Kathleen Hanson, Junior With this year’s season coming to an end, the Math Team has done well when up against other schools. Marblehead’s Math Team is in Division II of the Massachusetts Mathematics League, where schools compete on the first Thursday of every month until March. The first meet was hosted in Marblehead, and the…
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MHS goes clubbing at The Mariner
Grey Collins, Sophomore As I gripped the bean bag and prepared myself to toss it onto the board, I was surrounded by many faces staring in intense anticipation. When my bean bag finally slid into the hole, the room erupted with extremely quiet cheers. It may not have been the level of excitement I was…
How siblings become rivals
Rachael Albert, Senior, Assistant Editor My brother and I were born two years apart and grew up during the golden age of technology. We did not rely on it for entertainment but enjoyed playing Mario Kart and Minecraft when the mood hit. This, of course, meant we led very normal, suburban childhoods. Every school morning…
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A master class in small-budget cinema
Nathaniel Carper-Young, Sophomore The final William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) film, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, is a fitting testament to the director’s eclectic talents: it is at once riveting, economical, and profoundly restrained. The film (whose text originates from a celebrated 1951 Herman Wouk stage play of the same name) engages in a…
Busting the myth of the (Math) person
Georgia Marshall, Freshman Everybody has that one class. You know, the one you just can’t seem to wrap your head around. You tell yourself that it’s okay and not as hard as you’re making it out to be. Just ask for help, right? First, you beg your friend who seems to know what’s going on…
Marbleheaders you should know: Emma and Dave Dragan
Grey Collins, Sophomore What do you think about trading in your phones and Xboxes for a rock and a can? Because Marbleheaders Emma and Dave Dragan think that you should try it. Maybe we should all try to find some more joy in the simple things. Dave, who works at the Marblehead Community Center, talked…
How the American school system enables toxic sports culture
Rachael Albert, Senior, Assistant Editor Teen dramas are, by nature, histrionic, and often criticized for their romanticization of unsafe behaviors such as drug use and partner abuse. Their premises, however, are not unfounded. We all know that teenagers across America drive unsafely, drink, do drugs, etc., but these choices are made by the individual and…
Ford’s Mustang Dark Horse: latest, loudest, and possibly last
Maxwell Doron, Freshman, Guest Writer You may not know the term “muscle car,” but ask anyone at an auto show and they will share story upon story about the attention-drawing cars of the 60’s and 70’s. However, such vehicles are starting to slowly disappear, and the companies that make them are switching to consumer-friendly crossovers….
The creative world of Jim Henson
Rachael Albert, Senior, Assistant Editor There are many genres of television, and many media to create them, but none compare to those which show entire worlds and huge casts of characters. Those which are the result of entirely out-of-box thinking, risks, and rewards. The only time I see shows like this is when watching some…
Meet Sarah Vuona, our new guidance counselor
Benji Boyd, Junior, Assistant Editor This year MHS has welcomed many new members onto our staff, and Headlight has been hoping to shine a spotlight on each one to help the community get to know them. As a new guidance counselor, it is Sarah Vuona’s job to get to know her students so she can…