Kiersten Cain - Staff Reporter
This is my first year as a staff reporter on 42Fifty and I am a senior at OHS. I am also involved in NEHS, Best Buddies, and Reading Corner at the school and in my free time I volunteer at the Naperville Area Humane Society. You can contact me by emailing 42Fifty@sd308.org and putting my name in the subject line. We welcome comments on our articles and feedback on our publication!
It is common for students to feel dreary and unenthusiastic as the winter season approaches, and the sun sets early as if their day has already ended merely an hour after school. Although this feeling can be difficult to overcome, there are ways to make seasonal depression endurable.
Seasonal depression, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, is a mood disorder characterized by depression-like symptoms in response to specific seasonal changes. Many students suffer from seasonal depression, so it is not something that only one student experiences at a time. These symptoms typically occur during the winter in response to shorter daylight hours and the weather.
“The early nights in winter are tough for me,” said Samoria Claybron, OH senior. “I often feel more tired, and I’ll look at the clock to see that it is only 5:30 P.M., yet it’s already pitch black outside.”
On Oct 18, the OH Student Council held its fall blood drive in the small gym. Around 40 students applied through a Google form...
As the Halloween season arrives, annual cemetery walks in local areas, which date back to the 1990s, pop up. Like in past years, Oswego and Montgomery each had their version of this event, which was equally informative and imaginatively spooky.
“It's important to me for the reason it's important to the community in that it brings people together, but it also makes history accessible,” said Joe Noce, Museum Coordinator for the Little White School Museum. “It makes it fun and interactive, and it shows that the local history of Oswego has a lot of depth to it.”
Editor's Note: This article mentions sensitive topics of mental health related to the show.
Just in time for the season of jump scares, pumpkins, and...
At the start of back-to-school season, teachers are already hard at work preparing students for the April ACT and May AP exams. This practice,...