A newly discovered Van Gogh painting was hidden all these years. Let’s see what we can see here
By: Vivian Hu Since Van Gogh was usually low on money, he usually painted on the back of another canvas. People have found another of Van...
ON THE FITZ
What is On the Fitz?
A collection of articles written by our younger staff writers.
Females Getting into Sports
By: Joelyn Luo During the pandemic, more women started participating in sports such as volleyball, skateboarding, surfing, and lots of...
Solving Our Rat Problem
By: Derek Chang Have you ever had to deal with rats? I just did. A rat hole was discovered in our garage a few days ago, and today my mom...
Just Alliteration
By: Weston Ma (Letters I have done before this assignment) J Jobless Jackals Jab at Jolly Jackpots with Jaunty Jackets F Funny fairies...
First Japan, and Now Europe?
By: Jaden Sun The development of devastating heatwaves During the Summer of 2022, Asian countries such as Japan have been suffering from...
Nearly 1,200 immigrants from Italy arrive by boat in a day
By: Allen Zhu On July 23, over 1,000 people immigrated to ports in Sicily, Italy. Why are they moving? When the first batch of boats...
The Recently Discovered Meraxes Gigas
By: Audrey Xie A new dinosaur was discovered and was named Meraxes Gigas. It is similar to the T-Rex, with short arms and a huge head....
Europe’s Temperatures are Skyrocketing Because of Heat Waves
By: AB G The number of heat waves in Europe are increasing even more than in the Western United States and are causing severe events such...
Adelina Otero-Warren’s New Quarter
By: Audrey Xie On August 15, a new U.S quarter will come out as part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program. Adelina...
Why Toadlets Get Confused While Jumping
By: Jayden Lu On June 15, 2022, Richard Essner Jr, a zoologist at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, found an explanation for why...
Temperatures Rise Drastically in Europe
By: Anna Luo Countries across Europe have been experiencing blistering weather in the past couple months due to their geological location...
Record-breaking heat waves in Europe
By: Austin Fang Throughout this summer, Europe has been experiencing record-breaking temperatures due to blistering hot heat waves....
Eleanor Patterson Wins the Women’s High Jump Gold with an Astounding Jump
By: Audrey Xie Eleanor Patterson, Australia’s new world champion, is the first ever Australian to be awarded the women’s high jump gold...
Tour de France 2022
By: Annie Wang The Tour de France is a race that takes place in France, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, and more. This...
Dancers With Disabilities Finally get to be In a Competition
By: Katelyn Chen Last Saturday, dancers in wheelchairs from all over the world were invited to the “Dance Mobility's Adapted Ballroom...
Prince George’s 9th Birthday Photos Released
By: Rachael Liu The 9th birthday of Britain’s future rising king George was celebrated on July 22, 2022. His parents released a photo of...
Sustainable Art: Designers in the UK Create “See Monster” From Old Oil Rig
By: Andrew Lu What would you do with an old oil rig? A team in Weston-super-Mare (England) got the chance to use an oil platform from the...
DRAMA IN THE ROYAL FAMILY
By: Andrea Yan Prince George of Cambridge, better known as George Alexander Louis, turned 9 years old last Friday. The occasion was...
Dover Port Has Seven Hour Traffic
By: Zhile Chen To go to France from Dover Port this weekend, tourists have to go through traffic that can last up to seven hours. The...
Prince George grins on beach in new photo released to mark 9th birthday
By: Emily Wang Prince George of Britain was photographed with a wide grin on his face during his 9th birthday. It has been a tradition...
An Interview Exposed as Fake and Prince George’s 9th Birthday
By: Alice Su This Thursday, BBC said it would pay for “substantial damages” to Alexandra Pettifer (previously known as Tiggy...
Monkeypox Declared as a Public Health
By: Annie Wang On Tuesday in New York, officials declared monkey pox as a public health emergency. The monkeypox virus was discovered in...
Gall Wasps - A Wasp Unlike Any Other
By: Lucas Ji Have ever imagined a wasp that wouldn’t sting you? Or one that wouldn’t try to hunt you down for your food? Most wasps...
Interview with Little League Baseball Team Player Ella Bruning
By: Olivia Gao What was it like to be the only girl on your sports team? Maybe Ella Bruning can tell you! Ella had a lot of potential...
Lightyear Banned for Showing Gay Pride
By: Isabella Wong On Thursday, June 16, 2022, Disney’s latest animated film premiered and then swiftly got barred by thirteen countries...
Tornadoes
By: Lucas Chi Dark clouds fill the sky, The wild winds blow around you, And causes chaos
NEW ‘LIGHTYEAR’ FILM FROM DISNEY BANNED IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES
By: Oliver Chen When projects like paintings or films are presented to a large audience and a wide variety of people, it’s undoubtedly so...
Water
By: Olivia Gao Water is precious. It can be very cold or hot. Water is useful.
Wispy Wind
By: Olivia Gao Wind gushes by you. You feel a calm feeling now. Feel the breezes come.
The Little Garden
By: Olivia Gao A little garden. Tiny seeds rise above ground. Harvested in fall.
The Mysterious Watch
By: Cathy Cai Beep! Beep! Beeeeeep! Kathryn woke up to the sound of her watch beeping. ‘’Ugh, it’s only 6:40 am, 20 more minutes,’’...
A Stunning Defacement of Art
By: Zhaohua Chen Cornelia Parker grew up in an abusive household, where as a child, she flattened coins on railroad tracks to create...
Matilda the Musical: From Miss Trunchbull to Miss Honey - Here's What We Know
By: Alice Dai The text describes the story “Matilda.” Matilda tells the tale about a young girl who has the power to move things with...
Tick-tock
By: Frank Hu Lock at the Clock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Time swooshed during the tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Everything changed during...
Destructive Art
By: Catherine Feng Cornelia Parker is an artist who uses things like explosives steamrollers and snake venom in her work. Her creative...
Talking on mars
By: Frank Hu If you're on Mars, it might be really hard to chat without a radio system. Maybe that's because you forgot to heat your...
Man Puts $40,000 in Stocks to Ask Nintendo A Question
By: Vivian Hu One Japanese man really wanted to ask Nintendo a question, so he brought $40,000 for stock in the video game giant. So much...
Minions Sequel Makes 108.5 Million Dollars in a Single Weekend
By: Lucas Chi This Fourth of July, the new Minions movie, Minions: Rise of Gru, made by Universal Studios and Illumination, immediately...
New Minions Movie, The Rise of Gru, Sets Box-Office Record
By: William Li After waiting seven years, children and families went bananas cheering on the yellow Minions in the all-new 2022 movie,...
Man Spends $40,000 Just to Ask Nintendo a Question
By: Frank Hu Recently, a fan of Nintendo said he spent $40,000 to buy Nintendo stocks in order to join the annual shareholder meeting....
Buying buns
By: Frank Hu One day, I was walking on the street. Looking left at the pork, right at the beef. I shook my head; I don’t like meat. I...
OKC Thunder Will Be an “Entertaining” Team to Watch This Season
By: Lucas Chi Holmgren dashes up the court, with defenders swarming him. He drives up for the layup, and no-look passes it to Wiggins! He...
High school tennis tournament
By: Andrew Cheng After I made the High School tennis team, my whole brain just came to a stop. I felt delighted because I didn’t expect...
Sundown
By: Frank Hu Once upon a night The last fire clouds lit the sky Then night takes over.
Junior Athletes Worldwide Gather at the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy
By: Andrew Cheng From July 26 to July 30, the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy arrived in New Jersey for teen female athletes aged...
The Tree’s Story
By: April Yan I once knew a tree that grew tall and straight, and all day long, it waited and waited for fall to come and for the leaves...
Pat Carroll, the voice of Ursula from ‘The Little Mermaid’ died at the age of 95
By: Hannah Yang Born on May 5th, 1927, Pat Carroll was an American actress and comedian best known for being the voice actress for Ursula...
Like Mobs Hit – the Ending of a Generation of Movie Gangsters
By: Lian Zhu James Caan is known as the best actor in The Godfather, a big-screen classic. At the outset of the play, it was a very odd...
Antikythera Shipwreck Still Yields Artifacts After 120 Years.
By: Yizhou Zhao A Roman-era cargo ship that sank close to the Greek island of Antikythera more than two thousand years ago has been...
Music is Everywhere!
By: Eric Zheng Music is everywhere. You see and hear it all the time! Rock songs that can encourage you during workouts. Happy songs can...