During these past two months the state of Minnesota has been hit hard with severe weather, forcing schools to shut their doors or modify their hours. Many people wonder what extensive planning and decision...
Challenging is a word that best describes distance learning across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. For a period of about a year, the Orono School District went back and forth between having schooling...
Summer is here! That means lake days, bonfires, tournaments, work, hanging out with family and friends and an overload of vitamin D. It is necessary to stay fueled in order to keep performance levels high....
Early mornings and late nights, filled with tests, projects, practices and games, just barely scrapes the surface in an accurate representation of the life of an average high school student. Maintaining...
Last week, Orono held its second blood drive of the year. This blood drive was extremely successful. All of the slots to donate blood were filled by the time the drive rolled around. The need for blood...
According to the study “Sleep Duration and Sleeping Difficulties among Adolescents,” the fact is that 55 percent of adolescents slept less than the recommended eight hours per night and 11 percent...
According to an email from Orono Schools superintendent, Dr. Kristine Flesher, and Orono School Board Chair, Bob Tunheim, on February 11, Orono Schools dropped its mask mandate starting February 22. The...
The Coronavirus has been spreading throughout the world for over two years and has caused many fatalities across the globe. As the pandemic has progressed, viral mutations have dispersed new variants,...
As Orono High School comes to the end of its first semester, students have started preparing for final exams.
A study performed at Rutgers University shows that, on average, students are getting around...
Mental health is caused by numerous things such as psychological trauma, environmental stress and social media disparaging. Social media is a system of problems and chaos. "During my time at Facebook,...
There are three main factors that impact a student’s academic performance: mental health, socio-economic status, and home life. Each external element affects students differently.
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As a result of COVID-19, students have had to social distance from their friends and teachers. Although hybrid and distance learning temporarily filled the role of traditional school, this disconnect between...
