High school is a time when some tough lessons can be learned — both in the classroom and outside of it.

While not exactly the preferred method, Moline-Coal Valley School District Superintendent Rachel Savage is determined to not let recent issues within the district and athletic department be a missed teaching opportunity.

Hosting a guest in your home is always nerve-wracking – everything needs to be clean and tidy, and everyone needs to be on their best behavior.

It’s nerve-exploding when that home is your professional home (Sauk Valley Community College) and when that guest is the First Lady (plus the secretary of education, a congresswoman, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, local officials, and the Sauk Board of Trustees who hired and can fire you.)

Adam Hergenreder, who began vaping at age 16, experienced lung damage as a result of his frequent use of vaping products. A bill introduced by State Representative Joyce Mason is designed to ensure that students recognize the dangers before being tempted to use a vaping device.

The warning signs are all there.

Students who were making plans to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. They were badly bullied, often suffered from depression with stress at home and exhibited behavior that worried others, according to a U.S. Secret Service study released Tuesday

Guard Jason Preston (front) celebrates on March 20 with forward Ben Vander Plas following Ohio University’s first round upset win over defending national champion Virginia in NCAA Basketball Tournament in Bloomington, Indiana.

Students in high schools across the country have come to terms with altered routines and limited social contact during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 situation improves across the United States, schools and students are slowly returning to in-person learning, sports, and a sense of normalcy.