Cat Heinen | The Broadview

Former and current AP students give five study tips

Lisabelle Panossian, Web & Social Media Editor

May 2, 2016

Advanced Placement students will take their exams this and next week and may be asking the same question when it comes to studying: “Where do I even start?” Over four million high school students sat down for an AP exam in 2015 with about 84% of test-takers being upperclassmen, according to T...

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Injuries that knee-d to be addressed

Senior Cat Heinen squats with a stretch band in order to help re-align her knees from patellofemoral syndrome, knee pain caused by outer leg muscles pulling the kneecaps the wrong way. Heinen performs a set of exercises and stretches every day including squats and leg extensions.

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter

March 15, 2016

Climbing up the 10 flights of stairs from the Syufy Theatre to the Flood Mansion third floor is exhausting for most students, but for senior Cat Heinen, it literally is painful. “I have patellofemoral syndrome, which means my outer thigh muscles pull my kneecaps the wrong way, so when I go up or down stairs, it puts the wrong pre...

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