Mikayla is a senior striving for a career in writing and artistry. She takes inspiration from books, media, nature, and even music. Camping, hiking, and running are all favorite pastimes of hers. She also tries her darndest to deliver strong opinion-based pieces that prompt readers to question anything and everything and hope to even change some minds.
What type of books does she want to write? Fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia. I can't read books accounting for the story of some average person. That's called asking a stranger for their life story.
What is her favorite place to camp? A state park in the Upper Peninsula, McClain State Park, is just off the shore of Lake Superior.
What's her favorite time of the year? Second fall, no not the first where it's still hot with a tiny bit of color. It needs to be cold enough that drinking hot apple cider is life-giving.
Spy x Family is an anime that everyone can enjoy, especially those who enjoy unending miscommunications. It is a show about spies, espionage, assassins, and memories for the whole family.
Over the past...
When I was younger, it was me against the world. Nothing, in particular, made this my way of thinking; however, a struggle to find people like me was apparent.
Starting conversations with others was...
With as few days as I have left here in this building with you all, I wish to share some of the incredible lessons I’ve learned along the way. Bear with me, this is a long list, however, I can’t make...
I would consider myself just above the ability level of an average HoYoverse player who indulges in metaphorical gambling and keeps up with each update. So, when I grew tired of "Genshin Impact," I was...
My life consists of comparisons akin to strife, destruction, and the celebration of survival among the suffering. You may ask why I think this. I'd respond that I don’t see my life as a success. However,...
We, explorers of wonder and nature, had one plan: make it to the reaches of oblivion.
As a kid, all I knew of the edge was CGI from a 2006 horse movie, depicting eagles soaring through the red and...
I am one to argue that productivity is not a force to be tampered with, nor to be called upon when the time isn't right. It cannot be used unwillingly because it has a mind of its own.
As a writer,...
I am not book-smart or adverse to basic problem-solving skills that lead to revolutionary changes. If my past three years of grades tell you anything, it's that I am not academically the smartest. All...
As a kid, I sold tiny "Cootie-Catchers" folded out of bright orange sticky notes for one quarter each. Bus rides home turned into tight folds, deep breaths, and concentrated eyes to fulfill my dear classmates'...
It sat there, one frosty Monday morning. In the breaking dawn of mid-February, the clouds' wispy steam covering the star-scattered sky.
Nestled and silent in the brambled trees, a bright red Cardinal...
Almost every single person has more than once wished they could turn back the clock. Back a year, a week, a handful of days, or even just a few seconds.
Time is an unforgiving concept that ticks...
At the end of it all, when what was foretold to happen, would one deny fate, choose to fight against it, or except with all their heart what is written in stone? One day the waters will rise, dissolving...
Mr. Ivory For being one of the few teachers,
One who has truly understood what it means to be a student in this day and age. Your heart is big, and your classroom never ceases to encapsulate an environment...
Picture this, staying up in the late hours of the night, getting into a car and driving far north into the dark, and reaching a field to set up a camera in hopes of capturing something non-visible to the...
When I was younger, thunderstorms scared me. The loud flashing lights, heavy sound of rain, and trees whipping in the wind all culminated in this monumental end-of-the-world event.
When my family first...
My heart has always been full of love: Kindness for the world and its creatures, soft tender emotions to my friends, and all the attention to those who are hurting. Never once did I tire of pouring my...
Like the pictures seen while flipping through a scrapbook, Senior Peyton Ludwig remembers each and every moment that made her fall in love with her grandparent's quaint house of warmth and comfort.
“They...
Everyone says that senior year flies, but I never believed it until now.
Up until now, senior year has inched by. Like any other school year, each day seemed as mundane as the last. The clouds give...
Last year, a leadership workshop containing students from the class of 2024 brought up important debate topics and opinions that lit a new fire in hopes of warming up the environment of FHC.
Ideas...
Pixar has released some of my favorite movies in the past few years, yet most don't hold a candle to my favorite of all time. Play in a factor of nostalgia, and of course my top three stand high, but there's...
The word "huzzah" originates from a type of war cry used when intense emotion spikes on a battlefield. Now, the word "huzzah" is most commonly used as a celebration. This late September day, I learned...
In just a short few years, like the blink of an eye, senior Zack Race has gone from having a basic knowledge of the digital world to forging his very own universe through a unique and professional manner...
I hate stepping into a days-old McDonald's bag filled with lunch trash and ants. I also suppose most students who drive or own a license don’t enjoy the unpleasant crunch and slight squish of garbage...
When being alone, is the only emotion we feel lacking people's companionship?
This question came to my mind one morning while sitting in my car after a long misty drive to school. The lampposts glowed...
As a student, aspiring author, published school journalist, and triple credit English taker this year, some would find it difficult to believe that I am terrible with grammar and spelling. I always took...
Every high school setting cliche almost always has the three same plot points. Bullies that throw nerds into lockers, the embarrassing school lunch scene, and the hierarchy between the four grades. That...
I stepped into this school thinking about all the possibilities of senior year, and all I’m stuck on is how much I miss my summer. Long story short, the summer flew on wings of fire, gliding high in...
Dear Heart,
Hello my old heart, how quiet have you beaten in these past few years? I hardly hear your warm pulse anymore, and I worry the wall I built between us is suffocating you.
The world outside...
When I first heard that the zoo I grew up attending was hosting a lantern festival with a multitude of expertly crafted creations, my expectations were high; they were met the moment I walked through the...
Popcorn is not a choice, but a lifestyle. With that comes judgment on those who consume less than the highest quality corn on the market. The buttered, even amount of salt and oil, fresh out of the popper...
As the buds blossom and the green blades of grass grow, hope for the new dawn of the year sparks inside me. Spring is finally here, and for a brief moment, the sun feels like it could melt the permafrost...
What was your reaction to the court announcement?
"I was surprised I got on the court since it felt random and did not expect myself to be chosen."
How do you feel about being on court?
"I am...
What was your reaction to the court announcement?
"I’m not going to lie, I was sleeping in class and I heard [someone say] my last name, and it woke me up, so I was extremely confused. Then I realized...
In the past few years, I have experienced many popular media being made into identical adaptations by big companies to profit off a nostalgia factor from past generations such as of the recent Sonic, Detective...
Every single year, I have always had a sheet of four or so slips of paper labeled ‘bathroom pass,’ and I treat them like gold. Now, doesn't that seem funny—valuing pieces of paper that allow me to...
The definition of apathy is a lack of feeling or emotion: impassiveness, or lack of interest or concern: indifference.
Whether a person cares about something to a certain degree, at some point, everyone...
This past Friday, March third, was my seventeenth birthday, and with every single person I talked to, I haggled my brain overtaking an opportunity to brag about my birthday.
Yes, I admit that I am...
Drosera, a carnivorous species living in Australia and South Africa, poses a great learning curve that many people and should get to traverse in the course of their lives. The Sundew, or Drosera as its...
Six full hours of strait musical hit after hit, the Hella Mega Tour featuring Green Day, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy marks itself as a shining golden memory that flashes constantly in junior Evan Churches...
Being the quiet kid in most classrooms does not mean I am not concerned with what happens between interactions and conversations I observe. It comes with the perks of being the kid sitting at the back...
I, not the most intelligent or popular in the class, sit and do my work nine times out of 10, but somehow suffer the consequences of looking unbothered. The situation I am referring to is being used as...
I have never felt homesick like this, longing to run down a tranquil path, weaving between tall pines in the amber light of dust. Twilight stretched the skies over me, and the warmth and glow of the sun...
In the dead of Michigan's semi-frozen winter, it sits. Tented by a cave of snowy white plastic, sheltering various kinds of backyard structures and mowers, the camper rests, awaiting the thaw of spring.
I,...
Walking through the halls of FHC, it is not uncommon to see students having conversations that seem more purposeful than about the latest Taylor Swift songs or the loudest cars in the student parking lot....
His perch, on a fluffy tan blanket, offers a breathtaking, spectacular bird's eye view of my front stoop and driveway. The perfect spot to see cars drive up and down the road, waiting to see if mom is...
After 25 years, the Pokemon company has announced the last eleven episodes of Ash Ketchum’s journey to becoming a Pokemon Master. The anime will air its last episode late in January, officially ending...
My New Year did not start with joyous laughter and enthusiastic hugs or confetti, but instead the horror of my precipice entertainment disappearing like dust as if Thanos snapped it out of existence. As...
Throughout his whole life in school, junior Harrison (Harry) Holloway has been expanding his horizon on many different fronts. Many of these opportunities allow Harry to take creative liberties with his...
Ever since I was young, I have loved movies. I had a special love for the movie trilogy How To Train Your Dragon. Movies like this offered big worlds for me to explore and immerse myself in. Growing up,...
When I was younger, I had a unique ability to befriend random strangers with a quick conversation and a smile. Looking back, I have no idea how I managed to do it. Well actually, it's something that I...
This year's play, Clue, has many overlooking the most important backbone of the entire show. Only to be acknowledged at the very end of applause and often forgotten is the stage crew. With many new faces...
Within the confines of an archaic fantasy written world, the Chinese company, Hoyo-Verse, has conjured its most extraordinary chapter in Genshin Impact. It includes characters that outsmart the lore, concepts...
Nothing more irks me than turning on the car radio to hear Mariah Carey on a sunny warm autumn day in the middle of October. Why, of all things, do people allow Christmas music when the season is still...
Past the loud clamor and clash of silver and brass instruments, sophomore Angel Dominguez thrives in an environment full of personas and people.
Band, like all of the other musical classes FHC provides,...
Pikachu is overrated. Just like the other hundreds of other Pokémon, in general, they matter to me more than the birds and bees in the sky. Yes, despite my unfathomable love for the outdoors, fictional...
I can pull an immaculate Halloween costume together in ten minutes just from my closet alone. Why? To put it blatantly, I have a bad habit of getting things I don’t need.
That being said, sure, my...
