While kneading, shaping, and stuffing dough with a variety of fillings, Jaslene Jaquez, a Sophomore at Bethpage High School, connects the process of a homemade meal and the importance of unity in her El Salvadorian culture.    Pupusas, served as a meal during lunch, is a famous tortilla dish...

On March 19, 2025, Hulu released a limited series called Good American Family, told through multiple perspectives based on the adoption of Natalia Grace, who was assumed to be a young Ukrainian girl with dwarfism, or spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, a rare bone disorder. Ellen Pompeo played Kristine, and...

In a world of Education, the significant shift of Homeschooling is creating an impact throughout the world. Initially, the pandemic of Covid-19 had initiated this soar as it forced a great number of families to remote learning as well as homeschooling to prevent worse effects. This impact doesn’t only...

Phones in school: Should they be banned or not? That is the question everyone is wondering. Just about a month ago, a New York State ban of cellphones in school was put into place. New York is implementing a “bell-to-bell” phone ban in k-12 schools, meaning students can not use their cell-phones,...

On June 12, 2025 around 7:40 am, Bethpage High School’s faculty and students were evacuated to JFK Middle School due to a bomb threat. Many students were unaware of what was happening as it wasn’t confirmed whether it was just an evacuation or a threat to the school. However, a majority of students...

Teenagers (including adults) have an addiction to using their phone every second of the day. It’s been calculated that the average person spends 4 hours and 37 minutes on their cell phone daily. This has been a major conversation among schools, as it may be causing children to focus less in school....