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The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

All content by Tiffany Schram
One hundred students from Stoneman Douglas get on buses to Florida's capitol to speak to legislators about guns control

Parkland students take Tallahassee

Tiffany Schram, Staff Writer
March 5, 2018

After a brutal school shooting at Florida high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Senior High, the survivors have only one priority: #NeverAgain. Last...

Student Aiyana Lespinasse (left), evaluator Catherine Raymond (middle), and science teacher Amy Leonard (right) speak about the growth of plant #7 which has grown over eight centimeters.

Catherine Raymond visits Ms. Leonard’s environmental class to evaluate the NASA project

Tiffany Schram
October 31, 2017

This month, environmental science teacher, Amy Leonard begins a project in her classroom that will help NASA astronauts grow plants in space. Leonard...

Students show Munzenberger their Fairy Godmole and magical cupcake project for Mole Day.

Munzenberger’s Mole Day

Tiffany Schram, Staff Writer
October 23, 2017

"Happy Mole Day!" science teacher Ashley Munzenberger told her chemistry classes on Monday as she celebrated her 3rd annual Mole Day. According to moleday.org,...

Senior Terrel Parker and junior  Isadora Filgueiras go through the hole at 7:15, and 
get to class with minutes to spare.

The Hole: the unofficial entrance

Tiffany Schram, Staff Writer
October 23, 2017

The unofficial, but effective entrance to school, “the hole,” will soon no longer be in use. But, to remove the hole means students will be late to...

Highland oaks Middle School was home to many residents of Miami-Dade County. This is just one of many halls filled with families staying safe during Irma.

Highland Oaks Middle serves as shelter during Irma: My Story

Tiffany Schram, Staff Writer
October 22, 2017

From people in designer clothes to people with barely anything at all, they all had one thing in common: staying in Highland Oaks Middle School as a safe...

Administration spends more than $18,000 on new violation devices. Here are the prices of the pocket scanners and printers.

Being Caught Doesn’t Come Cheap: ID and Uniform Changes

Tiffany Schram, Staff Writer
October 20, 2017

Administration spends more than $18,000 on new violation devices. Here are the prices of the pocket scanners and printers.

Coach Garcia's All Star Basketball camp

Coach Garcia’s All Star Basketball camp

Tiffany Schram
June 1, 2017

Starting in June, Krop will host the third annual All-Star basketball camp. The first week starts on June 12th through the 16th and the second week begins...

Are we "addicted" to smartphones?

Are we “addicted” to smartphones?

Tiffany Schram
May 25, 2017

Above: An info-graph by Shutterstock shows the amount of time the average smartphone user is on their phone during various activities.  A smartphone...

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