Kathleen

       Think of your school's 123rd High School Day as a big, joyful celebration! It's a time when everyone comes together to remember the day ISNHS was founded. Imagine colorful decorations, fun games, parade, intermission number every school level, and lots of happy faces. It’s like a birthday party, but for our school!    Celebrating every year is important because it helps you remember your school's history and all the people who made it special. It brings everyone together – students, teachers, and even people who used to go to your school! It makes you feel like you belong and helps you feel proud of ISNHS. Plus, it's a reminder of how important learning is and how much your school cares about helping you grow.

   A single page or front page of a newspaper lets you know big things! This quarter, learning about front pages was unlocking what I felt to be a secret code. It's not just random articles and pictures; it's a precise snapshot in time of what's important in the world today. I learned how headlines are designed to capture attention and how story placement indicates which ones are deemed most important. Of course, another lesson learned was the amount of painstaking effort that goes into choosing the right image to accompany the text. I learned how these various features make the masthead, the lead story, and the index within it, to know the form in which the newspaper organizes its information. Learning it was like learning a different language - the language of news!    Learning is, of course, never easy. A challenge confronted was how to determine which of the stories were genuinely important and which were hype. That, mixed with headlines that could often be so th...

   For everyone - for "WE for Gender Equality and Inclusion in Society", such concepts come close to the building of a massive playground where every child plays, then each takes turns playing- a feeling of safety accompanied with comfort.    At times, we see that not all people are treated equally. For example, there are those who may tell a boy or a girl that this or that they should not be doing. That is really a kind of injustice to be exact! Gender equality means that every single person is entitled to learn, play, and grow for who they are.    An inclusive society is just like a very big garden, full of flowers of different colors and kinds; it shows that we are really different but becomes inclusive. We can listen to each other, respect each other, and join hands to build a better community.    We have the real possibility of bringing about meaningful change when we do as the "WE" in this theme shows. We can disrupt the inequalities between...