AS ST. PAUL JOHNSON moves its start time an hour later this fall, riding the classic yellow school bus may become a thing of the… Read More
A new beginning to the school day
September 2015 Magazine Articles
The journey with my mother
MY FATHER LEFT on Christmas 2011. I kind of saw it as a present, rather than a tragedy. I wouldn’t miss the colored pencil drawings… Read More
Climbing higher, growing stronger
AT AN ELEVATION OF 7,290 feet, we – 40-some American high school students – started hiking up the mountain single file, placing one foot in… Read More
A lesson in being truly grateful
AS I STARED at the black streaks of slimy, putty-like goo that were thrown onto my bedroom ceiling during my 10th birthday celebration, I resented… Read More
Working hard on my path forward
WALKING INTO A ROOM full of strangers is scary. Especially when you’re the newest and youngest person there. I knew this feeling all too well…. Read More
Strength can mean more than muscles
IT’S RECESS; every kid’s favorite time during school. The sun beats down on all of us as we scrape our knees and ruin our clothes…. Read More
Wrestling with womanhood
MY FRIEND AND I were walking the streets of southern France with an almost unbearable heat seeping in from all directions. We were making our… Read More
Lessons from a broken Venezuelan toilet seat
THE ONLY THING MORE embarrassing than breaking a toilet seat, is breaking a toilet seat in a country where it costs several times more than… Read More
Remembering my aunt Maria
PHYSICALLY AND emotionally rocked from the ride down the apple orchard’s hill, I turned around on my sled to look at my aunt, who had… Read More
Editor’s Corner: Growing and improving
TAKE 50 METRO-AREA high school students, bring them to the University of St. Thomas for summer journalism camps, and what do you have? For starters,… Read More
Young people take a stand with Black Lives Matter
Zeph Kaffey is haunted by the repeated images she has seen of black men and boys dying. For months, she’s followed reports of police brutality… Read More
