High School English Class

He cornered me in the bathroom. Now he owns my secret. Riley Miller runs to survive. A quiet track star with a humiliating medical condition and a carefully hidden routine, she’s built her world around control. But one accident, one hallway, and one ruthless football king shatter that fragile balance. Nate Reynolds is power incarnate. Popular, brutal, untouchable. When he discovers Riley’s secret, he doesn’t mock her. He doesn’t share it. He keeps it. What begins as blackmail turns into obsession. Nate doesn’t want to hurt her. Not exactly. But he wants to see her squirm. Obey. ...

He was supposed to be a tutoring job—not the cruel quarterback who breaks her open. Briar I needed this scholarship to survive. One tutoring assignment—that’s all I had to do. I didn’t expect it to be him. Rhett Calloway is everything I hate: arrogant, gorgeous, and cruel. The boy who torments everyone just because he can. Now he’s staring at me like I’m prey, cornering me, pushing me to break. And the worst part? My body doesn’t care that he’s my enemy. It just wants to give in. Rhett Briar Montgomery thought she was better than everyone. Quiet, smart, untouchable. But now ...

She was supposed to stay invisible. He was supposed to leave her alone. Then he discovered her secret and made her his game. Nora thought being the hockey team’s equipment manager meant staying under the radar. She didn’t expect the captain, Caleb Cross, to corner her in the locker room after discovering the secret she’s been hiding. She’s lactating, and no one is supposed to know. But Caleb sees an opportunity. Leverage. Power. And he intends to use it. Caleb doesn’t care about rules. As captain, he owns the rink, and now, he owns her silence. But Nora’s defiance surprises him....

He was supposed to pass English. Instead, he found my shame. And now he won’t let go. Mara has a secret. One she hides beneath layers of black clothes, thick pads, and silence. All she wants is to finish school, escape Northwood, and disappear into her art. But when her scholarship hinges on tutoring a student athlete, she’s forced into the orbit of Dylan Carter. Star shortstop. Golden boy. Predator. What starts as reluctant tutoring turns into power games. Dylan doesn’t just want help. He wants control. Her attention. Her obedience. And when he discovers the truth about her body, it ...

As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. In Privilege, Shamus Khan returns to his alma mater to provide an inside look at an institution that has been the private realm of the elite for the past 150 years.

One room. Two secrets. Zero escape. When scholarship student Maise Hahn is forced to share a cramped dorm with Mason Caldwell, lacrosse captain, campus royalty and a walking storm cloud, her plan for quiet survival unravels fast. Maise is desperate to hide her humiliating secret. Mason is furious about losing his private suite. But what begins as mutual resentment shifts into something darker. Something electric. Something dangerous. Trapped in a shoebox of a room, Maise and Mason are about to discover that proximity breeds obsession. And sometimes the most perilous battles are the ones ...

He found my secret in the locker room. Now he wants to own it. Ellie is a cheerleader with a humiliating secret, one her classmates would never forgive if they found out. She’s spent the school year hiding behind careful routines, nursing pads and fake smiles. But when star pitcher Caleb Jensen corners her after practice and sees what no one else has, everything changes. He doesn’t laugh. He doesn’t tell. He stalks. He tests. He touches. Now Ellie is trapped in a dangerous game of blackmail, shame and reluctant arousal. Caleb wants more than silence. He wants obedience. Submission. ...

In the first half of the 20th century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law. By the 1950s, Dunbar High School was sending 80 percent of its students to college. Today, as with too many troubled urban public schools, the majority of Dunbar students struggle with reading and math. Journalist and author Alison Stewart, whose parents were both Dunbar graduates, tells the story of the school’s rise, fall, and path toward resurgence.

She was hiding a secret her body refused to keep. He found it, used it, and now he owns her in every filthy, terrifying way. Raven thought being the team’s equipment manager would let her disappear. But when Jett, the star catcher and her worst bully, discovers the truth she’s desperate to hide—that her body is leaking milk, unwanted and unexplained—he sees something else. Leverage. Power. Control. He corners her with blackmail and promises to keep her secret, but only if she obeys every brutal command. Jett doesn’t care about rules. All he cares about is the way Raven flinches ...

He saw what I was hiding on the ice. Now he’s using it to keep me close. Sadie Miller is a figure skater with a secret her body won’t let her hide. Every practice is a risk. Every wardrobe malfunction is a nightmare. And when the hockey team storms the rink, their loud, arrogant goalie becomes her biggest problem. Logan Carter isn’t interested in figure skaters. Until one panicked glance, one wet stain, and one humiliating accident changes everything. Now he’s watching her. He saw the truth. He knows what she’s hiding. And he wants to own it. 🩰 Figure Skater Hiding A Secret ...

Start every class with energy, focus, and curiosity! 1000 Ideas: Bell Ringers & Brain Starters is the ultimate teacher resource for quick, purposeful activities that ignite thinking from the very first minute. Whether you teach language, math, science, social studies, or a bit of everything, this book equips you with daily warm-ups that require no prep, little time, and deliver big impact. From creative writing sparks and visual puzzles to movement-based icebreakers and critical thinking challenges, this collection helps you build routines, manage transitions, and set the tone for powerful ...

I spent my schooldays from junior high to college at a Catholic school not for religious reasons but for my mother’s vanity. She wanted me to attend the most prestigious school in Kyoto in order to brag about it. With no religious background, I encountered quite a few unfamiliar events at school that held Catholic ceremonies regularly. The school often celebrated the Mass, which was an entirely new and different culture to me and I hadn’t the slightest idea what they were doing. Christian students sat in the front row with white lace veils on their heads at the assembly hall. The priest...

Keeping students with ADHD focused and engaged can be a daily struggle. From the fidgeter who can't seem to sit still to the daydreamer who frequently gets lost in their mind, it can feel like you are fighting a losing battle with the ongoing disruptions caused by ADHD. Written by the well-established author and special education teacher, Richard Bass, A Teacher's Guide to Managing ADHD in the Classroom promises to deliver a roadmap for success that goes beyond generic advice.

New and Expanded Edition! Whether you’re a teacher, club leader, homeschool parent, or a teen looking to build confidence, Speech Class for Teens, Revised offers a flexible, easy-to-use curriculum that makes public speaking engaging and approachable. This newly revised edition includes 24 complete lessons designed to develop students’ skills in clear, confident communication. Each lesson features simple instruction, classroom-tested activities, and a practical speaking project that reinforces real-world skills like storytelling, persuasion, interviewing, and digital presentations. Who ...

As they say, there are a thousand ways to use a knife. If one method isn't working, don't keep doing it. It's time you try another effective method to help students see themselves and the world from a different, much better perspective.

Best-selling author and special needs educator, Richard Bass, provides evidence-based practices and empathetic insights garnered from years of experience in the field to help both new and seasoned teachers develop the skills to foster academic success for neurodivergent students.

Hawk Rivals. I was the rich kid from St. Thomas Academy, while Taryn attended Bessemer Bay High, the local public school. We had one perfect night. And because I never made a promise I couldn’t keep, I offered her nothing more. Five years passed. Thanks to family duty, I’d spent those years as a Marine in Afghanistan, the handler of a bomb sniffing dog. One thought carried me through those years: seeing Taryn again. Our reunion was unintentional. Discovering she had a daughter was unexpected. Loving her would mean I finally had the family I’d always wanted. Keeping her would...

After her high school graduation in 1960, Ginny Drummond left her small town in Iowa, vowing never to return. Years later, though, she attends her 50th class reunion -- an event with life-changing ramifications for her and William Fairchild, the classmate who befriends her. The reunion is momentous for all their classmates because of an anonymous letter and its contents promising riches to the last surviving member of their class. Ginny and William initially believe the letter to be a joke, but things soon turn deadly because someone will stop at nothing to be the last in the class.

Another "Backwards Glance" story with a look at the Chambers Academy Graduation class of 1972 who are celebrating their 50th year after high school this summer. We take a look at the beginning days of Chambers Academy in a local motel with sixteen students and four teachers, to where we are today. We remember staff and faculty from our beginning and look at how our class grew up together and became life long friends. Finally, we celebrate where we are today individually and as an educational institution.

Imagine a group of women who reunite at their fifty-year high school reunion, the first time they have laid eyes on each other since a devastating accident on graduation night. Who was to blame? Each has her own opinions as ill will toward the others festers. Is there a way they can face their demons and seek healing, in order to ultimately find peace and expose their false memories? Fickle winds of nostalgia carry them back into their shared history. The journey peels back the layers of each woman’s recollection of the accident, but only the reader has unrestricted access to the truth.