Haikus on healthier lifestyle
I am not hungry. But boredom really eats me, So yes, I will eat... That’s one creative Haiku, isn’t it? This 5-7-5 syllable piece sums up...
High School Life Magazine
Current Issue
HEALTH - PHYSICAL
GOOD MORALS & RIGHT CONDUCT
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Not anymore, Elton John. We hear the word “sorry” everyday and everywhere that it would effortlessly top the list of most abused English words...
AFTER SCHOOL - FUN & HOBBIES
Point and shoot: Telling a thousand stories with photographs
With your trusty digital point-and-shoot camera, you’re fond of taking pictures of yourself and your outfit before going out with friends. You liked...
MONEY MATTERS
Needs vs wants: Living within your means
The never-ending battle of needs versus wants has reached an entirely new level, especially now that everything seems to go on a price hike...
BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL - COLLEGE & CAREER
An open letter to the confused
Dear Ate Charo... Enrollment is nearing and I’m so confused as to which course to take in college. My parents want me to become an accountant...
PARENT'S CORNER
How to raise a happy teenager of today
For many parents, raising a happy teenager has never been easy. You, parents, are naturally protective of your kids. I know a parent who...
HYGIENE, GROOMING, & STYLE
Groom yourself to perfection
When I was little, my mother treated us like dolls until my younger sister and I reached sixth grade and entered high school. She decides on...
SCHOOL STUFF - LEARNING SKILLS
Deconstructing the myth of cramming
Cramming—studying the day of exam; studying during classroom discussion or the preceding periods of the test... It’s three in the morning...
SOCIAL SKILLS - FAMILY, FRIENDS, ETC.
You’re popular? Now what?
I went to a high school where everyone wanted to be popular. People joined in theater clubs and varsity teams in hopes to gain more friends and...
WIKANG FILIPINO
Ala eh! Ang wikang Filipino atbp.
Sikat na destinasyon ang Cebu tuwing sasapit ang Enero para sa kanilang makulay na Sinulog Festival kung saan bida ang batang Mahal na...
BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL - JOB & EMPLOYMENT
On landing a job without appearing on-cam
As early as my first year in high school, I had already realized that I didn’t have the talent for singing or acting in front of the camera. By then...
EDUCATOR'S CORNER
How to be the best principal like Dumbledore
Professor Albus Dumbledore can easily be regarded as the most outstanding headmaster that graced the Wizarding World. He is powerful...
Special Feature
Battle plans for high school students
High school is a battlefield. Everyday there is a war to win—examinations, surprise quizzes, recitation, group projects, reportings, and many more...
HEALTH - MENTAL & EMOTIONAL
Positive realism: An overview
“What to do you want to be when you grow up?” Remember your first year in school? Your teachers often asked the above-stated question...
SCHOOL STUFF - THINKING SKILLS
Let's make your thinking boom with Benjamin Bloom
From the moment you're born in this world, you've been granted the most superior skill ever given to man. Five or six years later, your parents...
SOCIAL SKILLS - LOVE & RELATIONSHIP
So how does one qualify to be the apple of your eye?
At your age, I assume there's this guy who's the sole reason you go to school and wear your uniform the best way that you can on a daily basis...
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Reasons why you should start speaking in English now
I have a friend who firmly believes that people who speak in English are conyo and pa-sosyal. Of course this is not true. I know people who are...
BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL - ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Qualities of the Next Big Thing
We had a trip in Tagaytay. On one of the stopovers we had, I was impressed to see high school students selling different kinds of...
Special Feature
Disaster awareness, prevention, and sunrise
It was a chilly afternoon and the sky was heavy and grey. I haven’t seen a storm like this in all my time in Rizal. Branches were torn down and...