Senior Show by Arabella Pelakoudas, Sophomore
Senior Show. The spirited event that the students of Marblehead High School enjoy as they watch the senior class dazzle the audience. All proceeds go to the senior class to assist in funding an assortment of projects such as the senior prom, class gifts, and other class expenses. This year, we had the hilarious hosts James Achterhof and Gavin Lepler who led us through roughly ten acts filled with laughs and gasps. From the ever anticipated Ex’s Musical-Chairs, to the lovely acapella performances of Marblehead High School’s Luminescence and Jewel Tones the audience was left starry eyed. When this writer collected attendees’ thoughts on the show, it was discovered that the consensus for favorite act was Scarlett Kindle’s “Teachers as Cheese” presentation. During that time, everyone was in stitches as Mx K was dubbed spray cheese, Mr Scoglio as string cheese, and Mr Wilkins as burrata. All in all, a fabulous show! Finally, it was time for the ultimate event…the pie eating contest. The event was a first for the senior show, and resulted in its nine contestants eating pie “the good ol’ pie-eating contest way.” Within three minutes, we crowned our winner with Dante Genovesi taking home the pie hat crown. When asked to comment on his victory he simply said, “Do I have regrets? Absolutely! But I 100% would do it all again.” So would we, Dante, so would we.
No Vacation In Sight! by Evan Eisen, Junior, and William Pellicotti, Junior
After the teachers strike left a bitter aftertaste to close out 2024, we can hopefully look forward to 2025 to bring us some much needed joy right? Well, it depends on who you ask, but many MHS students, staff, and parents have voiced frustrations at having February and April vacations being axed off the school calendar. Due to missing 11 school days in November during the teachers strike, the new district calendar will now only have president’s day in February and a four day weekend in April. Besides having a few other days off, students at Marblehead schools will not have any real extended breaks until June. On top of all this, we will also have two days added onto the end of the year with the school year now ending on June 24. While We can all agree that education is very important to our success, however, the failure of the school district to reach a negotiated agreement with the teachers for over 3 weeks has left a huge mark within the community. Many families are having to cancel their already planned trips for February and April break. Some students are already planning to miss some of the makeup days anyway. So, what’s the point of having makeup days if a large number of students will not be showing up anyway All of this could have been avoided if both the School Committee and the Teacher’s Union had come to an agreement together before letting it get to the point of the teacher’s strike. It should also be noted that it’s not as if the teachers strike was a sudden occurrence; it was long in the making because of the stubbornness of both parties. The students now must be the ones to suffer the consequences. School vacations aren’t just extended breaks where we get to kick back and relax. They are also a chance for us to spend time with our families. For many students, they are an important time to prepare for college applications and study for their SATs or ACTs. Over a long break, we can form new long lasting memories and explore new places. It’s unfortunate that we now are no longer afforded that opportunity just in order to meet a state guideline of having 180 school days.
Join the MHS Photography Club by Grey Collins, Assistant Editor, Junior
If you are interested in photography, want to share your photos with other students, take pictures around town, and compete in contests, the Marblehead High School Photography Club is the place for you. The founders of the Photography Club, Colin Hart, Dylan Whitman, and I, have had a shared passion for photography for a while, and we have spent a lot of time practicing around town, in nature, and at sporting events over the last year. We each found that photography is a rewarding hobby, and we started Instagram accounts to share our photos with our peers. We wanted to share our passion and knowledge for the skill with other students at the high school. Eventually, we had the idea of starting a club for MHS photographers to share their photos, compete in photography contests, take photos around town, and support photography in other communities. The photography courses at Marblehead High School are popular, so we were sure that lots of people would be interested in the club. Ms. Bordieri, who teaches photography, was happy to help us organize it and set everything up. We filled out the club application and established the Google Classroom. After school on Thursday, January 9th, about twenty juniors and sophomores packed into the photography room for the first ever meeting of the MHS Photography Club. We shared our photos with each other, discussed the purpose of the club, and made plans for the rest of the year. Throughout the rest of the year, we will organize school-wide photography contests, trips around town to take pictures, and fundraisers to support communities in need. The first Photography Club contest will be held on Thursday, January 23rd. If you are interested in participating, join the Google Classroom and submit your photos. The Google Classroom code is erbpx46. If you have taken a photography class at MHS and want to get more involved in photography, don’t hesitate to join the Google Classroom and show up to our meetings. Even if you haven’t taken a class and you want to learn more about photography, you
should still stop by and join in on the fun.