Imagine attending elementary school for seven or so years, making friends and creating memories, only to find out one day that your beloved school is closing. On Friday, February 2, 2018, the Oak Grove School District (OGSD) announced that Glider and Miner Elementary Schools would be shut down. Students, parents, teachers, and staff were in shock to see their beloved schools closed forever. Due...

Have you heard the term LGBTQ+ before? Many people have heard of it, but do not know what it means. LGBTQ+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer, and the “+” stands for every other sexuality or gender there is. The LGBTQ+ community is a community of people who are of either a different sexuality or a different gender than their 'assigned' one. If this explanation seemed...

It’s that time of the year, a new phone is about to be released! Many people have heard of the infamous iPhone X, which came out on the tenth anniversary of Apple. The next iPhones to come out are the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max. The demand for these phones is soaring above the previous devices. There are people that wait in lines for hours and even days just to get their hands on one of these new...

Dear Herman/AdVenture Community, I am proud to announce the first edition of the Patriot Power for 2018-2019. With the support of our co-adviser, Ms. Wilkinson, and an incredibly competent, Editor-in-Chief, Ritika Samant, our Digital Journalism students have published their first articles. Trust me, they are just getting started. With twice as many students, two advisers instead of one, and new...

In the last 50 years, a number of things have changed from black and white televisions to high-definition flat screens. But as objects change so do systems. Systems are changing faster and faster every day and one example of that is schools. Over the past few years, communities have seen a whirlwind of school reform. Schools have been operating the same way for about a hundred years; nevertheless,...