The life of a high school teacher is a notoriously stressful one, but one teacher has found a way to cope. Heather da Silva practices aerial yoga, both personally and as a teacher. “It started a while ago, because I needed to do something to keep myself active,” the career research teacher said. “I went to the gym across the street from where I was living because they were having free classes. I really, really enjoyed it. That was traditional yoga, and then I got into aerial yoga and it was absolutely amazing. I’ve been doing it for about four years now.” But simply learning wasn’t...

Greg Pallone from Channel 13 News recently created a package on the space missions that the Advanced Robotics class is working on. Pallone and his camera man filmed the students working on their space missions and interviewed robotics teacher Jill Whitacre and Shawn C. (8). Tuesday evening they produced a package on the missions which aired on national television. "We thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to some students about what their future careers might be and how interested they are in the Mars rover mission," Pallone said. Pallone's news team was supposed to do a story on...

As the population of the world rapidly increases and resources are being over-consumed, the earth has been in its worst conditions, environmentally, yet. Seeing the risks that are posed for the future, Luke Marzano (11) decided to take a stand and do something few typical kids would do: start an environmental organization. Called the Global Sustainability Group, the organization was designed to increase awareness of sustainable living through environmentally friendly community activities, such as planting trees, beach cleanup and much more. "At first, the goal was to start with planting trees...

Ava Haroulakis (9) likes to dream big. Unlike many of her peers whose future plans appear kind of ordinary, Haroulakis has a passion for entertainment that extends to acting, singing, playing instruments, editing filmography and dancing. But despite her love and talent for the limelight, Haroulakis consistently battles stage fright. "Everyone gets worked up over an audition, sure, but for me, it's different," she said. "I will flat out refuse to sing or perform in front of others sometimes because I just don’t want to embarrass myself by messing up. I can assure you, however, I'm not going...

At 9 years old, Finn Stieber (9) moved from Germany to the United States during the summer before fourth grade due to a change in his father's job.  That fall, Stieber enrolled in public school knowing only a little bit of English. “Being in a country without knowing the language gave me a very hard time and was very difficult to adapt to,” Stieber said.  Stieber’s mom, Nadine, also noticed the struggle.  “He picked up the language through reading and his favorite sport: soccer,” she said. “His teachers were awesome and supported him in so many ways.” Since...

Going to a school with a heavy workload, babysitting, tutoring, participating in school sports, and being part of multiple clubs is a lot for a 17-year-old student to handle, but sophomore Sophia Bailly (10) manages to do it all and still find spots in her packed schedule to work part-time at The Premier Oaks movie theater. “My older sister worked there when she was in high school,” Bailly said. “She loved working there — especially because we've grown up in a family of movie-lovers. I wanted to start making money to save up for college and a car, plus I thought the job would give me...