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MCT ILLUSTRATION

The MCAS test has always been associated with many aspects of my 10-year long education. English teachers have provided MCAS scoring guides for most every written assignment, and math teachers have provided reference sheets to be used in class. My entire academic career has revolved around one test, the MCAS.

MCAS stands for Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and is a requirement for high school graduation. My MCAS testing began at an early age while I was attending elementary school. These practice tests seemed difficult and time consuming. Now as I look back on it, they also seem like a waste of time.

As I entered middle school, nothing changed. MCAS was still a major part of school, and as spring rolled around, everyone was constantly reminded about the dreaded test we would be taking. Each year, I was issued an MCAS test on either a new or reccurring subject.


Flames of Hope: Good time, good cause
Last year, more than 100,000 people flooded the streets around the Rhode Island Statehouse for one purpose: to raise breast cancer awareness.

A memorable trip to Gillette
If you have never been to Gillette Stadium, I highly recommend it. On Sept. 30 my journalism class had the opportunity to go there and interview Ray Ventrone of the New England Patriots for the show “Totally Patriots.”

Obama-McCain? He'll stick to Palin-Biden
Who to pick, the old man who was a POW or the new guy with no experience? All of you who CAN vote are pondering this question. However, those of us who cannot vote are also considering it.

The Bailout: Yea or nay?
We asked Page contributors at area high schools whether they feel the U.S. government should bail out the financial industry at taxpayer expense. Here's what they had to say:

South Korea leaves lasting impression on Norton students

As we stepped onto the plane early in the morning on Aug. 1, no one could have prepared us for the long flight ahead. We had a 90-minute flight to Toronto and then a 13-hour flight to Incheon, South Korea. When we arrived in Incheon, it was noontime and we still had the whole day ahead of us. We saw an ancient Korean palace and went to South Korea’s largest water park over the next two days. The house we were staying at was five hours away in Busan and we headed there on the third day.

AHS opens its heart to Invisible Children
On Sept. 25, four members of the Invisible Children campaign visited Attleboro High School to tell the story of the oppressed people of northern Uganda. Invisible Children is a non-profit organization that believes "changing perceptions and lives in the Western world is just as important as changing lives in war-torn regions."

From tragedy, poetry
Attleboro High students submitted these poems to express their feelings on the plight of the Invisible Children of northern Uganda.

Fear is here, so let's work with it
We are invincible. We are passed over by death and the consuming affects of alcohol do not phase us. Our loved ones do not pass and there are no consequences for our actions. Our cars are steel fortresses and our homes impenetrable. The present is the only time that matters and we worry about our responsibilities later. So what do we fear?




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