On September 11, 2023, Aaron Rodgers suffered a season            ending injury against the Buffalo Bills. Following the injury athletes started to refuse to play on turf and prefer to play on grass to prevent injuries. Which sparks the concerns of playing on turf and its safety.

Athletes play on all sorts of surfaces throughout their lives. The two of the most popular are grass and artificial turf. There are differences to each that a player should be aware of before using them.

The day is May 21, 2023, at the Mestalla stadium, the home ground of Valencia CF. What seemingly is just another regular Sunday La Liga match quickly turns for the worst. A crowd of Valencia fans start shouting racist remarks toward a player on the pitch. “Mono! Mono!”, which means monkey in Spanish, they yell towards none other than global superstar Vinicius J.

Nearly half the students are depressed and can’t barely get out of bed but recent data shows that there is hope for them as they get through the school year. One of the most effective ways that can help with their depression and unhappiness with school is sports. 

In the face of opponents, how do team leaders affect teams to play better in the clutch? Do they give a speech, do they get the ball to players that have not got a touch in a while, or do they just take over themselves?

With the November elections now over, the proposition of implementing an “Office of Music" shows promise for the future of the city’s music scene. Although the official results have not been determined yet, the office would add support and foundation, especially for young aspiring artists, and could be very beneficial for the city. 

Pennsylvania’s Governor, Josh Shapiro, allows for an increase in teen voting power through his September 19th Automatic Voter initiative, amidst growing voter suppression in other states in the US.

Young voters make America, comprising “half of the voter population.” We’ve been a growing influential force in politics since the 60s with sit-ins, and, in recent years, made the vote our power.

Many students in Philadelphia aren’t attending school due to a multitude of issues stemming from absent parents to homelessness.

Almost half the students in Philadelphia are considered chronically absent meaning they miss at least 10% of the school year. One of the schools with the worst attendance issues in Philadelphia is Strawberry Mansion with only 10% of kids in Mansion’s attendance zone going to school. The school’s made for 1800 students, but with only 200 going, they don’t even use the top floor.

Over several years, students have increasingly relied on their cell phones in classrooms, possibly sparking a global attempt for awareness of cell phone usage in classrooms in the future.

In the Netherlands, starting January 1, 2024, cell phones, tablets, and smartwatches will be banned from classrooms, the Dutch education administrators announced to limit distractions and interruptions in class. 

Minors are involved in well over 300 a day in the city of philadelphia due to distractions while operating a vehicle. 

As more minors are getting behind the wheel, parents around the world share concern whether or not their child fully understands the responsibilities of controlling a vehicle. 

With the still recovering education system since the downtime which was COVID-19, students nationwide have been at a rapid decline in reading and writing levels. The loss of social interactions during a pivotal point in children’s development is predicted to be one of he causes.

Learning is taking the time to mentally or physically learn something new, or now it could be just using Ai to get out of doing work. Currently, Ai has evolved to allow students to avoid doing the work on their own, and just get  Ai to do it for them. Now teachers are being forced to evolve.

Across the country, women with ADHD are often overlooked when it comes to diagnosis. While research shows that ADHD is higher in men, there’s evidence that there are more women with ADHD than previously assumed. 

The number of gun deaths and gun related crimes have declined over the past year, but every day you can turn on the news and see the most recent victim of a gun related incident whether it be gang related activity, robberies, or just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In fact, Philadelphia is ranked ninth on Drexel’s brief on Gun Deaths in Big Cities. Amidst this crisis, many organizations have come forward to provide information, aid the people most affected by tending to their mental health, and to make their complaints known.

With Carver seniors preparing for college students are having a plethora of concerns regarding student debt having an impact on their upcoming decisions. 

Many seniors are completing and filling out their college applications along with dealing with FASFA. However, with the help of teachers from Senior Seminar, students are still worried about how student debt may influence their actions. 

On Tuesday, September 26th, 2023, over 50 people were arrested after mobs ransacked Philadelphia stores.

The Municipal Judge, Wendy Pew, decided to dismiss murder and other charges against the Philadelphia police officer, Mark Dial, who shot and killed the driver, Eddie Irizarry, through a rolled-up window on August 14th.

During last school year and at the beginning of this one, we’ve faced vandalism in the school bathrooms. There were messages and polls scrawled on the walls with many things that make our school community look bad. Often bathrooms are places for vandalism and the lines easily blur between vandalism and graffiti. So what if one could set the record straight. Vandalism is defacing and graffiti is art.

E Cigarates have become a rising trend among teenagers and have had dramatic impact on their lives. We see the affects it has on this teenagers life and how it changed their life.

Gun Violence has been a significant issue more and more as time goes on , Students often use school to avoid and escape Gun violence . With the recent School shootings and tragedies that have happened we will see the different effects gun violence has on students .

Last year, ninth grader Lael Dwyer was applying for high schools right after coming back from a full year of online learning. She knew as a student she had to decide the best high school for her and her family because this would determine the future of her education. But she came upon so much additional stress due to the School District of Philadelphia continuously changing the process.

As college application season is rolling around, it's becoming apparent that our high school seniors are oftentimes dismissing community college as an actual option. The effect of the college ranking system and its flaws play a big part of this, but also the common stigma around community college is another primary factor. 

Careers and college majors have always been a systematic way of measuring ones worth, and future. For example how successful someone would be, or how secure will their lives be financially in the long run. This fact alone could have more than likely convinced many graduating high school seniors to leave behind a more “ambiguous” college dream, like Visual Arts Majors, for a more “secure” major like STEM.

Thousands of students are surprised to hear that they might not be able to graduate. Act 158 is a new act created by the State of Pennsylvania's education program. Here is some new information and a valuable lesson for students to learn.

After 2 long,dreadful years , Carver is fully functioning. The mask mandate has been lifted but the Covid cases are rising even after the 4th booster. The school has been persistent with updates about what’s happening around the building and the neighborhood .

Philly Schools have been re-opening ever since March 22nd of 2021. Since then people have had much to say about the new "hybrid learning plan". Many people are concerned for the health of students and teachers alike, while others are just excited to be able to see their friends again. In an effort to alleviate some of those concerns tthe district has promised that they have found a system of cleaning and sanitizing that will allow everyone to remain safe. Will it really be possible for their plan to live up to everyones expectations?

The average age of Philadelphia Schools is 70 years, and over time these schools are breaking down. Asbestos and lead have a lot of students, staff, and parents concerned. Are these schools a danger, or has the school district done a good job maintaining these buildings?

States, like Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, and Alabama, have been ranked as the lowest in protecting children from hunger and poverty during the COVID-19 Pandemic, but Philadelphia managed to open up more than 103 Food Distribution locations from different programs to protect families, children, and individuals from suffering the same problems. Places such as schools, churches, parks, and recreation centers were open for food distribution.

Uighur Muslims, “one of China’s 55 ethnic minorities,”have been held in concentration camps since 2015 because China claims that they are a terroristic threat to the country.These concentration camps have been going on too long for some people not to know and this situation is only being taught and told to some people. Even many in the Muslim community don’t know the full extent of the situation.

On February 15th, the state of Texas was plunged into a blackout unlike any other in recent American history. Alongside the blackout, there were widespread disruptions of the water service, and became very scarce as well. At the peak of the crisis over 5 million residents were left without power, 15 million without water, and many food suppliers were left without basic items such as bread, milk, and eggs. The effects of the crisis are still felt to this day. This catastrophic failure of the power grid was caused by a gross lack of preparation on the behalf of the power providers which raises the question: “Are other cities at risk of facing the same scenario?” 

The city in question? Philadelphia.

March 13,2020...a day we all remember. After COVID-19 swept the nation, Philadelphia schools and schools across the country switched to virtual learning. Ever since students and teachers' lives changed indefinitely.  The evolution of virtual learning over the past year has greatly affected school systems and lives everywhere.

With new mitigation on COVID-19 restrictions , the city has seen a new hope at returning to normal.But many high school student-athletes as well as their families are still in the dark about when sports seasons will begin.

It has been quite a while since the last episode of Miraculous Ladybug was aired, but don’t worry, because season 4 is on its way! It is expected to premiere in the summer of 2021 on Disney+ and Disney Channel. If that isn’t enough for you, there are several episodes that have already been aired as well as Miraculous World Shanghai: The Legend of Lady Dragon. 

Everyday content creators from Youtube and Twitch are creating new content and they are finding new ways to spread their content. So at some point they probably will discover discord but some don’t know how to use it.

Early in the morning, on Monday, February 8, Philadelphia teachers prepared for their first classes of the week. However, instead of logging in from their home offices, kitchen tables, or living rooms, they bundled up and travelled all over the city to teach from the parking lots and front yards of Philadelphia Elementary Schools, protesting the School District of Philadelphia’s mandate for K-2 teachers and students to return to buildings for in-person learning. Though the District has promised rigorous safety measures, Jerry Jordan, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President, claims that the District has not met the necessary ventilation requirements. 

Going to school remotely amidst a global pandemic has been a significant change for countless students. This abrupt change has brought on stress and anxiety. And, with in person sports postponed this year by the district due to COVID-19, It has been particularly difficult on student athletes who strongly rely on working with large groups of people. These athletes can no longer play with their teams. They can only contact their coaches via video chat, and are sent workout videos as "practice". The growth needed by student athletes to even be considered for an athletic scholarship has now been stunted.

Schuylkill Haven, a rural town of 5,138, sits two hours outside of Philadelphia in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The town is marked by rolling hills, open farmland, and small town spirit.  The State of Pennsylvania is known for being a swing state and is a major component in this up and coming election. In the 2016 election 70% of Schuylkill County cast their vote for Trump. This is drastically different from Philadelphia, where only 15% voted for Trump. So how can two places in the same state, only 2 hours apart, see politics so differently?

The School District of Philadelphia aims to return to send students back to school safely by the end of November. They will start with Pre-K and Kindergarten because they believe that these grades will benefit most from returning to school in person. But is it really safe? Should families risk their kids' health by sending them back to school?

From unemployment  to overt racism, minority groups experienced a lot of difficulties over the past few years with Donald Trump in the office of the President of the United States. Carver has many students who identify as a member of one of these minority groups: Mexicans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, American Hawaiians, and more. These students are paying attention to national politics, to our leaders in Congress, and to our President. And they are not afraid to speak their minds.  

As students at Carver began this school year, already marked by uncertainty, they were met by a brand new schedule. This schedule lengthened class time and split days into A, B, and C, each day relying on its own arrangement of classes. While students didn’t get a say in this new schedule, they understood that this school year would be full of new changes and challenges. Abruptly, on Monday, September 21, just 4 weeks into the school year, that schedule shifted. Students were left asking why and more importantly, whether they would have a say in any future decisions that would affect their daily lives. 

On the first day of school, there was no line to enter the building, no missed busses or late trolleys, no need to check the weather, no hugs or handshakes as students spotted their friends after a long, summer break, no sound of lockers slamming or bells ringing. On the first day of school, after we each rolled out bed and made our way to our "classrooms," we found ourselves in uniquely different spaces, much different from the Carver E&S building. 

The Carver Times writers set out to discover what life has been like for students during this first month of a school year like no other. Here's what they found.