Boise Highlights

Tenacious TikTok Ban
Tenacious TikTok Ban
Katrina Mulder, Reporter • April 24, 2023

The U.S. government is once again pushing to ban the app TikTok. It was nearly two and a half years ago when President Trump threatened to ban TikTok unless it was relieved of its Chinese owners. Now, President Biden’s...

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Maryam Al Janabi, Reporter • April 24, 2023

The Biden administration approved a vast oil drilling project in Alaska on March 13th known as Willow. The Willow Project will extract oil on the slope of Alaska’s national petroleum reserve for the next decade. The project...

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Finishing Out Despite Academic Burnout?

Eddie Nickels, Reporter | April 24, 2023

As the end of our school year concludes, Boise High students are experiencing academic burnout. It’s a totally normal phenomenon where as summer approaches, kids feel a lack of motivation and a ‘who cares’ attitude towards school, even if they don’t usually feel that way. Burnout is a vicious cycle that ends with work piling up and stressing out students, which causes them to feel even less...

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APressure

Eli Butler, Reporter | April 24, 2023

“I’m taking 5 AP’s next year.” - “I got a 1400 on my PSAT, and I’m shooting for a 1500 in April.” - “I was up until 1 am doing homework last night.” - “I never have any time after school for anything other than my homework.” Pressure from students and teachers fosters an academic culture at Boise High that no other schools in Boise, or even Idaho, can hold a candle to. Every year...

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Super Spring Sports
Super Spring Sports
Katrina Mulder, Reporter • April 24, 2023

As the school year concludes, so do all the spring sports. Here at Boise High we take pride in our hard working athletes. They have all put so much time and dedication into...

Will CJ Stroud or Bryce Young go 1st overall?
First 20 Pick NFL Mock Draft (with trades!)
Tyler Weiss, Reporter • April 24, 2023

With the 1st pick, I have the Carolina Panthers taking the quarterback from Alabama, Bryce Young, who is the favorite to go 1st overall. With the 2nd pick, I have the Houston...

The XFL’s eight teams competing this season. (sportingnews.com)
The XFL’s X-Treme Second Season
Andie Nickels, Reporter • March 17, 2023

The XFL, a professional football league, is having a tentative start to their second-ever season. The acronym stands for ‘X-Treme Football League’. Despite low TV ratings...

A Preview Before Madness
February 22, 2023
Ballin' With The Boys
January 20, 2023
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Other Examples of Sages Work (Sage Seeliger)
Cover Artist: Sage Seeliger
Eli Butler, Reporter • April 24, 2023

Every month, The Boise Highlights staff chooses a theme for the month’s issue. This month we settled on “The Final Stretch”, and we believe that Sage Seeliger’s work...

The SAT uses bubble sheet answers similar to the one picture above. (lecroitg/Pixabay)
Should we ACT on SATs?
Maryam Al Janabi, Reporter • April 24, 2023

  Should SAT testing be mandatory for college acceptance? Other parts of a student’s application will become more crucial without SAT scores. This includes a student’s...

A picture of our cover artist this issue, Jack Andrews.
Cover Artist: Jack Andrews
Brian Dyer, Social Media Editor • March 17, 2023

In this month’s edition of the Boise Highlights, our cover artist is Jack Andrews. For the theme of “Mix It Up March,” he took a literal approach and designed a colorful,...

The power trio Alondra, Ruth , and Denali (L to R) have devoured their competition (Scott Moore).
Paving a Brighter Future Through DECA
Sophia Chen, Managing Reporter • March 17, 2023

DECA, or Distributive Education Clubs of America, is an organization that allows students to develop and hone important skills. The program states that it “prepares emerging...

Love knows no boundaries!
Long Distance Love
February 21, 2023
Bogus Basin Ski Resort Lit up at Night.
A Snow Team Run-Down
January 20, 2023
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The Most Rib-Tickling, Sidesplitting, Uproarious Words
Judging Judge Judy
Florida Man Chooses Football Over Family

Florida Man Chooses Football Over Family

February 22, 2023

The Warped History Behind Warped Tour

The Warped History Behind Warped Tour

January 20, 2023

2022 Fits and Fails

2022 Fits and Fails

January 20, 2023

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