School Spirit Succeeding the Pandemic
Powering off computer screens and returning to in-person school has been quite an adjustment for many high school...
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Ask Ed: Comforting the Crushed
Hi Ed. I’ve been feeling crushed by my cosmic insignificance lately. I can’t seem to find meaning to my...
The Old Senior Barn is More Than Just a Pile of Paint
Across from Fowler’s Pond, there is a shining spectacle of the senior class: the senior barn. Every year it...
OIHS’ Beloved Retiring Teachers
Vicki Clancy and Nancy Wrightsman have both worked at Orcas Island High School for many years, and they are...
2021 Senior Projects
Featured Projects: EMMA RODGERS: What is your senior project? I am creating a new sign for the entrance of...
Post-Graduation Plans of the OIHS Class of 2021
Where are all the seniors going? WASHINGTON (11) Douglas Ha – University of Washington Izie Janecek – Washington State...
Carter’s Kitchen: Mouthwatering Coconut Curry
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, or 5-6 chicken thighs 1 can of coconut milk ¼ cup of tomato sauce ½...
Thian’s Musings: The Final Chapter
14,000 hours. Soon I am trading 14,000 hours for a sheet of paper that says “High School Diploma”, and...
Hallway Talk: Students Excited for Post-Vaccine Benefits
What are you most looking forward to doing once you are fully vaccinated? August Moore, freshman: “I would definitely...
Eloquent Ellie’s Various Venerable Vivacious Verses
Shift Ninety-nine cent lemons and five pounds of potatoes fall bleakly from the grace of a thin plastic...
How Cigarette Money Exerts its Power in our Society
There has been a theory posed by psychologists that the human brain cannot really visualize numbers greater than twenty....