Reporters from The Round Table, Middletown High School’s student news media, provide an update on what’s happening at MHS and the surrounding community, and a wrap up of the news from the rest of the...
The other day I saw a photo on Twitter; I have no idea whether it is valid, but it said, “High school students in 2013 have the same anxiety levels as insane asylum patients in the 1950s.”
Maybe...
The conversation was flowing well. As the second semester senior debated whether she should make an excuse to leave, the question presented itself. Her grandmother chimed in to ask, “Where are you going...
As seniors come to the end of high school, their focus switches to college. The time for them to head off to college hasn't arrived yet, but when they do, they may need to pay off some of the debt. A smart...
As the years of being underclassmen come to an end, Middletown High School seniors are forced to make an abrupt transition into the stressful pressures of young adulthood. Students begin to worry about...
By Julia Usiak, Round Table Reporter
• September 16, 2014
The dreaded final question to college applications: “Is there anything else about you that we should know?”
Errr… well, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Georgetown, Wake Forest, Tufts, Lehigh...
The zip of the suitcase, the crackle of duct tape and the silent tears of parents are the sounds that soon to be college freshman associate with moving out of their beloved homes. One of the biggest changes...
By Holly Holt, Round Table reporter
• May 29, 2014
Orange and black balloons with streamers line the walkway leading to the intimidating stage that high school graduates walk across every year, time after time. Parents, relatives, and friends fill the...
By Karolina Ross, Round table reporter
• April 10, 2014
I spent my adolescence in a perpetual state of anticipation. I twiddled my thumbs waiting for holidays, dances, birthdays, movies, Fridays, and of course, my eighteenth birthday. “Freedom” was the...
Almost every high school student dreams of finding the perfect college to spend the next four years of their life at.
With all the stresses that come from the process of finding a college, it can become...
