Kristine Duong – contributor
The Monmouth Regional Family Career and Community Leaders of America participation in the Annual 2011 Fall Leadership Connection Conference led to a victory of all gold and silver medals. This one-day conference for FCCLA members was an opportunity to develop leadership skills and participate in competitions. Adviser, Mary Jo Iarussi says that [...]

Mikaela Peters – contributor
New Jersey State law mandates that students beginning with the class of 2015 must prove proficient in the course known as Financial Literacy.  Freshmen this year are familiar with this required course that replaces their elective freshman year, but the rest of Monmouth is not. 
According to the objectives of this program, Financial [...]

Jake Newcomb – Opinions Editor
1. Students are allowed to use electronic devices during times selected and the by the student and the teachers. Electronic devices cannot be used if they interfere with the learning of other students and/or cause a distraction in class. 82.7% of MRHS agreed.
2. All classes are required to hand out an [...]

Eoin Wenger - staff writer
How much do you appreciate privacy? Do you appreciate it enough to risk your freedom on the Internet? In the past couple of months, the legislative branch has been passing around a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act ,or SOPA, that would potentially shut down any copyright infringing websites. Facebook, Youtube, [...]

By Lauren Mooney
When Steve Jobs, the co-founder of the computer company Apple Inc, passed away in October, the news struck the world with full force. His passing was broadcasted on every news channel in the country that sparked many different opinions. But from the loss of one of the most brilliant minds of our generation, [...]

By Eoin Wenger
How would you like it if someone came onto the vicinity of your backyard and started to build randomly without your permission? Well, that is what has been happening recently in New Jersey and all over the country. Families have been dealing with what some say are unsightly towers right in their own yards. [...]

By Eoin Wenger
In October, President Obama announced that almost all of the troops serving in Iraq will be returning home for good by January 1st 2012. President Obama told CBSnews.com, “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.”
100,000 -The number of troops already withdrawn from Iraq
4,400+ – The amount of deaths of [...]

By Jake Newcomb
Stepping off the PATH train from Newark Penn Station to theWorldTradeCenterstation filled me with anticipation. I was only blocks away from one of the most hyped up counterculture movements since I’ve cared about anything (more than video games and jungle gyms). Walking down the two or three blocks to Liberty Street, I kept [...]

By Allie Campbell
Every fall sophomores and juniors take PSATs and every fall the National Merit Scholarship commends and awards students for outstanding performance. About 50,000 students receive letters of commendation. Then the 50,000 get whittled down to 8300 students who have been selected based on their abilities skills and accomplishments as well as evaluating the [...]

By: Eoin Wenger
Where is the education of America’s children headed? Teachers, parents, and even students have been asking this question for years ever since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed by Congress during the Bush Administration. The NCLB states that federal funding will [...]