Annika is a Junior at Nash and this is her first year writing for The Uproar. She loves reading, music, and hanging out with friends. She loves to write and looks forward to doing so throughout the year.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up here in North Allegheny. I went to Peebles Elementary, Carson Middle, NAI, and then NASH.
Where did you go to college, and what did you study?
After going to a...
Since the beginning of the 2021–2022 academic year, North Allegheny students have been assessed under the summative and formative grading system. However, the district recently determined to discontinue...
In junior English classes at NASH, the fourth nine-week grading period begins with a prompt.
With the end of the school year approaching, it's time for juniors to begin drafting their college entrance...
Imagine this: thousands of screaming fans await the gate opening into the stadium. They stand there dressed to the nines in variegated clothes, with paint strategically placed all over their faces as they...
In true Swift fashion, the music industry herself decided to incite a magnitude of chaos while accepting her award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards, which took place on Saturday, February...
Have you ever wondered about those certain commodities that are always here at NASH but not commonly talked about? Those items that are passed by every day with hardly a thought about their existence?...
As the years move on and we all come of age, it seems as though the Christmas spirit starts to deteriorate. During the younger years of my childhood, there always used to be this indisputable magic surrounding...
[insert Effie Trinket’s voice] Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 10th annual Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor.
Decades before there was the Girl on Fire, Katniss Everdeen, there...
Flashback to the year history was made: 1989, or more specifically, 2014. This was the year Taylor Swift released her revolutionary fifth album, cementing herself as the pop legend we all know her as today....
Prior to the internet, and certainly before the days when every home has multiple televisions, reading was a common activity, whether for educational or entertainment purposes. Since the rise of the digital...
As much as it pains me to admit, Marvel movies aren't good anymore. They just aren't what they used to be, and admitting it feels like I've betrayed a lifelong friend. This is coming from someone whose...
Are you ready for it?
On Friday, October 13th, the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film will have AMC cinemas gearing up for a weekend filled with quirky friendship bracelets, endless amounts of...
It's that time of year again--the Fall Musical is all that is on many music-loving students' minds. It's no secret that NASH musicals are enormous productions filled with talented singers, instrumentalists,...
