The Scratching Post – The student newspaper of Vernon Hills High School

News
Democratic candidates seek Illinois delegates
March 14, 2020
Katie Hoffman, Staff member
Joe Biden Biden was elected a Senator from Delaware in 1972 and served until 2009, when he became Vice President under the Obama administration. Jacob Gurvis (12) has been following the candidates through...
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Features
TSP features Top Cougar contestants amidst cancellation
March 14, 2020
Katie Hoffman, Content Editor
Top Cougar is usually a chance for seniors to showcase their talents, personalities, and skills on stage competing for the chance to be crowned Top Cougar. This year's theme was Keeping Up with the Cougars...
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Opinion
The era of hyperpartisanship
March 3, 2020
Erin Kim, Staff Member
We live in an era of rigid hyperpartisanship, the most divided and partisan era of politics that current generations in America have ever seen. It’s clear that the poison of hyperpartisanship is destroying...
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Features
Students lose sleep over competition
February 28, 2020
Owen Laser, Staff member
After a couple hours of doing homework, you look at the time: It’s 12 a.m. and you’re ready for bed. You wake up groggy and tired, but you somehow manage to make it to school on time for AP Physics...
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December 14, 2019

Dare to Empower, also known as “DTE,” puts a focus on empowering female-identifying students by discussing issues they’re handing in and out of school. Now, male-identifying and non-female identifying students are also...

D128 alters Chrome extension policy

December 5, 2019

CBO welcomes first-generation students

October 22, 2019

Introducing new staff at VHHS

October 17, 2019

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Features

Too much screentime?

Amani Vaswani, Staff Member
March 14, 2020

The first thing we hear when we wake up is the shrill ring of the alarm on our phones. Then, during the day, we shuffle through Google Drive tabs on our school computers or have our ears plugged while...

Girls code for the future

Kalyn Watt, Staff Member
March 14, 2020

So little do we hear young boys tell their parents they want to be teachers or nurses when they grow up, and it is equally uncommon to hear young girls say they want to pursue engineering — a predominantly...

Elective enrollment split by gender

Sam Polisky, Staff Member
March 4, 2020

When I walked into Ms. Whitescarvers’ 2nd-period Preschool class, the students looked at me as if I was an endangered species. The rare sight of a male student in a preschool class made me stand out...

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