Look around you. In every classroom, you will find incessantly tapping feet, anxious glances, and endless caffeine and sugar just to get through the day. Our high school environment is far from being...
Sycamore High School is a huge advocate for helping and working for greater causes. From Fashion for the Cure to Unified for Uganda, SHS students have taken the initiative to raise awareness and...
As February comes to a close, the celebration of African American's heritage is far from over. So how did Black History Month begin?
The events that led to Black History Month began in Chicago during...
Party favors—a time-honored tradition of children’s birthday parties, usually containing a few pieces of candy, and maybe some fun trinkets from the dollar store. These small bags usually cost...
Philodendron. A simple house plant with serious repercussions. Philodendrons are hanging plants, they have a similar growth pattern to ivy, meaning they grow extremely long and have a tendency to...
I have always loved art, in any and every form, but I have always struggled to figure out what to do with that love. I have always hopped around from hobby to hobby, and it wasn’t working. I never...
Thomas Nguyen is one of the nation’s most renowned senior photographers. With over 53,000 followers on Instagram (@thomasnguyenphoto), his work has been nationally recognized by a myriad of well-known...
Junior Grace Zhang is easily one of the most over-involved highschoolers at SHS.
Not only is she a part of our very own journalism program, but she golfs, volunteers, takes a number of AP classes,...
As we approach Thanksgiving break, followed by exams and winter break, it is important to update your study habits to ensure the most amount of sleep and success. Use these few easy tips to improve your...
Coffee. The reason about half of you are actually awake and reading this right now, right?
This miraculous drink is the savior of countless high schoolers, keeping us up during all-nighters...
Buzz, ding, beep, “Hey, look at this video I just found,” “Did you see Joe’s Instagram post?”, “I just need to send one more text…”—all in a 30 minute period we refer to as dinner...
![COFFEE ADDICT. This coffee cup may look innocent enough, but one 8 ounce cup like this contains almost 200 milligrams of caffeine, double the amount of caffeine a teen should be consuming daily. This addictive drink has become the vice of countless teenagers over the years, and only more are joining the group. “I rely on it [coffee] to sustain me and it’s just a part of my schedule now, as it’s been since the sixth grade,” says Hager Hamed, a senior who admits to being an avid coffee lover.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tarabishi_nov13_coffee_beat.png)
