Question: This author wrote a book that was the basis of the film about high school social cliques.

Context articles: Frederick M. Hess
Pretty in Pink
Paul Yingling
East Gaston High School
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
Stick to the Status Quo
Serge Langis
Election (1999 film)
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Mean Girls

Frederick M. Hess (born 1968) is an American educator, political scientist, and author.
 He is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a position he has held since 2002.
 A former high school social studies teacher, he has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Rice University, and Harvard University.
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American romantic comedy film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s.
 It is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film.
 The film was directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, and written by John Hughes, who also served as co-executive producer.
 It has become a cult favorite.
 The film was named after the song by The Psychedelic Furs.
Colonel Paul Yingling is a retired United States Army officer.
 In 2007 Yingling published an article in the "Armed Forces Journal" criticizing senior leadership for perceived failures in the conduct of the post-invasion Iraq War occupation.
 Yingling served three tours in the Iraq War, first as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery in OIF I, as the effects coordinator for the 3rd ACR from March 2005 to March 2006 during OIF III, and finally as J5 for TF 134 (Detainee Operations) from April 2008 to July 2009.
 He retired from the Army in 2012 to teach high school social studies.
East Gaston High School (also referred to as East Gaston or EGHS) is a public high school that is part of the Gaston County Schools district and is located in Mt. Holly, NC.
 Its attendance range covers northeastern Gaston County and includes western portions of Mount Holly, the town of Stanley and the communities of Mountain Island, Alexis, Lucia, and the surrounding rural area.
 The school was established in 1972 when high schools in the neighboring communities of Mount Holly and Stanley were consolidated.
 It is home of the 2010 District Principal (Marty Starnes), School Social Worker (Angela Ferguson), and School Counselor (Cindy Cloninger) of the Year.
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a science museum located in Concord, New Hampshire, United States, next door to the NHTI campus.
 The museum is dedicated to Christa McAuliffe, the Concord High School social studies teacher selected by NASA out of over 11,000 applicants to be the first Teacher in Space, and Alan Shepard, the Derry, New Hampshire, native and Navy test pilot who became the first American in space and one of only twelve human beings to walk on the Moon.
 The Discovery Center's mission is to inspire every generation to reach for the stars, through engaging, artful and entertaining activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science.
"Stick to the Status Quo" is a song from the Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical".
 The song also appears on the soundtrack by the same name.
 It is sung by the minor cast of "High School Musical" after it is discovered that Troy Bolton auditioned for the winter musical "Twinkle Towne".
 The song was also included in performances of , and its live (2007).
 The song expresses frustration at the social hierarchy known as cliques for not allowing individuals from different cliques to interact or share interests, therefore the characters' verses challenge the Status quo while the song's chorus defends it.
Serge Langis is a Canadian teacher and professional basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of the KW Titans in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada).
 He previously served as assistant coach (2012–14) and head coach (2015–16) for the Moncton Miracles of the NBL Canada.
 He was released by the Moncton Miracles in February, 2016.
 He is also a high school social studies teacher at J.M.A. Armstrong High School in Salisbury, New Brunswick.
 Langis is the co-owner of Sweat Academy Player Development, an offseason basketball development program in Atlantic Canada, and earned a degree in psychology at St. Thomas University and an education degree while attending the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Election is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film directed and written by Alexander Payne and adapted by him and Jim Taylor from Tom Perrotta's 1998 novel of the same title.
 The plot revolves around a high school election and satirizes both suburban high school life and politics.
 The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular high school social studies teacher in suburban Omaha, Nebraska, and Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, around the time of the school's student body election.
 When Tracy qualifies to run for class president, McAllister believes she does not deserve the title and tries his best to stop her from winning.
Queen Bees and Wannabes is a 2002 self-help book by Rosalind Wiseman.
 It focuses on the ways in which girls in high schools form cliques, and on patterns of aggressive teen girl behavior and how to deal with them.
 The book was, in large part, the basis for the film "Mean Girls" (2004).
Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey.
 The movie is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction self-help book "Queen Bees and Wannabes", which describes female high school social cliques and the damaging effects they can have on girls.