Colleen Corrigan, Junior – Special to Headlight The sun is the finest, most beautiful, and most beneficial star that we know of. The sun is an asset to human nature. Without the sun, human life as it is would no longer rest within the realm of our existence. Although it is almost 93 million miles…
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A Page That Completes The Book
Johra Warab, Junior — Special to Headlight What makes reading paper books better than e-books? Books have been around for over 2000 years. There’s multiple types and genres of them, and even though e-books have the same contents as tactile books, they still don’t provide the reader with the same experience that paper books give….
26 Miles in Ben Garry’s Shoes
Ila Bumagin, Junior ASSISTANT EDITOR A good cause can carry people a long way – 26 miles even. Ben Garry ran the Boston Marathon this year to fundraise for Boston Children’s Hospital, and it was a success. Mr. Garry is a Special Education teacher at Marblehead High School, where he has taught for 17 years. …
Are AP Classes Worth It?
Katie Jenkins, Senior SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR As we enter the first week of May, students across America are preparing to sit in a room for hours at a time, taking AP exams. After a year of late-night studying, tests, practice tests, and more tests, it all comes down to this one day. Why do so…
Legally Blonde: Behind the Scenes
Samuel Jendrysik, Sophomore Legally Blonde. The show that sold out every night at the high school and gave many of the actors stress headaches. But what does this masterpiece look like, not through the eyes of the parents, friends and classmates who flocked to the auditorium to watch, but from backstage with the run crew?…
Broadway in Boston: My Fair Lady
Aislin Freedman, Junior The Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston is currently playing My Fair Lady, a classic musical tale loosely based on the Greek Myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. For those who don’t know, the Story of Pygmalion and Galatea is about a talented sculptor named Pygmalion who found women distasteful. Pygmalion thought of…
Acappellooza XVII
Mona Gelfgatt, Junior ASSISTANT EDITOR Come one, come all, to this A Cappella Extravaganza! One night, and one night only, you can come enjoy an evening of a cappella, including student groups from Marblehead High School, Salem High School, Chelmsford High School, and one professional group, Ball In The House. All these groups have been…
Music Department Disney Trip
Benji Boyd, Sophomore ASSISTANT EDITOR On Friday the 14, as Marblehead High students eagerly awaited their release for April break, the Music Department started their vacation early. The orchestra, band, and choir classes spent the first five days of their break safe from the New England Spring in sunny Orlando, Florida, living it up at…
Senior Project from the Senior Perspective
Talia Schwartz, Senior EDITOR-IN-CHIEF While many seniors have felt burnt out and noticed a lack of motivation all year, senioritis is now afflicting all seniors as the year is almost over and graduation approaches. The weather is getting warmer, and fun senior activities such as assassin and skip days mark the end of the year….
Colorado River Water Cuts
Kate Twomey, Junior TECHNOLOGY EDITOR The Colorado River, which provides water and power to over 40 million people in seven states, has been hit hard by overuse and the ongoing drought in the region. This has led to drops in the water levels of Lakes Mead and Powell, huge reservoirs that power the Hoover and…