Our View: Digital [Standardized] Testing Is A Win-Win
Standarized testing takes a turn for the 2024 school year: while the computer version is great, the adaptive nature restricts equal opportunity, and spreading it over three weeks instead of…
Our View: Senior Pranks are in a Downward Spiral
By Staff Senior year: the grand conclusion to 13 grueling years of schooling. The once feeble freshman are now at the top of the food chain. Come senior year, many…
Our View: Experience Should Trump Celebrity Status
by the squall staff When Oprah Winfrey gave a commendable speech on the #MeToo movement at the Golden Globes, the nation was understandably ecstatic. In attacking sexual abuse and warning…
Our View: Cheating policies should be more meaningful
By Staff Academic dishonesty and education go hand in hand, and never goes away. While this can range from copying homework to blatantly cheating off someone else’s test, it has…
Our View: Parent-Teacher Conferences Need Fixing
By Staff Once every fall, parents of Dexter students visit the high school for an hour or more of conversations with teachers they don’t know and about classes they probably…
Our View: Homecoming is Outdated and Needs to Change
By the Squall Staff The homecoming dance at Dexter High School is an unfortunate casualty of the times. Something once so revered with a central spot in high school life…
Our View: Starting school an hour later won’t help student get more sleep
Every weekday morning, millions of school goers all across the country wake up to the sound of their alarm and get ready for the school day to come. Most wish…
OUR VIEW: If You’re Old Enough to Fight, You’re Old Enough to Drink
By: Staff In the United States, turning 18 comes with many new privileges: fighting for your country, buying tobacco products, adopting a child, voting, getting married and more. With all…