As students returned from the President’s Day long-weekend, they found the formerly purple, black, and grey Divas/Andy Warhol decor had been replaced with a bold splash of bright colors. Many in the group, such as juniors Erin Zdrojowy and Andrew Ott, started on Friday evening and continued painting through the in-service day on Monday to…
Category: School Life

1000 Points By Junior Year! Hayden Robinson Reflects on Her Basketball Success
Going into the girls’ basketball playoff game on Wednesday against South Allegheny at Fox Chapel, here is a brief pause to celebrate junior Hayden Robinson scoring 1,000 points. Hayden started playing in 7th grade, and despite not favoring the sport over track and field, she has had outstanding success. She credits teammates with good passing as…

Opinions on Ryan Shazier And Lev’eon Bell’s Future
Ryan Shazier went into a dangerous tackle headfirst and has since been hospitalized and partially paralyzed. This puts into question his future with the Steelers as well as the NFL. Similarly, Bell’s is in question due to his high pay and high injury threat. We asked students and faculty about what they thought of the…

School Feels Less Safe Each Year
As a senior in high school, I feel more unsafe than I’ve ever before. The reality of shooting, especially after the recent shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, is getting more and more regular. To be in school and not protected is scary. School students shouldn’t have to go through this at any time….

Jacob Sartorius Concert at Stage AE Packs In Adoring Middle School Fans
After escaping the cold, long, dark line outside Stage AE on a Wednesday night in January that could not quite be warmed up by the excitement of middle school girls, a flood of screaming “Jacob is My Boyfriend” sweatshirts-wearing fans poured into the place where their role model was standing. While about half the pit…

New Look Cavs Surging
The Cavaliers a few hours before the trade deadline in the NBA did some shocking trades and blew up their entire team. Leading up to the deadline the Cavs were struggling very badly, not looking like a title contender in anyway. They had a talented roster that just could not perform and get wins together…

Shaun White Wins His Third Gold Medal
Shaun White, the now three time Olympic Gold Medal winner, had a dramatic three runs at the half pipe, during the 2018 Winter Olympics. His first run went well and provided Shaun with an early lead over his competition. The second run, however, was troubling due to the athlete falling during the run, effectively jeopardizing…

Penguins Raffle for 10th Grade Fundraiser
Want to attend a Pens game Saturday, March 3rd? Two very quality seats are available for a $5 entry into a raffle.

College Fair 2k18
Friday, February 9th had most of the Junior class on a field trip to the annual NACAC National College Fairs tour at the David L Lawrence Convention Center. At the fair colleges and amazing universities from all over the country attended. There were over 400 schools there ranging from local community colleges to big-name schools…

10th Grade Integrated Class Presents Galleries
As the semester comes to an end the tenth-grade Integrated class had an interesting project that was completed. I’ve asked a couple students how they felt about the course. Krista Wright mentioned that “it was a new experience with all the work that had to be done and would recommend taking this course.” Rachel Shaffner…