The calendar says the year is 2013 not 1963, but one Georgia high school is just now moving past segregation. Wilcox County high school in rural Georgia has always hosted two seperate proms. By having parents fund the dances the school avoided having to integrate the prom, but for this year's students, that wasn't going to work. Four female students, two black and two white, organized the prom so they could dance with all of their friends - no matter what race.

The four girls started a Facebook page where they generated interest and support from fellow students and other residents of the town. The page ended up getting over 30,000 "likes", far more than they had planned. Donors came forward to help the students carry out their dance and last weekend, roughly 100 students came out to dance, take pictures, listen to music and make memories at the Wilcox County High School first integrated prom.

"I feel like we are living Martin Luther King's dream," NBC station WMGT 41 quoted student Alexis Miller as saying. Miller, who is white, attended Saturday's event with her black boyfriend, according to an article in MSNBC.

As a student enrolled in online high school courses at James Madison High School, what do you think of this story?

Just started my English course! It isn't too bad but there sure is alot of reading i have yet to do.

Many people feel pressure to look their best at all times, and for those at a Texas high school, this is no exception. Last Friday, a group of seniors undertook an initiative they called "Operation Beautiful" in an attempt to get female students to go makeup free for 24 hours. The senior high school, which boasts 2,500 students in just 11th and 12th grades, esitmates girls spend an hour and fifteen minutes primping in the morning.

Students are hoping that this program won't just save students time, but it'll teach them a lesson in self acceptance as well. “I think there’s pressure for girls to look a certain way, to meet a standard. The standard is being pushed through media and magazines and everything,” said senior Madeline Milby. “I’m really hoping it’ll make the girls at school feel more comfortable and see that they’re beautiful without makeup and they don’t need to use makeup to cover up themselves.”

Although those attending an accredited online high school, like James Madison High School, don't see their peers face to face and therefore may not feel those pressures during school hours, the thoughts about makeup and looking your best are universal.

What do you think about this program? Do you also feel pressure to always look your best?

The tales of students getting bullied and feeling excluded in high school make headlines all across the country. The victims of bullying often become the poster-children for what's wrong with our education system, but what if they're not the only ones? While society as a whole takes a stand against bullying and sticks up for those who are picked on, the bullies themselves are often vilified and considered "trouble" by the public. One school in New York, however, thinks the bullies deserve a second chance.

Madison-Oneida BOCES high school in upstate New York is a last-chance school for students in 8-12th grades who have been kicked out of their district schools for getting into trouble and being bullies. The school works to control the student's anger and find out the root of their problems. For instance, 17-year-old sophomore Chris Standen says he became a bully because when he was younger and smaller,  he was the victim of bullying. Once he grew, he retaliated and began picking on those smaller than he.

The school works to uncover the root of why each child chooses to pick on others and help them work through that. By educating staff in crisis prevention, intervention and de-escalation techniques, and each stage of the conflict cycle, the teachers are better prepared for helping the child grow into a functioning and kind member of society.

And although these students went through many schools before finding Madison-Oneida BOCES, the school seems to be helping. Nearly 100% of the students enrolled at this high school graduate.

Because this school is located in New York, not everyone affected by bullying can attend. For those students who are bullied or for those expelled from school for being bullies, attending an accredited online  high school may be an option. Online high schools, like James Madison High School, can be a fresh start for everyone involved.

To learn more about attending an accredited online high school visit www.jmhs.com

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Hey there I'm Sammie!

I joind ashworth after a major battle with depression. The public highschool I went to before was very intense, and after missing two days due to stress related illnesses I became completely overwhelmed with makeup work. It was absoutly horrible!

Thank God I reached out for help when I did, things were getting more and more difficult as I spent hours upon hours bending over backwards trying to get my homework done and be caught up. Of course that only added onto the stress of everything and caused be to be sick again. Between Marching Band, Football Games, Karate, TSA, and homework I just couldn't do it. My body (and mind) gave out.

My parents took me out of the school for about a week to work out a schooling arrange ment that would be better suited for ME. A decision was made and I found myself mopeing around twenty four seven with a weekly home school session (sponserd by the public highschool) and many doctors appointments. The home schooling was temperary, and I was expected to head back to school in a matter of three months. But, when the mention of going back had me in tears another decision was made, and my mom and dad began looking into different styles of schooling.

At the end of it all I wound up here (: so far it's been great, school doesn't freak me out anymore, I'm on the right dosage of depression medication, and We (Me, Mom and Dad... But mostly mom) were able to get me back into school for Band only! Lifes finally going my way!! (I always did march to the beat of my own drum... off the feild of course)

Ooo! Really quickly before I sign off, I'm fifteen, I play the flute and the piccolo and I've dappled in tuba, I love Macintosh candles, books, photography, acrilic paint, (and much more of course, but I'm sortv drawing a blank now that I'm thinking about it!) oh yeah! And steak is me weakness (:

hi,

   im kind of new here (ive been enrolled for a while but never used this before) i am on the vocabulary studies portion of the high school program, and im so confused on what im supposed to be doing, can anyone tell me what im supposed to be doing with all of these books         

                                 thanks!!

Hi my name is Natasha... I recently enrolled in this program... So I'm kinda new to all of this... I'm open for advice and a few pointers here and there :)