Mainstream <![CDATA[Mainstream]]> http://my.hsj.org/Portals/2/logos/__TFMF_uuuvio552by3a345wreq40yj_249f6a85-65b7-489f-b770-0ee9f7219f51_0___Selected.jpg en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:39:45 GMT 15 <![CDATA[A New Teacher's Dream, Catching Up With Ms. Freeman]]> By Keionna Reed



Ms. Freeman is in her first year teaching at Paint Branch.

Ms. Freeman, Paint Branch’s new first-year math teacher, grew up in Rhode Island, where she attended Barrington High School. After high school, she went to the University of Delaware, where in the las full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:22 GMT <![CDATA[A Bad Year for Tomatoes, A Good Year for Paint Branch Perspectives]]> By Danny Scher
A Bad Year for Tomatoes, a play written by John Patrick, is about a Hollywood actress, Myra Marlowe, who writes her autobiography. full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:58:52 GMT <![CDATA[The Effects of the Economic Downfall on the Youth]]> By Alexandra Galloway
Have you seen unemployment rates rise, home values plummet, and people changing the way that they spend their money? If so, then you are a witness to the economic recession that is taking place right full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:10 GMT <![CDATA[Spirit Week - 5 Days of Fun]]> By Maya Lowe
Duck pajama pants tacky tourist’s layers of madness blast-to-the past maroon and gold? That’s right, it was Spirit Week at Paint Branch where everyone grabbed everything in their closet, and showed so full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:54:47 GMT <![CDATA[Give Your Taste Buds A Lil Texas!]]> By Jillian Pelzer
Is there a special girl that you wouldn’t mind taking on a date? Is there a place that you want to just chill with your friends, yet still eat something a little better than a McChicken? If so, then full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:55:09 GMT <![CDATA[Wisdom And Other Lies That Society Told Me: Timing Is Everything]]> By Laura butler
It’s been three years since "I Just Realized…" debuted in the Mainstream for the first time, and it’s been quite a ride, both for you and for me full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:29 GMT <![CDATA[Random Memorandum]]> By Eunice Cho
A fatally infectious disease is spreading across the nation. full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:19 GMT <![CDATA[Gigidy Gigidy Get it Right]]> By David Nguyen
So anyone who knows me well knows I hate people who think too highly of themselves…and one of those people is Kanye West. full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:36 GMT <![CDATA[OMG! College Applications]]> By Anjna Swaminathan
So, we’re seniors now. Great! But, whoa! We have to think about college? full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:17:00 GMT <![CDATA[What is the Big Deal about Senior Year?]]> By Anjna Swaminathan
When the seniors graduated last year, all of my friends began freaking out. "Oh my gosh! We’re seniors! This is so amazing!" full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:13:32 GMT <![CDATA[Secret Life of the Teenage Faster..]]> By Niny Abbadi
You come home from a regular day of school, dying of thirst and hunger, so you decide to watch television to distract yourself from eating. full story > ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:27 GMT