By Matt Lindzon We asked FHCI students to review courses to make it easier for grade 9, 10 and 11 students to choose their courses for next year. Grade 10 Careers Course (Ex: Grade 10 Academic Math) Grade 10 careers Overall Course Experience Amazing Course Load (on average – per week) 3-4 Hours per week … More Student Course Review Results 2018
Artemis Jing, Grade 12 What was the biggest challenge you faced when entering high school? “My biggest challenge was getting used to the new environment after my family immigrated to Canada. But I overcame it after a year!” What is your greatest strength? “I would say it is my creativity. I like how I can … More Humans of FHCI – Artemis Jing
Are you an FHCI student? Do you want to review a course you have previously taken? … More Review a Course
On December 31st, YouTube “star” Logan Paul uploaded a video to his channel featuring a suicide victim in Aokigahara, commonly known as the “suicide forest” because of the large number of people that take their own lives (estimates claim that over 100 suicides take place each year, although Japan no longer releases its death counts.) … More Logan Paul is Making Some Noise
“she felt alive. she could feel the blood running through her veins. she could feel every one of her nerves on fire” … More The Stars Would Never Run Away, After All
“I attended Vaughan Road Academy (VRA) in its final year before it closed its doors forever in late June of 2017. I have been moving schools all my life, (I have been to 6 different schools) but VRA has, and always will, hold a special place in my teenage heart. ” … More My Transition from Vaughan Road Academy to Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
Marley chuckled at her sister’s childlike behaviour. “Yeah, right,” she said, standing up as she gestured for Callie to follow. She turned on her heel, sauntering towards the staircase and was about to ascend the first step until the power went out. … More Dolly Dearest
2017 was a lot of things. For some people, it was the best year of their lives. For others, it was a bummer. Now, it’s a new year, and not surprisingly, there’s so much to look forward to. … More Things to Look Forward to In 2018
Over the Winter Break, Forest Hill lost an important member of the community. Robert Blyskosz was a member of the school’s caretaking staff. On January 2, 2018, he was tragically killed in a car accident. Robert grew up in Toronto, attending Western Technical & Commercial School. Being the second of three brothers, Robert was part … More In Memory of Robert Blyskosz
By Abi Parameswaran As technology develops rapidly, people are overwhelmed and have the fear of robots taking over jobs. Similarly, many high school students also like to think about their future careers and can feel the pressure of wanting to study in a field where they can get a relevant job in society. Going to a … More Non-Academic Choices are Fine!
By Sophie Gold My brother is a movie nut. On his recent birthday, we went to see the newest adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it to you. It has a great twist of an ending on par with The Usual Suspects which I won’t spoil … More This Was Going To Be A Movie Review
By Linda Cako 2017 was supposed to be the year we were going to see change. And change we saw. Not all was good, like President Trump’s Muslim Ban, North Korea starting to flex its emerging nuclear prowess, and the UN warning us that we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since WWII with up … More Farewell 2017
By Linda Cako On December 11, 2017, the Pentagon ruled that it will be accepting transgender recruits against President Trump’s ban to exclude them from joining the military. The ruling came as a decision from the Pentagon to pay for a transgender surgery after two of them were already performed by former U.S Navy Flight … More President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban doesn’t stop the Pentagon for paying for a Transgender Soldier’s Surgery
By Linda Cako “I can’t believe I was so stupid, my phone is gonna die any second now and I left my charger at home!” “I’m sorry sir, but do you have any spare change for the payphone?” “What hotel should we stay in this year? Or should we just go back to last year’s?” … More ‘Tis the Season to Reflect
By Linda Cako Climate Change has never been good news. Science has always provided the evidence for the global impact and consequences stating that we would experience more extreme weather, see an unprecedented rate of extinction, and have more toxic levels of smog. Within the past few months alone we had seen some of the … More Save the Little Blue Planet
By Ethan Blumberg I have always asked myself why the Canadian and American governments annually spend enormous amounts of money on their respective space programs and different international space initiatives. The scale of the spending has led to a constant debate in both Canada and the United States for many years. While I do understand the … More The Mystery In Space Programs
With all the recent sexual assault allegations in Hollywood, we only see men being accused for this horrible crime but the reality is, an abuser has no gender. … More Women Can Be Abusers Too
Are you living in an alternate universe? … More The Mandela Effect Will Make You Question Everything