Did you forget to buy your significant other a gift for Valentine’s Day? No worries, The Snapper has you covered. Here are our top five quick gifts that your partner will love (not in ranking order). Box of Chocolates Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and so does chocolate. Expensive chocolate brands such as Godiva and Ferrero Rocher taste magnificent, but that doesn’t mean … Continue reading Top five quick Valentine’s Day gifts (not ranked)
By: Vivienne Wellet Lions are a wild and beautiful species. They are muscular, deep-chested, short, and round-headed. Male lions are often bigger than females and they have a mane that goes around their head to show off to females. Scientifically named Panthera leo, they are native to Africa and India and can run up to 80mph to catch their food. They are carnivores so they … Continue reading Lions
One of the most controversial months, February, is upon us. As Valentine’s Day steadily approaches, conflict also begins to appear. People either love this holiday or hate it. Those who dislike the fourteenth of February argue that this day is simply a capitalist scheme to compel consumers to purchase candies and cards in an effort to prove their undying love. However, this is not the … Continue reading The Fourteenth of February
By: Vivienne Wellet Koalas are cute, fluffy animals that everyone loves, at least, almost everyone. Some people hunt koalas for their pelts to sell and to destroy their habitats through deforestation. There are only about 32,000-58,000 of two different species of the northern koala and the southern koala. Koalas have 30 teeth so they can chew through the food they like including eucalyptus leaves, brush … Continue reading Adorable Koalas Might Become Endangered
One by one they slip away Sliding down my brain As a droplet of water falls down a car window Falling down Down Down Each one is gone forever I can’t remember it What if it was the best idea of my entire life? What if I could have just solved the issue of world hunger Or found a way to world peace? Alas, I … Continue reading I Can’t Even Hear My Own Thoughts
Our Key West High School (KWHS) girl’s lacrosse star, Isabella Marchiano, committed to Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) in West Palm Beach, Florida for their lacrosse program. With the commitment to the PBA team, Marchiano also received a sum of scholarship money for her education. As a junior at KWHS, Marchiano committed to a college earlier than the average high school athlete. Typically student-athletes commit … Continue reading Marchiano committed to PBA lacrosse
Taking on a new task can be as terrifying as fighting a dastardly beast with four arms and four legs; however, the outcome outweighs the fear. No one knows this better than Anthony Toppino, a junior at Key West High School (KWHS). At first glance, Toppino may seem like an average teenager, but with a little bit of digging more is to be discovered. Last … Continue reading Basics of Beginning A Business
By: Vivienne Wellet An underwater volcano erupted offshore of Ohonua, which is around Australia. An underwater volcano forms when two tectonic plates collide with each other but one goes underneath the other one and after molten lava is produced in the second layer of Earth’s interior. According to officials, in Alaska, they could hear the sound of the explosion once it erupted. Many Airports, beaches, … Continue reading Underwater Volcano Sets Off Tsunami
In the American movie industry, the stereotypes of a “regular teenage experience” are clear: going to a large high school, talking with your friends at lunch, playing sports, participating in clubs, etc. But is that accurate for other countries? In Banfi, Italy, the primary and secondary school stages before going to high school are the same as the American education system: five years of elementary … Continue reading Differences between the American and Italian school system
All it takes is a single moment to reach nirvana. Just a single moment for an apple to fall from the sky, or influential words to be uttered could cause inspiration to strike. On January 7, Key West High School (KWHS) sophomore and junior students received the exciting opportunity to hear from award-winning author, Colum McCann, which resulted in many students feeling motivated to write. … Continue reading The One True Democracy
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