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The summer before her final year at Piedmont Hills High in San Jose, Calif., Ariana Ramirez had one goal: find and purchase a vintage Strawberry Shortcake backpack. She’d heard from a friend about a ...

While fears of immigration raids clouded the back to school season, some lighthearted student traditions persist. The seniors at Long Beach Unified’s Lakewood High School sported their “kid backpacks, ...

High school seniors are increasingly choosing "cartoonish" backpacks featuring childhood characters. This trend, fueled by social media, is seen as a nostalgic "last hurrah" for graduating students.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samantha Braun chose this Scooby-Doo number for her senior year (left), while other teens are taking their kiddie backpack search ...

Social media trend prompts high school seniors to look to one last "hurrah" and carry character backpacks from their childhood Rob Landers and Michelle Spitzer More Videos Florida car salesman uses ...