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The Advocate

The Advocate

Should Seniors Get a Senior Trip?

Meridy Sanchez June 12, 2026

 Link to Image Forest Grove High School has been a high school since 1907, and they have not had senior trips. Our school has many seniors who have tried their hardest in their education and have...

Families Belong Together

Sydney Fabela January 12, 2026

Link to image Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, was created to enforce immigration laws in the United States. However, over time, ICE has caused a lot of harm to immigrant...

Why We Need to Ban Guns in America

Emma Sandoval November 16, 2025

Image link Why We Need to Ban Guns in America America is facing a major public health crisis: Gun violence. It has lasting impacts on people's mental and physical health. As well as everyone's...

Drug usage at FGHS

Mia Tiscareno October 3, 2025

Link to Image Drug use in adolescence has been an active problem for many years, and a lot of the time, these teens don’t consider the effects or damage drug use can cause. Using substances is...

Phone Ban in Oregon Schools

Joanna Cazarez October 3, 2025

Link to Image Many students are used to having cell phones and are confused as to why they are suddenly banned when they have been able to use them this whole time. Students should be able to have...

“Like living in Hell”

Emily Shivley October 2, 2025

Link to image President Trump has opened up the possibility of deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to rising feuds with protesters. Among several other states in the U.S.,...

Forest Grove High School Cheer Team

Roan Faulkner October 2, 2025

Link to image Cheer has a long history, dating back to 1860, when the first known cheer was shouted at an Ivy League college sporting event. In 1884, Princeton University cheered out, “Ray, Ray,...

LA Fires 2025

Teagan Chelson October 2, 2025

Link to Image The big LA fires of 2025 started on January 7th. The fires started by lightning hitting dry trees and small spark fires. In total, there were seven fires. The fire ended up getting...

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What Does Period Club Do?

Nick Schiwegeraht, Writer June 2, 2025

Periods. Half the world experiences them, and yet they’re still taboo to discuss in many places. Period Club is a national and international organization in 20 different countries and 40 different U.S...

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