Buying Your First Car
A note: This feature is much like a “Pick-Your-Own-Ending” type of writing. Start at the beginning, and follow the directions until you’ve come to a conclusion that fits you! 16 years old, fresh out of the BMV with your license and maybe some money saved up to buy your first car. Buying your first car […]
Shauna Johnston -librarian
Shauna Johnston, our school librarian, was born and raised in Portland and always knew that she wanted to become a librarian as she’s had a passion for books ever since she was a small girl. Her grandparents were also very captivated scholars. Her grandmother taught college and her grandfather was a minister. ” I just […]
What Can We Do Better?
CREDIT: Getty Images Below we have a poll to ask; what can we do better? What would you like to see more of? What do you like or dislike about Carpe Diem? Answer below in the poll!
Local Livelihoods
Our community is comprised of many different people with diverse skills and passions who wake up every day driven to do their jobs. Without any one of them, the fabric of Southern Maine would be altered. Please click on their names to discover interviews the Carpe Diem staff conducted so that we could celebrate the […]
Photos in Germany, And The Photographer Behind The Scenes
TA senior Nathan Kalinyak is anything but average; his obsession for cars, architecture, and tanks are unmatched, and his photography reflects that. In these next few pictures, I will show some behind-the-scenes candid photos of Nate, and the results he got from a 2-week excursion of Northern Germany. Nathan, by the end of the trip, […]
A 12 Sided Die and the Dungeon Master’s Guide
A Game of Dice, Paper, and Suspense. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, is a tabletop role playing game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974. D&D consists of two factions of people. There is a dungeon master who creates his own interpretation of the standard rules, builds the world, and creates quests for the […]
A High School Horse Owner
Carmen Walks Gucci (left) and Zorro (right) back out to their pasture after dinner, Gucci is 5 and Zorro is 14. She has owned Zorro for 4 and a half years, and has owned Gucci for 6 months. Zorro’s eye. The eye of a horse is one of the largest eyes of any land mammal. […]
Cleaning the Halls with a Smile
Tim started working at Thornton Academy back in 2012. His title of Head Supervisor of Custodians has allowed him to impact the school atmosphere and the students in a remarkable way. A lot of what Tim does goes unnoticed and unrecognized, this is just one look into his day to day life and a glimpse […]
How do we justify our beliefs?
Those who have completed post-secondary education tend to lean left in American politics. As documented in this article, higher education tends people towards left wing politics. The article also points out that younger generations are also much more likely to be left-leaning. Knowing these numbers, it interests me to see where high school students land […]
Why Thornton seniors are choosing 4-year Universities
In the year 2019 job competition is at an all-time high. With students applying to college at rates we’ve never seen before it’s more important than ever to “secure the bag” or in other words obtain financial security in this ultra-competitive world. Love it or hate it everyone has to make money. The path to […]
Straight Into the Workforce
Justin Foss, a senior at Thornton Academy, is continuing with his current job and is going straight into the workforce after graduation. Foss shares experiences and his life choices that led him to where he is today. Foss will be pursuing his career with drive and determination. Listen to Justin Foss’s plan for after graduation […]
Going Away
The college selection process is hard and stressful for most students. Picking a school that is right for you can be hard and life changing. Many students choose to stay close to home and study locally, but many students including some at TA choose to expand their horizons and go far away for college. […]
Year-Round Mud Season
Research has shown that daredevils have a specific gene that creates an urge to do crazy stunts. For example, attempting a near-impossible flip during the Olympic finals, driving fast on the highway, cliff jump or going off trail on a ski slope. People who perform and seek out extreme, daredevil conduct, researchers presumed, likely process […]
Driving and Teens
In Maine, teens can go to drivers education at age 15, and get their license at age 16. For a very long time, this has been a tradition, but year after year students are getting their license at a later age. AAA did a study in 2018 and found that only 54% of teens have […]
Injured But Never Broken
It was December 4th when 17 year old track and field athlete, Katie Roy, was at her first practice of the year with brand new coaches. She was going to take her first jump from her full long run. She was in the air going over the bungee when she realized she was going to […]
Working with special needs kids
Special Education teachers need certain qualifications to work with special needs kids such as training and a license and certification. But even more importantly perhaps, they need to have a strong conviction that disabled people are no less than regular people and should be treated the same but in a more patient manner. SPED teachers […]
A closer look into our country’s marriage laws
Weddings! Whether it’s a family member, a friend or a total stranger, weddings happen all the time. I never really thought about marriage before, until I found out more about the legal age to marry in the United States. Without parental consent, you need to be at least 18 years old in 48 of the […]