Christelle Moïse

Attending Belmont High School feels a bit like a monthly subscription. Although public school is supposed to mean free education, our high school is set up like a “freemium” service, where the best features are locked behind a paywall. Whether it’s on…

It’s late, and I’m lying down in bed with my phone inches away from my face, scrolling endlessly. Story after story pops up. A headline screams about violence and war. A mother cries on my screen, talking about how she cannot afford…

Most of the conversations I have with my friends go a little something like this. We talk about some classes and our weekend plans, and then, slowly, the infamous question appears: “So, what do you want to do?” It’s the question that…

At the beginning of the school year, I learned something surprising: over the summer, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill that would ban cell phones in schools statewide. (The House has yet to pass it.) In Belmont, we already have a policy…

Let’s face it. For the most part, teenagers get a pretty bad reputation. From constantly filming TikToks to following crazy trends, we have a lot of information to entertain ourselves, and a lot of information to mislead ourselves. That said, can we…