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By Margarita Lino Since 2010, Venezuela has been in a serious social and economic crisis. People were thinking that with Maduro everything would get better than with Chavez. In reality, oil prices continued to go lower and oil production dropped, which caused the government to cut spending. This cut the spending of things people needed […]

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By Astrid Gonzalon We have been wearing the uniforms at PHS for a number of years now, so it might be time to look at the pros and cons of this policy. While if you asked the average student in the halls they would tell you they hate it, there are a few reasons for […]

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By a Stressed Student For our entire time here at PHS we have been told that all the work we are doing is so that we will be able to perform in college and beyond. It is a fact that as the years go by, the workload will never just ease up. Every year seems […]

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By Melissa Reyes ‘21 The minimum wage, an enticing economic notion to low-income workers is an absolute failure on the already weakened economy of New Jersey. Murphy plans on increasing the minimum wage to $15, and seems to be gradually increasing it as time passes. However, it will not affect poverty and will cause unemployment. […]

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By Juliana Disla In May and June, the air gets heavy and the school building gets more humid on especially scorching days. It doesn’t seem like it could get any worse, but after walking inside a class without a fan or air conditioning and sitting down after walking a couple flights of stairs, you are […]

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By Juliana Disla We are expected to behave maturely at Passaic High School, but some students believe we are not able to do this without being given certain freedoms, such as the opportunity to wear our own choice of clothing to school. People frequently argue for their rights to wear regular clothes to show freedom […]

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By Danielle Baez The last two years at Passaic High School have been eventful. In 2016 multiple threats had been written on bathroom stalls and left behind on notebook paper. A threat was even written on an electrical cord in a classroom. The previous bomb threats led to elevated security when students went to the […]

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By Armando Martinez Maintaining healthy student relationships with teachers has significant, positive and long-lasting implications for both students’ academic and social development. Those students who have close, positive and supportive relationships with their teachers will obtain higher levels of achievement, according to the American Psychology Association (APA). Students want to feel valued by people who […]

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