The aftermath of the battle of Fredericksburg was a sobering moment for the United States. Thousands laid along city blocks buried by rubble, and many more floated downstream as bullets had caught them before they could disembark their pontoons. On the scene, General Robert E. Lee exclaimed, “It is...

Two weeks ago, having furiously spent more than six weeks in Build Season, Coronado’s Robotics team, Team 2996 “Cougars Gone Wired” (CGW), traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition’s Green County Regional, lasting from March 7th to 9th. This was their first competition...

As far as most would be concerned, I am one of many Coronado seniors who has “beaten” AP. I’ve taken my fair share of courses, received my fair share of stellar grades, and earned my fair share of desperately needed college credits. I write this not to prove my academic worthiness or to preach...

At Coronado the needs of gifted students often go unmet, leaving students feeling overlooked and underserved. Gifted students face unique challenges, including perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and struggles with executive functioning skills. Unfortunately, the current educational system fails to...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin took off on a 4.75-ton spacecraft, Vostok 1, at 9:07 am, Moscow time, and became the first man to achieve orbit. [3] A bit less than a month later, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard took off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket, Freedom 7, and became the first US man to achieve orbit....

The Youth Documentary Academy serves aspiring filmmakers from ages fourteen to eighteen, teaching them the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking during a rigorous 8-week course, and – perhaps like some readers – I had never heard of it. Well, at least not until last week, when I spoke with Bogdan...