In 2013, junior Vedha Mahesh and her family adopted her dog, Waffles, from KenMar Rescue Center in LaCanada, California. Ever since then, they have had an amazing, unbreakable bond.  Pets have a great impact on people’s lives and can even change them for the better. “Although I adopted Waffles...

Math teacher Takeshi Kaneko and his wife welcomed their baby girl Maki into the world in April of last year. By this May, Kaneko will have taken six two-week blocks of paternity leave. As a new parent, Kaneko hasn’t completely adjusted to having a baby. “It’s weird getting used...

Teachers can be under a lot of stress sometimes, especially when they’re juggling lesson plans, recommendation letters and their own lives outside of school. For math teacher Daniel Hahn, however, one bundle of joy makes it all worth it: his one-year-old baby named Leo. When Hahn found out...