National Junior Honor Society

The National Junior Honor Society The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is an after school class for  kids that get a GPA of a 3.5 and higher consecutively. Unis Middle School was the first middle school to start the NJHS in the district. Lowrey was the second school to begin the NJHS. Unis and Lowrey are …

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Going Mobile In Classrooms

“Man! My teacher took my phone away for me researching some help on my topic.” Do you hate when this happens? Some people believe that students should be able to use their cellphones in class, others strongly disagree. They should be granted this privilege because it saves a lot of time, it can help us …

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The Real Words

“You are stupid, ugly, worthless.”How many of you have heard those words. Degrading words ruin-self-esteem. If you hear those words enough you start to believe them. ”Albert Einstein once quoted “Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that …

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NFL Teams: Are Free Agents Overpaid?

Every football fan was excited for March 11th at 4:00 PM. That was the time NFL free agency started. Free agency is when a player’s contract with his team expires. Many fans are angry  during free agency because their favorite players leave the team they like. Golden Tate Press Conference After Signing With Detroit Lions …

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Spring Is In The Air

Spring is finally here. Snow is finally melting. Temperatures are finally rising. Many people are excited to finally play outside. Others may miss the snow. Temperatures are as high as 60 degrees, which is great compared to the harsh winter. “I’m very excited that spring is here,” Says Aya Bazzi, 4th grader at McDonald School. …

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Book Free Library

A library without books may once have been considered unthinkable. But the new public library on San Antonio’s south side has gone completely book-free. The issue is, will Dearborn, Michigan libraries ever take away books and put tablets and computers there instead.  After surveying students,  many  think that having computers and tablets instead of books are a lot better because …

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Great Gifts Equal Good Grades

Should parents give expensive gifts to encourage better grades? Do gifts make students achieve better in school? Are cell phones and social media distracting students from focusing on their studies. This is the great debate. Let’s hear several students opinions about this issue. Eighth grade student Fatmeh Dabaja says that her grade point average is usually …

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A Healthy Lifestyle

Today a healthy lifestyle isn’t easy to maintain, especially when processed foods are a lot cheaper and easier then a healthy home cooked meal. Little did you know what the food your are eating is doing to your body. A Genetically modified organism is an organism whose genes have been altered. Many people have chosen …

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Michigan Same Sex Marriage Update

     Gay Marriage has been banned since 1960 in the State of Michigan. The rule was no people of the same gender can get married to each other. Well on March 21st, 2014 Michigan passed the law allowing marriage to your own gender, and hundreds of gay people were happy about it. Many went to the court house and got …

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Students Suffering And Struggling

Over the years, more students have been suffering, and struggling, and starting to get anxiety from school work. Students are getting stressed out from having to have to go home, and still have to do school work.   Fatme Jouni, 8th grader at Unis says school does stress her out. She also said, “sometimes homework really gives …

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