high school

Class Of 2013: Preparing The Speech

Suzanne Hogan — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:35 +0000

It’s graduation season, and across the metro, high school valedictorians and senior speakers are putting the finishing touches on their commencement addresses. At DeLaSalle Education Center, Sandra Perez is excited, and a little nervous, to give the speech she wrote, which was selected out of the graduating class of 52 to be part of the commencement celebration.

Reflections on high school

Brian Ellison, Matthew Long-Middleton and Claire McInerny — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:01 +0000

Watching the teenage experience

In 2008, High School Confidential, a documentary-type show that followed 12 high school girls at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park through their four years of high school, aired on WE tv. Sharon Liese is the filmmaker who created this show, and conceived the idea to create a documentary about the high school experience when her own daughter was going through high school.

Wake Up, Kids! Children, Sleep, & School

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:04:04 +0000

What teenager hasn't slept in until Noon on a weekend?

It comes as no surprise when you consider that teens need more sleep then their younger counterparts. So why, then, do we ask teens to be the ones to start the school day, as early as 7 a.m.? Why do their elementary-aged sisters and brothers get to start school later?

Parents, Teens & Graduation

Stephen Steigman — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:26:33 +0000

The class of 2012 may be excited to move on, but to what exactly? Recent high school graduates are facing some big challenges.