I have had twelve “first days of school, ” not including this one.  Twelve sleepless nights, twelve groggy mornings; I’m sad to say that this marked my thirteenth and very last.  No longer will I have to suffer ice breakers or social contracts,...

Frisco ISD reintroduced the online school option for grades K-6 just nine days before school began Thursday. Unfortunately, it seems the infamous Delta strain will not be leaving us any time soon, which poses a great concern for Texas parents who are...

Junior year.  The year of SATs, multiple APs, and rigorous studying.  Junior year… is over.  And let me tell you, being a virtual student did not make my tasks any easier.  There’s a lot of self-learning and independence involved when...

WTV's Madigan Gunia brings you a compilation of the best moments of real talk from the year.

Happy Thursday everyone! This will be my last column I get to share for this year because tomorrow is the last day of school!  Wow! What an incredible journey this year has been. It flew by so incredibly fast! I’m so thankful for you guys and for...

As a first generation American-born Black child, it’s safe to say that my life experiences definitely differ from that of a second or fifth generation. My mother immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana in the late 80’s, a few years before she gave birth...

If your worth was counted in coins in a jar, how many jars would you have? Or would you have any at all? These are the kinds of thought-provoking questions I often find myself asking no one in particular because who wants to hear a question that will...

Do you like a good cup of coffee in the morning? It’s a morning habit for a lot of people and is a way that they start the day. Like with a lot of things, having some every day is a good thing, but too much starts to cause problems. The good news...

It shocks me how a year from now I will be moving into a completely new stage of life.  It saddens me how the change will separate me from people I’ve known for years. Faces I’ve gotten used to seeing in the hallway, teachers I’ve become attached...

Last Friday I turned in the final assignment of my junior year, a 1500 word essay about the Glass-Steagall act of 1933.  When I started class last August in my bedroom on Zoom, I had never written an essay of more than 700 words. I had never conducted...

With over six million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, unemployment numbers soaring, and schools opening with hybrid learning, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of daily life. In her weekly blog, Haille Hughes explores...

So, there's something that I've been working on for a while that I'd like to share. I know I've mentioned this before here and there but I really want to go into depth about something that matters to me. If you didn't already know (but you probably do...