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Staff Editorial: Addressing necessary changes in OHS athletic programs
Oswego High School offers a large range of sports and extracurriculars to engage students of all interests. Supposedly, the creation of all these clubs is to bring together a variety of different students and create a family. Coaches tell you the goal is to have fun. However, they do not tell you about their overbearing thirst to win.
Staff Editorial: What’s wrong with SAT preparation and how to fix it
This editorial reflects the official opinions of 42Fifty’s 2022-2023 editorial staff. For more information on staff editorials, please see our editorial policy. With the importance of the SAT on the decline and student stress on the rise, Oswego High School administration needs to change how it prepares students. The administration needs to shift its focus from stressing the importance of the...
Staff Editorial: The 42Fifty staff should be invited to Ms. Hands’ wedding
This summer, 42Fifty’s favorite advisor Ms. Hands will be celebrating the union of her and her little journalist fiance in the form of marriage. Last school year, Ms. Hands announced to her journalism class that she got engaged, and all year she has been talking to the 42Fifty staff about her planning for this wedding. We, as a staff, know when, and where it is, and what dress she’ll be wearing, so where is our invitation?
Mental health takes the back burner in OHS’s finals season
The end of the school year has been steadily approaching, and in our final weeks, exams are underway. The biggest test for most students' high school careers, the SAT, has passed, and students have finally gotten results after a long and stressful road of preparing for the exam. With students' futures balancing on the weight of one exam, the current...
Staff Editorial: Here’s what’s wrong with SST and how to fix it
rrent schedule and curriculum for Student Support Time is clearly inefficient, as students are unengaged, and some teachers are lacking the necessary engagement to effectively lead a class.