Question #1: “”Did you get a scholarship?” Is it just us or is talking about scholarships really uncomfortable? For every person who scored a scholarship, several well-qualified students didn’t. Use this opportunity to set the record straight! If you did get a scholarship – congratulations, by the way – don’t …

Some hard to believe stories about 10 students, several of whom did some fairly common activities, okay maybe with some flair, including the following: 1) changing a friends name in the yearbook (it was not a nice name) 2) accidentally making a homemade bomb (so much for the science fair) …

A Highland Park High School student is being charged as a juvenile after spiking a container of marinara sauce in the cafeteria lunch line with a fiery hot sauce that sent three people to the hospital, police said Wednesday. Now the school is installing a security camera in the cafeteria. …

By Kristen Learner, the director of college counseling at The Benjamin School in High school graduations, N.B.A. finals, the first days of summer and the last days of school make it easy to get wrapped up in fun and festivities. However, this month also offers many opportunities for rising seniors to continue …

Native American Feather Sparks Graduation Debate: Schools’ Tough Rules for Grads This year, graduation has become a battleground for some school officials and students. With schools tightening restrictions on who gets to walk, seniors are fighting for their rights in the last hours of their high school careers. Take 17-year-old …

Signing a yearbook is often an art form, so it should be taken very seriously. Most likely, people will remember you by it. This is the first in a series of tips we will be sharing this week.  Let us know if you have a tip to share.   1 . …

By Nikki Magaziner Mills the director of college counseling at St. Albans School for the New York Times’s The Choice. Finalize Your Admission Make a list of tasks you need to complete before you arrive on campus this fall. Have you: Accepted your financial aid offer? Contacted the financial aid office if you …

Awkward photos are a favorite topic for this magazine. They’re always good for a chuckle! And since “they” had so much fun putting together our Awkward Family Photos slideshow, “they” just couldn’t resist the temptation to round up “their” favorite awkward school pictures too. As “they” scoured the internet for the funniest …