, chants and cheers booming from the crowded bleachers,...

A paddle, a quirky name, and a wiffle ball are all it took to unite Boomers, Gen Zers, and everyone in between. Pickleball...

The halogen lights buzz in sync with the crowd when Shorecrest’s varsity boys basketball team runs into the Crisp Gym. Every day,...
The Darkness Beneath the weight of endless gray, the world is fading day by day, a quiet ache that never seems to leave, a sorrow...
Phoenix Most people are betrayed by those they loved dearly. Some people watch the earth burn because of it. Only I’ve had the pleasure...
{A writing inspired by the song “Blue” - Yung kai.} I promised we would be forever, I kept my word. But the waves stopped rolling...
Untitled the sun’s rays choke me, wrap their fingers ...
Valentine by Cooper Bullard ‘Spring finds its footing. A callow love blooms with the primroses. The old, jaded oaks give their...



