Halftime: the moment every drill team dancer counts down to in excitement. Friday night football games are known for their intense rivalries, raging crowds and overpriced concessions, but for senior Farmerette...

The podium sways slightly in the wind. She takes a deep breath as she centers her balance, counts to herself and starts conducting. Keeping a steady rhythm, the other drum majors follow the lead of head...

She can hear her heart thudding in her chest. Her palms are slippery with sweat. Even though she’s gone through this process twice already, she’s as nervous as she was the first time. She knows...

It’s halftime. She makes her way over to the podium, finds her place and waits. This is it. For the next few minutes, she carries an important task: keeping the band in time. Under the bright...

Climbing up the uneven stand, she balances herself while keeping her breath steady. She looks forward to the opposing crowd, watching the other drum majors. Focusing on nothing but senior head drum major...

After a four-minute presentation on her company, 10-year-old entrepreneur Averie Cooper ended her speech with an ear-to-ear grin and a round of applause from the audience. She sat down at her table, surrounded...

Her fingers delicately strum the strings of the ukulele. She takes a deep breath, in and out,  before beginning to sing. At first, her voice sounds small and shy, but as she becomes comfortable with the...

The lights burned bright, almost blinding him as he followed the steps to his routine. Spots of white bounced off their flashy uniforms and reflective instruments to create a sea of glistening players....

A line of young teens stretches down the halls of the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) building in Dallas. Senior Dalton Baham is there to receive the results of the test he took earlier in...

He scanned the room around him. It wasn’t the class he was intending to join, but he still felt comfortable around the bottles of fresh paint, paper, scissors and clay. It was almost second nature...

When their parents call to tell them they are on their way home, the oldest child gathers up the other children to clean up. They make sure all the babies are clothed, the socks are in the bucket, the...