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High School Should Go Beyond the Classroom

We can use foreign exchanges to give students an opportunity to learn about other cultures and develop their language and social skills.

By Leo Bader, Staff Writer • November 6, 2019

When we enter high school, we generally expect that we will be at that school for the next four years of our lives. Perhaps we might change schools, but we almost always stay in the same city. But I...

A Different Way of Structuring School

What is the best way of structuring the school year, school day, and course selection?

By Leo Bader, Staff Writer • October 19, 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE: Follow CVHS sophomore Leo Bader in an ongoing column series as he spends this year as an exchange student navigating the differences between the lives of youth in Berlin and Houston. For...

A Taste of the Real World- Praktikum

U.S. Schools Should Consider The German Model of Two-Week Internship During the School Year

By Leo Bader, Staff Writer • October 7, 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE: Follow CVHS sophomore Leo Bader in an ongoing column series as he spends this year as an exchange student navigating the differences between the lives of youth in Berlin and Houston. Today...

Column: From Berlin to Houston

By Leo Bader, Staff Writer • September 26, 2019

EDITOR'S NOTE: Follow CVHS sophomore Leo Bader in an ongoing column series as he spends this year as an exchange student navigating the differences between the lives of youth in Berlin and Houston. Most...