You need to read. The National Literacy Institute stated that in 2024 – 2025 54% of adults in the US are reading at a sixth-grade level or below, and 21% were illiterate. The ability to read, and the act of reading–yourself or being read to–provides people of all ages with many benefits including child development,Continue reading “Why Reading Matters”
Tag Archives: Winter 2026
500 Miles for Mental Health
500 Miles for Mental Health is a nonprofit dedicated to raising mental health awareness in adolescents from the age of eight to 18 to help children have the tools they need when they enter adulthood. The 500 miles comes from the online walk that people are able to do as a group to apply forContinue reading “500 Miles for Mental Health”
Political Polarization: How to Acknowledge and Change Our Biases to Better Our Communities
The United States of America has been the gold standard of democracy for hundreds of years. This system we created has influenced many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Europe as they have adopted democratic constitutions and elected presidents, separate from the legislature. We have formed a precedent on how our way of government hasContinue reading “Political Polarization: How to Acknowledge and Change Our Biases to Better Our Communities”
Exploring the Heart of Entertainment
Miles McDonald – Portal Chess
Project Summary My Senior Project is creating a new game called Portal Chess. It’s a board game inspired by the hit video games Portal and Portal 2 by Valve (the same people who run Steam). I originally started this project back in 2018, but for this semester I decided to finish it and added anContinue reading “Miles McDonald – Portal Chess”