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Brooklyn School Bans Hipster Glasses

Donald Deane — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:31 +0000

In a tacit admission that Brooklyn has become hopelessly overrun by hipsters, a Jewish Orthodox school in Borough Park recently banned the wearing of "thick plastic eyeglasses" among its student body. No word on whether skinny jeans or lumberjack shirts are next.

High School Teacher Fired for Working as Bikini Model

Donald Deane — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:08 +0000

Having a teacher who’s also a bikini model might be every teen boy’s fantasy, but this got a high school English teacher in Florida fired recently. Olivia Sprauer was working as a teacher at Martin County High School when one of her bikini photos caught the attention of the school’s principal. She was asked to [...]

Angry Student Lecturing Teacher on How to Teach Goes Viral

Emerald Catron — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:30:39 +0000

This kid’s got big brass ones. Or maybe he was just fed up. Actually, we figure it probably requires a combination of both to pull off a stunt like this.This student at Duncanville High (on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas, in case you were wondering where such an accent comes from) was clearly sick of [...]

Senior Class President Suspended After Tweeting About High School Sports

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:35:11 +0000

An eight word tweet has gotten former Heights High School Class of 2013 President Wesley Teague in hot water with his school administration. WSU is Wichita State University, whose football team was disbanded in 1986. The athletic department at Heights High School, which is in Wichita, Kansas, is often referred to on Twitter by the hashtag [...]

High School Students Hold Online 'Hotness Contest,' School Does Nothing

Donald Deane — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:27:13 +0000

High school is hard enough, but imagine if you had the added pressure of competing in an online "hotness" contest organized by the male student body. That's currently what's happening at Issaquah High School in Washington state.

High School Bans Yearbook Photo of Student With Her Baby

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:57:30 +0000

Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina has found itself in one mother of a controversy. The school has made waves by banning a yearbook picture featuring a student holding her baby son. The school asked seniors to pose with a prop that represents who they are. Caitlin Tiller, 17, decided to use her son, [...]

33 High School Students Were Suspended For Twerking

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:25:00 +0000

"Twerking" is the latest dance craze. And by that we mean Miley Cyrus is quite fond of posting videos of herself doing it.

But the administration at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego are not fond of Twerking. In fact they just suspended 33 students for their o

Principal Got Rid of Security Guards and Then Something Unbelievable Happened

Emerald Catron — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:03:26 +0000

Where most people saw a “drop out factory” and “career killer,” Andrew Bott saw a school with potential. Bott was the sixth principal in seven years when he took the job at Orchard Gardens, a failing K-8 school in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He proceeded to eliminate the school’s security infrastructure and used the money to jumpstart [...]

High School Bans Students From Wearing Axe Body Spray

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:19:55 +0000

A high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is telling its students not to wear Axe Body spray. Finally, a ban we can get behind. And, no, it’s not because female students were shedding their tops and chasing the fellas who were wearing the fragrance through the halls, as Axe’s television commercials would have you believe. Instead [...]

'Average Party' Trailer Is Depressingly Realistic

Emerald Catron — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:10:26 +0000

This certainly makes us feel a lot better about our high school experience. (Just kidding. We weren’t invited to a single party those four years.) This spoof trailer for a movie called ‘Average Party’ is a much more realistic take on the often glamorized high school party (think ‘Can’t Hardly Wait‘). We’d just like to [...]

'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Theme Prompts School Lockdown

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:15:04 +0000

Wow. So many people should be so embarrassed. Except, of course, for the Fresh Prince — he’s too fresh to be embarrassed. After mishearing the lyrics to the theme from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ a receptionist called the police about a potential mass school shooting. Chaos ensued. The receptionist was calling Ambridge Area High [...]

Students Perform Zombie-Themed Flashmob to Protest School Closings

Amanda Ferris — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:50:57 +0000

Students of the group Philadelphia Student Union, which is a part of a larger organization called the Philadelphia Coalition Advocacy of Public Schools, recently performed a zombie-themed flashmob to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ in front of the school district’s headquarters. The students were protesting the new plan that would close 37 schools thanks to state budget cuts. They [...]

Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:50:26 +0000

Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting. Given her unusual affliction, her Cincinnati, Ohio, school district assigned her to high school, because older children don’t engender such extreme [...]

Arizona School Uses Holding Hands as Punishment

Emerald Catron — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:30:52 +0000

Two Arizona teenagers faced a choice after getting into a fight at Westwood High in Mesa: They could either be suspended for nine days ... or hold hands in front of everybody. Obviously, they chose the latter, and now the school is catching flak for it.

Student Expelled for Refusing to Wear Tracking Device

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:44:48 +0000

Big Brother is watching the students of John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas. They have all been given RFID badges so the administration will “always know where they are in the building.” Sophomore Andrea Hernandez thinks this level of surveillance crosses the line. So she refused to wear her badge. When the school [...]

Students Recreate Chris Brown Beating Rihanna in World's Worst Pep Rally

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:08:45 +0000

A homecoming pep rally is ostensibly about firing the student body up for the big Friday night football game. While there are varied ways to whip teenagers into a frenzy, reenacting a notorious instance of domestic violence would be universally recognized as an odd choice. But that’s exactly what happened at Waverly High School in Waverly, New York. During the “Mr. [...]

Students Suspended after Eating Caffeinated Mints

Cameron Simcik — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:25:23 +0000

It’s important for school officials to be aware of suspicious behavior among students, but Pekin High School in Illinois is cracking down on even the slightest of offenses. Eric McMichael was recently suspended with three other friends for eating caffeinated mints. At first, school officials thought the students were in possession of drugs, so they [...]

Student Spiked Teacher's Coffee With Butt Pills

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:53:44 +0000

If you’re specifically looking to enhance your backside, an herbal product called GluteBoost claims that it can help you out. However, you can count Ellen Vic from North Carolina among its unsatisfied users — the 61 year-old high school teacher didn’t know she was ingesting it. Police are investigating a high school student who allegedly spiked Vick’s coffee with the supplement. [...]

Students React to Lean School Lunches With 'We Are Hungry' Song

Donald Deane — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:05:13 +0000

As a way to help combat obesity, new federal guidelines were recently put in place stipulating that schools serve meals totaling no more than 850 calories. Since then, some students say the new low-cal lunches simply aren't enough. One group of students at Wallace County High in Kansas even created a protest song called 'We are Hungry' that parodies Fun.'s 'We are Young.'

Mother Objects to Teen Daughter Being Spanked By Vice Principal

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:01:03 +0000

When 15-year-old Taylor Santos, a sophomore at Springtown High School in Texas was called in to be disciplined for allegedly letting another student copy her work, she was punished by having a two-day suspension. In a bizarre request, after the first day, Taylor asked if she could be paddled instead of missing another day of school. The teen called her mother, who also approved the request.

Valedictorian Quotes 'Twilight' in Speech, Loses Diploma

Emerald Catron — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:42:24 +0000

Kaitlin Nootbar has a college scholarship and a 4.0 GPA. The only thing she doesn’t have is her high school diploma, which her high school isn’t giving to her after she referenced ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ during her graduation speech and said the word “hell” on stage. The principal of Nootbar’s Oklahoma high school is [...]

High School Senior Combats Bullying With 'Good News Only' Twitter

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:53:38 +0000

Kevin Curwick is a senior at Osseo High School in Osseo, MN. He’s also the captain of the school’s football team — which makes him an unlikely candidate for cyberbullying. But Curwick has seen many of his friends and classmates suffer from internet bullies over the years, and he decided to combat this abusive online [...]

California Student Sues School District After Receiving a C+

Donald Deane — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:21:28 +0000

While some may be thrilled by the prospect of receiving an average C+, California student Bowen Bethards isn't one of them. In fact, the 17-year-old recently filed a lawsuit against his teacher and school district for receiving such a grade.

High School Teacher Tells Seniors They Aren't 'Special' In Inspirational Graduation Speech

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:32:43 +0000

There are ten of thousands of high school and college commencement speeches every year in America, making it difficult for the speaker to say something particularly original. However David McCullough, Jr. figured out a unique to make his words stand out when he did the commencement duties at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts. Instead of telling the graduating seniors [...]

High School Seniors Get Funky in Graduation Flash Mob Prank

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:58:44 +0000

When one thinks of a senior prank, one conjures up images of barnyard animals and lots of clean up. But the 12th graders at Eastwood High School in El Paso, TX, managed to pull a prank during their graduation that was fun for all those involved and for the school’s administration. Watch what happens after [...]

Student Makes Prom Dress Out of Math Homework

Donald Deane — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:45:07 +0000

We’ve told you about prom dresses made out of strange things in the past, but 17-year-old Kara Koskowich gets extra points for using her recycled math homework to make her gown. It’s fashionable and good for the environment! The Canadian student cut, sewed and glued approximately 75 pieces of paper — including colored Post-its for detail [...]

Mom Arrested for Cheering Too Loudly at Daughter's Graduation

Mithun Divakaran — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:50:58 +0000

It was only recently that we brought you the story of a high school senior in Cincinnati whose diploma was withheld because his family cheered for too long at his graduation day ceremony. Well, turns out he wasn't the only one who had to face such embarrassment.

Over at South Florence High School in South Carolina, graduation day for Iesha Cooper was a bitter one when her mother was handcuffed by police for cheering too loudly.

Graduating Student Denied Diploma Because Family Cheered Too Loudly

Mithun Divakaran — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:25:05 +0000

In a case of "well that's a bit much," a senior at Mt. Healthy High School in Cincinnati was denied his high school diploma because his family and friends cheered for too long during the graduation ceremony. Instead, the principal told Anthony Cornist that as punishment, he would have to serve 20 hours of community service before he could receive his diploma.

School Withholds Student's Diploma for 'Tebowing'

Donald Deane — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:15:55 +0000

"Tebowing" may be a bit old as internet memes go (we much prefer evil cows at the moment). But should the act of taking a knee like quarterback Tim Tebow be a punishable offense? A high school in Florida seems to think so.

Students With the Same Last Name Offer Perfect Yearbook Quote

Patrick Bateman — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:30:44 +0000

Most high school seniors struggle with choosing a quote for their picture in the yearbook. After all, it's like a tattoo in its permanence and painfulness to remove. Some kids opt for the philosophical, others inspirational, while the most regretful select something so dated, it causes violent flashbacks when read. Then, there are the comical quotes.