High School

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.

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.

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.'

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. Read M

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

"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.

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.

Graduation is just around the corner, and now is the time for high schoolers to start deciding what college they want to attend next semester and college grads to choose a career with the least potential for unemployment benefits in two years. Some, however, won’t get a diploma that they can hang on their wall (assuming that they make enough to afford a frame for it). Here some ways to tell if you