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Texas High School Student Caught on Video Giving Advice to an Apathetic Teacher About How She Should Teach and Engage her Students [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:08:11 +0000

This is one of those videos that I think everyone should see, share and talk about, because this Texas high school student is 100% correct when he claims that education is the future of this country and I'll add that giving the kids of America the best education in the world should be our number one priority.

The video features Duncanville High School student Jeff Bliss confronting, what appears to be a very apathetic teacher, with accusations that she is not engaging enough with her students and instead relies on passing out packets.

Florida High School Water Polo Teams Start Fight During End of Match Handshake [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:21:59 +0000

Who knew that a Water Polo match could result in such bad sportsmanship? Well If I had to tread water for minutes at a time, and have someones arms in my face I would probably get a little grumpy too. Apparently this all started with a sore loser form the Miami Florida Team losing the [...]

High School Students Determined to End School's Outdated (And Absurd) Segregated Proms

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:24:48 +0000

Dividing up a prom based on race is not a black-and-white issue at Georgia’s Wilcox County High School. It may sound hard to believe in the 21st century, but the school actually holds different proms for white and black students. Several students are fighting to change the system by organizing a prom on April [...]

High School Bans Students From Wearing Axe Body Spray

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:19:55 +0000

A high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is telling its students not to wear Axe Body spray. Finally, a ban we can get behind. And, no, it’s not because female students were shedding their tops and chasing the fellas who were wearing the fragrance through the halls, as Axe’s television commercials would have you believe. Instead [...]

Riot at South Minneapolis High School Started Out as a Food Fight [NSFW VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:14:50 +0000

What started as a food fight in the cafeteria at Minneapolis South High School, quickly turned into an all out brawl with dozens of police officers called to the school. Some students from the school have said that racial tension among 2 groups of students has started to escalate through out the year. Apparently the [...]

2012 Duluth / Superior Area High School Hockey Radio Broadcast Schedule Announced

Nick Cooper — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:43:50 +0000

The Twin Ports are home to many top-ranked hockey teams looking to contend for a state championship this year. Hear the action on-air and online all season long with our sister station WEBC 560 as we broadcast games from favorite schools including Duluth Denfeld, Hermantown, Duluth East, Cloquet, Superior, Duluth Marshall, and more! Join John [...]

Students Suspended after Eating Caffeinated Mints

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:25:23 +0000

Itâ€™s important for school officials to be aware of suspicious behavior among students, but Pekin High School in Illinois is cracking down on even the slightest of offenses. Eric McMichael was recently suspended with three other friends for eating caffeinated mints. At first, school officials thought the students were in possession of drugs, so they [...]

Des Moines School District May Ban Coaches From Making Players do Extra Workouts as Punishment

Jeanne Ryan — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:08:48 +0000

The Des Moine School District may be drawing a line in the sand to enforce not allowing coaches to make certain players do extra work as punishment during practices. This would apply to Grade School and High School athletes, being forced to run extra laps etc. being considered a type of corporal punishment which is [...]

Student Spiked Teacher's Coffee With Butt Pills

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:09:44 +0000

If you’re specifically looking to enhance your backside, an herbal product called GluteBoost claimsÂ thatÂ it can help you out. However, you can count Ellen Vic from North Carolina among itsÂ unsatisfied users â€” theÂ 61 year-oldÂ high school teacherÂ didn’t know she was ingesting it. Police are investigating a high school student who allegedly spiked Vick’s coffee with the supplement. [...]

Justin Bieber's 'Baby' Banned From Graduation Ceremonies by Brooklyn Principal

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:44:14 +0000

Oh baby! Justin Bieber‘s ‘Baby’ has been yanked from the music programming of Edna Cohen School in Brooklyn after principal Greta Hawkins came under fire for pulling ‘God Bless the USA’ from the song lineup. The latter song’s writer Lee Greenwood was furious at Hawkins’ actions, especially since the kindergartners spent months learning the song, [...]

Magic Carpet Ride Through a High School [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:22:01 +0000

Need a good chuckle? I for one I could not stop laughing while I was watching this. It has to make you wonder how much grief they got from friends and even more so from a few enemies. The highlight for me is both of them lip- syncing and pretending to dodge things. What ever [...]

School Suspends Cancer Survivor Over Hair He Plans to Donate

Staff Writer — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:19:42 +0000

17 year old J.T. Gaskins has been suspended from The Madison Academy in Burton over his hair he plans to donate to cancer patients. Gaskins was diagnosed with Leukemia at the early age of one year old, but has been in remission since he was seven. After he found out that the sister of a [...]

Would You Like To Sign My Dream School Yearbook?

Kramer — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:49:51 +0000

Another school year to some means a slow down on the partying and shenanigans, but of others means more work, responsibility, and a part time job. and for the less fortunate it means bad memories of wedgies, getting thrown in lockers, or even wetting you pants. Now bullying is one thing I can’t stand or [...]

Best High School Movies – 5 Films That Made the Grade [VIDEOS]

Andy Scott — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:35:02 +0000

Though it's hard to believe it, summer is just about over. Which means it's time to get the kids ready to go back to school.

And what better way to do that than by showing them a couple of movies?

We've compiled a list of our five favorite movies about high school, movies that explore the good, the bad and the ugly of what may or may not have been the best years of our lives.

Check them out below.

5 Unique Back to School List Items and Where to Buy Them in Duluth

Tony Hart — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:00:24 +0000

It's back to school time and you can't go back with the same lame stuff that everyone else will have, be unique with your back to school selection this year. I took 5 of the most popular back to school items and went shopping all around Duluth to find the most unique items I could, here are my top 5 and where to find them.

High School Senior Banned From Prom After Romantic Gesture [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:29:41 +0000

High school senior James Tate decided to go big when he asked friend Sonali Rodrigues to the prom last Friday.

So, in the middle of the night, he taped large cardboard letters spelling out "Sonali Rodrigues, Will you go to prom with me? HMU - Tate" on an exterior wall of Shelton High School in Connecticut. (HMU stand for "Hit Me Up.")