senior-year

This is it, Sparklers: your last full month of high school. Go ahead, read that again. Let it sink in. June is just around the...

March snuck up on us like nobody's business, and now it's already mostly over. Okay, half over. But still, we can't believe this school year...

January has already disappeared in a blur of back-to-school homework and slushy snow, and with February comes a whole new list of things to do...

College essay prompt:

There may be personal information you want considered as part of your admissions application. Write an essay describing that information. You might...

Essay Prompt: Topic of your choice.

Our Sparkler's Response:

“And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium…”

You must be kidding me, I thought. These lyrics are impossible to enunciate,...

It's September of your senior year of high school. You're settled into your new school routine and way, way ready to be out of high...