If You’re Doing This, Please STOP!
Samuel Miller, Senior Writer
August 15, 2019
Disclaimer: These are my opinions; don’t be hypersensitive. Anonymous messages are a social media trend that has been running rampant over the last couple months. In case you have been living under a rock, anonymous messages allow users to submit whatever they want to another with total anonymi...
Should Fox News continue featuring racist Mark Furhman?
C.J. Burrous, Senior Writer
August 14, 2019
Since 2011, Fox News has made Mark Furhman a regular political commentator on their various shows. Furhman is a former LAPD detective, a New York Times bestselling author, and filmmaker. Over the years, Furhman has appeared in hundreds of Fox News segments. He has even been on their channel as recentl...
Indiana Allowing Guns in Schools?
Uriah Riemenschneider, Senior Writer
May 15, 2019
Here in the United States we have been hit by quite a few tragedies involving mass shootings and shootings in schools. For example on April 30, 2019, the University of North Carolina had two students shot and killed and others injured. Another mass shooting was the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting th...
The Teacher that Changed Everything for Me
Josie Woolever, Senior Editor
May 10, 2019
Picking my impact teacher was extremely difficult. I have had so many amazing teachers who have not only impacted my past and my present but my future as well. They’ve either helped me decide what I wanted to do, or they have helped me realize what I didn’t want to do. Not only that, but they’v...
The Teacher who Left an Everlasting Impact
Ashli Key, Senior Editor
May 6, 2019
As I opened the doors to a new chapter in life, I felt comfortable. The start of my junior year had begun, and I had become filled with excitement, confidence, and a ready-to-go mindset; however, I was filled with more nerves than I thought. I knew my classes were going to be tougher than the ones I h...
Should the Minimum Wage be Raised?
McKayla Thompson, Junior Writer
April 19, 2019
A single mother is living paycheck-to-paycheck because her minimum wage paying job is only paying $7.25 per hour. Should people really have to live this way, or should the minimum wage be raised? Personally, I believe the minimum wage shouldn’t be raised due to the effects it will cause on society. A...
Why ISTEP Is Not Needed
Bella Panmei, Sophomore Writer
March 21, 2019
Some people are great test takers and others are not as fortunate. Tests help guarantee the placing of a student in class and what they are capable of, but almost nobody is a fan of taking any sort of test and studying for it is even worse.Taking tests for classes are normal and students have time t...
An Open Letter to My Little Sister
Katelyn Schreckenghaust, Junior Writer
March 19, 2019
Madison, I remember the day you were born and how excited I was to finally have a little sister. I love our two older brothers so much, but I always wanted a sister and was ecstatic when I found out our mom was having a girl. I decided to write you this letter to let you know how much yo...
The Group of Friends That Last A Lifetime
Ashli Key, Senior Editor
March 14, 2019
“Cousins are people that are ready-made friends. You have laughs with them and remember good times from a young age. You have fights with them, but you always know you love each other.”- Courtney Cox All through my years of growing up, I have had friends that have come and gone; however, ...
God’s Grandeur
Brannyn Spencer, Senior Editor
March 8, 2019
Not many people sit around and think about what makes the work unique. Our world is the way it is due to God’s grandeur. This subject is spoken about all the time due to younger kids asking so many questions about how the world lives as one. In “God’s Grandeur” by Gerald Manley Hopkins, he st...
An Open Letter to My Brother
Josie Woolever, Senior Editor
March 8, 2019
David, I wrote the our sisters one of these when I first started writing for the Kings’ Courier, so I found it appropriate to write you one while my days writing for the Kings’ Courier are coming to an end. I know we often don’t get along, but what siblings get along all the time? All that ...
Censorship in America
Carl Jay, Junior Writer
March 8, 2019
The right to free speech springs forth from the founding fathers of the United States. When creating the constitution, the founding fathers chose to focus on freedom of speech. Hence, they added the first amendment to the constitution. Now, fast forward 200 years and focus on today’s culture of freedom...