Just before New Year’s Eve, California Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, unveiled a new regulation intended to tackle the growing difficulties homeowners face in securing coverage and to establish a more resilient insurance market. While the announcement was hailed as a “landmark” move, its significance was quickly overshadowed by a series of devastating wildfires—beginning with the…

(Wikimedia Commons) Here’s a look at what’s been happening in the sports world: The College Football National Championship is set, with Ohio State taking on Notre Dame next Monday, January 20, in Atlanta.  The Notre Dame Fighting Irish faced off against The Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl on Thursday of last week.…

Flickr The Department of Education (DOE) is a critical part of the U.S. government, focusing on schools and learning. It helps set rules for education, provides funding to schools, and works to ensure all students have access to quality education. Additionally, the DOE supports teachers and develops programs aimed at improving learning across the nation.…

(Wikimedia)  It has been a busy few weeks in college football, with rivalry week, conference championships, and the announcement of the inaugural 12-team playoff seeding. First, rivals all around the nation faced off in the final week of the regular season. Notable games included Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, which saw the Bulldogs prevail after eight(!)…

(Courtesy/Ms. Bening) Each winter, Service Board hosts its annual Kids 4 Kids a school-wide event to  support 30 families in partnership with The Childhood League and Royal Manor Elementary. Lower school students collect donations, help wrap gifts, shop for extra food items and create snack boxes.  Middle schoolers gather the food donation bins and create…

(Pixabay) At the end of each quarter, students swarm around teachers for their grades, comparing GPAs with their friends. Some students believe an open grade book policy provides transparency every day.  If you always know where you are, it eliminates having to constantly ask teachers where you stand. Sure, at the end of the quarter,…

(Wikimedia Commons)  Here’s a look at what you missed in major sports this past week: We are now down to merely three undefeated teams following #6 BYU’s loss to unranked Kansas. With just two weeks remaining in the season, there is more drama than ever before thanks to the new 12-team playoff format. Every game…

(Courtesy/Academy Communications Flickr) As the lights dim in the Schoedinger Theater, as the game-winning goal hurls into the net on Hondros, as the student artwork fills up Morris Hall, one question remains: who is there to witness it all?  Academy students are involved in a variety of extracurriculars. From clubs and sports to arts and…

(Pixabay) In an unexpected turn of events for many, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance secured a decisive victory in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, winning both the popular vote by over 4 million ballots and a commanding majority in the Electoral College. Their success marked a historic shift, as they claimed all seven key swing…

(Wikimedia Commons) With so much emphasis on politics and leadership in the US this past week, here’s a look at where different sports stand in their respective seasons. It was a crazy week in college football, with two top-four teams losing, as well as the first look at the CFP Rankings. Georgia, who has not…