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What is Lunar New Year? Why is it celebrated?

What is the Lunar New Year?/The Chinese zodiac sign What is the Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on...

California Wildfires

California confronted tragedy head-on on January 9, 2025, as a devastating wildfire ripped through Los Angeles County and left thousands...

Chocolate Fundraiser

Did you know that the first chocolate bar was created in 1847? Yeah, before then, NO ONE ate chocolate. Chocolate is a huge part of our...

LACTOSE INTOLERANCE: Description, Frequency, and How to deal with lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance is a condition in which the person has difficulty digesting lactose, a sugar found in milk and many other dairy...

Snack Sale is a Success!

Since late September, there has been a snack sale every other Friday. The graduating class of 2025 wanted to raise money for Senior...

Can we trust AI?

Did you know that there are currently over 7,000 cars that don’t require a driver in the USA? None of them are perfect, but the main...

Winter Fest Door Decorating Ideas:

Well it's that time of year...no not Tax season...nope it's not the end of the school year. IT'S WINTER-FEST AT MS158. If you haven't...

Deforestation and Climate Change: An Evil Loop

Global warming is a popularly discussed topic among the people of the world. Everyone is concerned and even scared about the future, and...

The Marie Curie Spelling Bee

The day was November 20th, 2024. I was with my good friends Patrick and Cougar doing the announcements. Then, one thing pops out of the...

What Does Your Future Hold?

It’s so hard thinking about what we will do in our future. For example, what are our accomplishments? What about your career? What do you...

What is going on in the school?

How to Stop Procrastinating

Procrastination-we’ve all been there before, right? In this essay, we’ll give you three foolproof methods on how to break free from the...

My Opinion on the film Flow

(WARNING! CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR FLOW . IT IS ADVISED YOU WATCH THE FILM FIRST BEFORE READING.) You may or may not have heard about a new...

New Year, New You

3 2 1..Happy New Year! Wow it’s 2025, now what? Well, every year we try to make a New Year’s resolution, but it's way too hard and...

ALL ABOUT AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

Even though the show came out almost 20 years ago, Avatar: The Last Airbender is still enjoyed by millions of people. The show takes...

3...2..1...We’ve got the Juice…the BEETLEJUICE!

Announced recently, the 2025 Marie Curie Middle School theater club is performing the show, Beetlejuice Jr. Whether you’re living or...

10 Amazing Animals!

Everyone loves animals, right? Tell me I’m right. Well, animal lovers, at least you're still here. If you really want to be an animal...

The aftermath of hurricane Milton

A category 5 hurricane Milton swept throughout Florida causing major disasters such as flooding and pop-up tornados in certain places...

Global Warming

Have you ever wondered about global warming? Well, there are many causes of global warming, and if we don’t try to stop it now bad things...

I'll Be There For Yoooouuuuu

Friends play a big impact on your school and personal life. Friends make you feel less alone. When you have group work and you don’t have...

Our well wishes to those impacted by the hurricanes in Florida

A Second Hurricane shortly after another just swept through? Recently, after Category 4 Hurricane Helene (throughout September 24 to...

Student Opinion

Marie Curie: A Pioneer in field of Science

Were you ever curious about who in the world is the woman that represents our school? Looking at her seems like she is an ordinary woman...

Takis? mmmmmm...Think Again!

You come back home and want a snack. As soon as you enter your pantry, you see a variety of snacks. You reach out in front of you and...

Opinion on why the mascot for Marie Curie 158 is a Cougar

North American Cougar Cougars, from the lord of Sky and Thunder, Inca to the leaders and warriors of animal-like people, Cougars...

Five Unusual Foods That Are Actually Eaten

Food is obviously a big part of lots of people’s lives. Foods like bread, rice, and eggs are very common and they are definitely very...

Chasing Your Dreams and Why It’s Worth It

Everyone has had a dream that felt so exciting, but maybe also a little scary. Perhaps you want to be a doctor, an artist, a teacher, or...

Build good habits

Do you ever think about the innocent bad habits that we do on a daily basis? I think we should end bad habits and start better life...

Famous Figures in Dance

Rudolph Nureyev Rudolph Nureyev was a soviet-born classical ballet dancer. He was a part of Paris Opera Ballet and in 1983, he even...

The Most Unusual Inventions in the world!

Everyone knows about the big inventions: airplanes, the wheel, cars. But what about the unusual inventions? The ones that were not...

New Year's Resolutions

Here at Marie Curie middle school we are all about making our school a better place! These resolutions can make our school, our classes,...

New year, new me...New Friends?

Friendship can be confusing, but it’s a very important thing to consider when making friends. According to Google, friendship is “ the...

Arts and School Extracurricular Activities

The History of Volleyball

Throughout the years, Volleyball has become increasingly popular amongst those all around the world as the enthusiasm for Volleyball has...

Opinions on Taylor Swift

Fans may know her as the 14 time Grammy winner, or that blonde girl dating a football player, or girl who only writes about her...

Clubs and Classes in M.S.158 You Should Understand!

Foreign Language Foreign Languages include Mandarin and Spanish. You could take a foreign language proficiency exam which you could have...

The Thirteen Colonies

Throughout the 17th century, colonists departed from Europe and established settlements/colonies in the “New World” (presently known as...

What Is Your Zodiac?

Everybody has a zodiac sign. For every month, there are certain days when you’re born and have certain characteristics. There are 12...

DIY Halloween Decorations

Black Cat Pumpkins: Credit- 100+ DIY Halloween You Will Need: Faux pumpkins of various sizes and shapes -Hot glue gun and glue sticks...

Catlin Clark’s Fantastic Rookie Season

Catlin’s Adaption to the Court With Catlin Clark being declared as rookie of the year, she is certainly taking the WNBA by storm. Coming...

Why You Should Vote Cha Woongki on Universe League

If you’ve been a fan of the Curious Times for a while, you’ll know I was obsessed with Boys Planet back when I was in 6th grade, or 2023....

Trapped in The Television

One very busy day at school, Lily walked into her house and slumped onto the couch. She took out her laptop and started her homework. She...

Who Likes K-Pop??

As of May 2024, I’ve been to three K-pop concerts. With the amount of knowledge I’ve gathered through them, I’ll be giving some tips and...

Student and Teacher Spotlight

Food for thought

Feeling Fat? Trust me, we’ve all been there. Whether it’s after a big meal, or it’s because your tight pants are feeling a little too...

Do Sports! They’re good for you!

Have you ever wondered if you need something fun to get you healthier? Your answer is sports! Sports are extremely good for you! If you...

How are you doing in school so far?

The first marking period of school has just ended! (Yay!) And with that, the second marking period begins (Yay?). As we start the second...

The Middle East War

The Israeli-Palestinian War has been going on since 1948 and still being fought today. Why are they fighting? The Palestinians have...

Nothing Matters: Absurdism vs. Nihilism

Philosophy makes us think about big questions, about things like existence and the meaning of life. It helps us understand the world...

Emo isn’t Pop Punk!

We’ve all heard the word “Emo” at least once in our lives, both as an insult and as a compliment. Emo is a music genre and a subculture...

How Hard Is It To Be Accepted Into Ivy League Colleges?

IVY LEAGUE Colleges: Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, and Colombia. These are the top 8 Ivy League colleges....

The Poor Use of Light

Light pollution is a huge issue in today’s world, but why? Wait, what is light pollution? For those who do not know Britannica.com ...

How do kids see their culture and heritage represented

At Marie Curie 158, I believe that many people feel like they fit in, and all of them on some basis feel like their culture and...

The Treacherous Tragedy: Hurricane Milton

Do you know about the horrible Hurricane Milton? It was a disastrous hurricane that made landfall in Florida, it was one of the worst...

Fun & Games

The Adventures of Grok A Cave Man's Journey (Part 1)

There was once a caveman named Grok who was all alone and couldn’t find his group of cavemans. Now he is all alone by myself trying to...

Green Day - The Best Punk Band!

"I don’t ever want being a rock star to be an excuse for being lazy." The famous words of Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of a PUNK...

Short Story: Carmyn’s Summer

Carmyn was the funniest of Amelia’s cousins, she was in High-School whilst Amelia was in 7th grade. Carmyn was lively, always bringing...

Are we ready for some football?

Welcome to the NFL playoffs! If you don't know what the NFL playoffs are, then listen carefully. From Daily Express, ´´Each conference is...

Short Story

Dear, Mr. Pollack I’m anonymously writing this letter to you, though it’s possible that you might recognize me; perhaps by my...

The Best Winter Activities

As we’ve all probably noticed, it is no longer T-shirt and shorts weather. A lot of people (including me, to be honest) don’t like the...

If you like cookies try one of the BEST Cookie Recipes I ever found!

Cookie Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (220g) or 12 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon or 0.17 tablespoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon...

Adolphe Sax: The Man Who "Died" 7 Times

Played by many people around the world, the saxophone is one of the most popular instruments since its making. Even our school, M.S. 158,...

Corruption in Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world, containing a diverse landscape with forests, rivers, a frozen tundra and deserts. Pyotr...

Most popular Christmas songs

All I want for Christmas is you By: Mariah Carey. This song is one of the most popular songs for almost 10 years now. Just so you know...