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SAT Will Become Online Starting 2024

SAT Will Become Online Starting 2024

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer January 31, 2022

The SAT, a college admissions exam that has always been linked with paper and pencil, will soon become entirely digital. Just a few days ago, The College Board announced that beginning in 2024, students...

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Asma Mahjabeen, Staff Writer December 3, 2021

Most of us have definitely thought about the following question: Why on earth do we procrastinate?! We wish we could finish things on time and dream of an organized life. An organized life is a good life....

FBLAs community service project helps raise funds for vision impairments

FBLA’s community service project helps raise funds for vision impairments

Aneri Upadhyay, Staff Writer May 7, 2021

This year’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter’s project “Mission for Vision” is concentrated on helping the community, specifically educating and raising funds for preventable blindness...

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The deceit behind college rankings

Aneri Upadhyay, Staff Writer June 7, 2019

College rankings have been used for decades to determine which colleges are the best in the country. People rely on these rankings to base their decisions on which college they would like to attend. They...

Christian Quilon

Student Spotlight: Meet the Junior Class President, Christian Quilon

Mueez Khan, Staff Writer June 7, 2019

2020. The year alone seems so futuristic and extraordinary, and at Sayreville War Memorial High School the current Junior Class President Christian Quilon seeks to be one of our students of the future. Christian...

Pressures of school prove too much for students in India

Pressures of school prove too much for students in India

Aneri Upadhyay, Staff Writer May 3, 2019

School can be rough. Staying in a hot building, waking up early, and trying to find time to relax can be tiring. However, the pressures put on students are what have the most effect. Many students work...

Flat design art made for Earth Day 2019 by Mueez Khan.

The rise of flat design

Mueez Khan, Staff Writer May 3, 2019

Have you noticed a change in recent years on the Internet? Google changed its logo from its classic 3D style to a more flat and simple design, and app icons like Instagram became more flat and simple-colored. ...

A photograph of the first-day use of metal detectors at Sayreville War Memorial High School.

Making school safer with metal detectors

Mueez Khan and Sean Lee April 5, 2019

Safety for students continues to be a top priority in schools across the nation, and SWMHS makes sure that its students are in a safe environment at all times. Metal detectors have been one of the most...

Total Tutoring accepting students and volunteers

Total Tutoring accepting students and volunteers

Mueez Khan, Staff Writer February 1, 2019

Need help learning for a class? Or do you love to help others learn different subjects? Be it science, math, or English, Total Tutoring has been offering free tutoring services at the Sayreville Public...

Student 2018-2019 Reflections and Goals

Student 2018-2019 Reflections and Goals

Mueez Khan, Staff Writer January 4, 2019

From one year to the next, many have reflected upon their past and look forward to their future in 2019. The following is a memorandum of junior students' own responses for reflections of 2018 and goals...

How To: Creative a Productive Study Environment

How To: Creative a Productive Study Environment

Erin Bartko, Staff Writer December 7, 2018

Imagine this: you’re snuggled up in a soft blanket on your bed with the lights low, your hand in a snack bowl and your study supplies laid out in no particular order around you. Not your style?...

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How To: Manage Your Time

Mueez Khan, Staff Writer December 3, 2018

Although doing work, going to public events, and sleeping are all important in the life of a high schooler, there is always one factor that could let us or keep us from being involved in these events:...

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