The Sides of Gun Control

There are two sides to the gun control debate––the left and right. For and against. There are hundreds of arguments to support gun control laws and hundreds of arguments to oppose the same laws. The gun control debate in America has been going on for years, sparked by the terrible events like the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Nineteen years later and tragedies like … Continue reading The Sides of Gun Control

Thoughts of You –– Sydney Walrath

Thoughts of You –– written by Sydney Walrath (Grade 10) It didn’t pull up it was just suddenly there Hesitant and scared I held back but was pulled along by you hand aboard a magnificent steam train And suddenly we were moving The train’s whistle rang out three times but eerily echoed back making it six Shyly peering through foggy windows I saw nothing but … Continue reading Thoughts of You –– Sydney Walrath

Oakland Mills Students Participate in the National School Walkout

    At 10 am on March 14, 2018, students from Oakland Mills High School walked out to the football field to march in solidarity with the students in Parkland, Florida. The fourteenth marked one month since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where seventeen students tragically lost their life during the school day. (Photo Credit: Kyle Heflinger and Tommy Zhang) Continue reading Oakland Mills Students Participate in the National School Walkout