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The RoundUp

The student news site of Clements High School

The RoundUp

The student news site of Clements High School

The RoundUp

How Can Society Contribute to Raising Awareness of Mental and Emotional Health?

How Can Society Contribute to Raising Awareness of Mental and Emotional Health?

Layan Kharouf, Reporter September 15, 2024

Unfortunately, for many years teenagers’ mental and emotional health has been overlooked in many households. This worldwide issue causes many people to lose focus on their studies and personal hobbies, due...

Graphic by Jamison Shorter.

Technological Addiction with Kids

Jamison Shorter, Reporter May 20, 2024

The first ever documented electrical discovery was almost three centuries ago in 600 BC, and since then we have progressed with new discoveries and inventions. Unfortunately, accompanied by these new discoveries/inventions...

Graphic by Jamison Shorter.

The Problem of Air Pollution

Jamison Shorter, Reporter May 20, 2024

 Steaming hot temperatures, heart failure, acid rain – these are all gruesome effects of pollution. Over the years, air pollution has been a nationwide issue. According to the World Health Organization,...

Why Friends Matter

Why Friends Matter

Fallyn Sanders, Reporter April 30, 2024

High school can be a big deal, and having friends makes it way better. Friends are your squad, they’ve got your back through all the ups and downs. Friends are also there to support you, whether you’re...

Junior Leyla Prosper reads a book in the courtyard.

Children Behind on Reading

Jamison Shorter, Reporter March 19, 2024

A child holds a place in someone's heart that can’t be replicated. When they are first born, they seek care and warmth from their parents. They are shown unconditional love that only grows as they grow...

Art in Modern Society: Art is Accessible, Pewdiepie Proved It (Part 2)

Stacy Saucedo, Reporter March 15, 2024

This is part 2 of “Art in Modern Society” (link here):    Previously, it was discussed how art is a form that uses many techniques and tricks to create new drawings and illustrations that...

Art in Modern Society: AI: The Downfall of Mankind’s Creative Mind (Part 1)

Stacy Saucedo, Reporter March 15, 2024

Art, an expression of the application of human creative skill and imagination.  VERSUS AI is the development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence.   These...

Teacher Shortages On the Rise

Teacher Shortages On the Rise

Jamison Shorter, Reporter March 7, 2024

Teachers over the years have been quitting their jobs at an alarming rate. From  February 2020 to May 2022, more than 300,000 teachers left, according to delvinpeck.com (https://www.devlinpeck.com/content/teacher-burnout-statistics#:~:text=More%20than%20300%2C000%20public%20school,February%202020%20and%20May%202022&text=According%20to%20data%20from%20the,from%20February%202020%2DMay%202022.)....

Harmony in Jeopardy

Harmony in Jeopardy

Natalie Johnson and Kylie Scarrow February 7, 2024

Choir has 137 students enrolled in the program, which is 13 people short of keeping both of the choir directors. The district requires at least 150 students to be signed up in a 6A choir program by Friday,...

We Want Our Old Lunch Back

Laila Younes, Reporter January 18, 2024

In response to over-packed lunches with students and the safety of the school, former principal Brian Shillingburg decided to change the 50-minute two lunches to 30-minute three lunches starting on Aug....

COP & Me: New Directions for the Climate Movement

COP & Me: New Directions for the Climate Movement

Karen Wei, Copy Editor January 8, 2024

1997. Two decades before I am born, COP3 convenes in Kyoto.  2015. As Paris hosts COP21, I’m putting the finishing touches on my elementary school presentation, the title slide emblazoned with...

Adult Figures

Jamison Shorter, Reporter December 11, 2023

Adult figures are an important part of someone's childhood. When you are growing up an adult is the most important person in your life, biological or not. For a child growing up from toddler age to adolescence,...

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