Science Olympiad strikes a win at competition
Sienna Stock, News Editor
March 11, 2020
Science Olympiad is an organization that promotes 8,000 teams across the US and holds 450 tournaments annually. Wakefield brought home 13 medals with the outcome of its most recent competition. Wakefield’s team attracts a wide selection of students who want to expand on their knowledge of science...
First to the finish line and no reward
Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2020
1987: the year that the cult classic film “Dirty Dancing” made its way to the big screen. But the fun had already begun, at least for the 60,000 teenagers who took the AP Calculus exam a few months earlier than the movie’s release. Fast forward to 2019 and that number has increased nearly eightfo...
π-casso Pointers: learn about the ratio behind ‘golden’ works of art
Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 25, 2019
Welcome, artists and mathematicians! This series will focus on how mathematical properties work to both create and improve art. Read on to learn about the beauty of the golden ratio, where artists have utilized it and how I drew up a piece of my own! The golden ratio, denoted by Greek letter p...
Women in engineering: evoking the movement
Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2019
As the college application season progresses, high school seniors across the nation consider their intended majors. In 2016—out of 20 million high school students—over a million pursued engineering while enrolled in postsecondary institutions, according to the Department of Education. Roughly 80 percent of th...
NASA hosts naming contest for Mars 2020 rover
Sage Cooley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2019
“Finding definitive proof of past microbial life would change how people view Earth, Mars and the universe,” Williams said. “People [may] reflect on how they view humanity, life and more.”
