About Paige Thomas

Age: 18

Stories by Paige

	Hoosiers work hard to add helping hands By Paige Thomas, 16, Milan Patel, 16 Most people are aware that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation annually gives away millions -- soon to become billions -- of dollars to assist needy people worldwide, but they might not know about the efforts of young Hoosier philanthropists. Indiana teens like Gary's Marquise McMiller and Franklin's Kayla Bell already have committed themselves to a lifetime of community service.
	Band bonds high-school musicians By Andy Goldblatt, 17, Paige Thomas, 15 As a field commander is giving a pep talk, 200 young Americans in uniform stand at attention before they prepare to advance. If this were an earlier century, this scene could have preceded an infantry charge. These days, it is more likely to take place before a school marching band performance.
	Foreign-born students adjust to bilingual life By Gracie Shockley, 16, Izaak Hayes, 14, Paige Thomas, 14 Many people visiting a foreign country have experienced the discomfort of adjusting to a new culture, religion and especially a new language. For them, such adjustments are temporary. But for the many immigrants who come to the United States each year, it can be a lifelong process. Katia, 10, Edgar, 12, and Giovanni Quebrado, 14, were born in Mexico and have been in the United States about nine ye
	Anorexics work to hide disorder By Abby Rivin, 15, Allison Gardner, 15, Paige Thomas, 14, Cakey Worthington, 13 A norexic girls have to work hard to hide their secret, and now they have a new tool. Many Web sites give advice on how to maintain an anorexic lifestyle and deceive family members, friends and doctors. They also offer tips on hiding weight loss and easing hunger pangs. A quick search finds hundreds of Web sites that label themselves pro-anorexia, or pro-ana, and pro-bulimia, or pro-mia. Morgan Me
	Grandparents offer joys, challenges By Cassyetta Price, 15, Paige Thomas, 15 W hat do actor Samuel L. Jackson, rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton have in common? All were raised by their grandparents. And they aren't alone, according to Megan Dolbin-MacNab, a marriage and family therapist and human development professor at Virginia Tech who has done extensive research on grandparents raising grandchildren. Dolbin-MacNab says 4.5 million chil