![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
Picture this: You finally have a parking pass and are free from walking through the neighborhoods to get to school, only to find no more parking spaces. You resort to parking in the church lot but then realize your car will likely be towed and fined. Your last resort is to park in the neighborhood, but that fills up fast and can become a long walk.
This is a reality for many high school students.