When people graduate high school they usually spend the summer enjoying themselves and preparing for the college life, but what happens if you aren't taking that path in life? When I graduate high school, I want to travel until I feel like I have matured enough to go to college. I want to go to Italy, Spain, Germany, and France. There is a reason for this trip; it's not just something that is a crazy dream. I want to find ...
Whether you need a book for A.R. for the last six weeks or just to pass the time, books are a must! History freaks? There are books for you. For horror lovers? Scary and creepy are avaliable. Romantic at heart? What about drama eaters? There are books for every reader out there. Must reads for 2012: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Hate List by Jennifer Brown The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon The Morganville Vampire series by Rachel ...
Hunger Games, the movie,recently debuted. Ever since it was announced that this very popular book was going to the Big Screen, the books have gathered even more interest. It seems as if the books have suddenly turned into another episode of the Harry Potter or Twilight craze! There is even a competition between "Team Gale" and "Team Peeta," just as Twilight came with a competition between "Team Edward," and "Team Jacob." So far, anyone who has seen the movie has proclaimed it to be good and fairly true to the book which can be a rare occurance with boks turned movies. If you are not up to date yet, read the books or even see the movie!
A "buttload" is the equivalent of 126 gallons (Uber Facts) "Sahara" is translated to "desert" in Arabic (OMG Facts) Only certain animals can recognize themselves in mirrors (OMG Facts) A man killed his girlfriend with a cannon ball (OMG Facts) If one stretched out his/her DNA, it would reach to the sun and back four times (OMG Facts)
Some students may have noticed a few people walking around campus last Wednesday with black crosses on their foreheads. This was a symbol of Ash Wednesday, celebrated in the Catholic church as the start of the Lenten season. During Lent, Catholics are obligated to give something up until Easter, or do something extra. Many poeple give up things like eating candy, drinking soda, and even watching television. As for doing something extra, one could do something like saying an extra prrayer every day or helping around the house more. Either way, this is a season of remembrance and sacrifice. Whether or not one is Catholic, this is an awesome way to prepare for Easter!
Graduation is quickly becoming clear on the horizons of the seniors at ZHS. Hopefully, all of the college-bound, future graduates have already decided on a college to attend next fall, or at least they have applied to a few universities they find interesting. The focus of the second semester for these seniors should be on attaining all the aid they can to help pay for their upcoming educational endeavors, meaning the students need to begin applying for financial aid through the fafsa to get TOPs and entering any scholarships they are qualified for. All seniors must remember that they NEED to fill out the fafsa in order to receive the TOPs scholarship they have long been awaiting. This scholarship alone will easily cover most of the tuition for public universities in Louisiana, and often will even pay for text books. Also, ...