Izzy Scogland, Sophomore This past Saturday, the Marblehead High School a capella groups, Jewel Tones and Luminescence, were given the opportunity to perform at North Reading’s Haunted Playground. While the Haunted Playground happens outside most years, the event was moved indoors due to the bad weather. The a capella groups arrived at the event at…
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The Great Pumpkin Patch
Rachael Albert, Senior, Assistant Editor As Halloween creeps up on all of us, one of the most important questions still remains: Where should I buy my pumpkins? Whether to carve, paint, or simply to leave as a decoration on your front porch, everyone is in need of the classic orange ornament. Going to the supermarket…
2024 Spring Musical Announced!
Benji Boyd, Junior, Assistant Editor On Wednesday, October 4th, the Marblehead High Drama Club gathered in the choir room for an announcement they’d all been waiting for. Directors Ashley Skeffington and Andrew Scoglio were waiting for them as they filed in and set up their chairs. In a dramatic unveiling, they revealed a whiteboard decorated…
Marblehead is An Arts Town
by Benji Boyd, Junior, Assistant Editor In high school, it’s easy to lose sight of what isn’t directly before your eyes. Between keeping up with classes, extracurriculars, jobs, and attempting to fit sleep into their schedule, few students have time to appreciate what their hometown has to offer. This summer, I became an intern at…
Caught in the Tailspin
Aislin Freedman, Junior On June 1st and 2nd, at Marblehead High School, a play titled Caught in the Tailspin was performed. The cast and crew were all students from the high school, but unlike many other high school plays, this production was also written by a high school student. Molly Grant wrote this play, which…
How to Listen to Great Music with no Wifi!
Rachael Albert, Junior We live in a world where we can have any song we want with a simple search into Spotify or Apple Music, but sometimes we want to relax and not fiddle with the annoying bluetooth, and listen to the caveman technology that is the FM radio. With limited station options, you certainly…
Old Trends Spinning
Luke Menslage, Junior Picture this: You and your friends are having a great time together, but one topic is on everyone’s mind, what music should be played. Someone could connect their phone to a speaker, but this can often be a struggle, as everyone wants to have control over a speaker. So, why not turn…
Culture Feast Overview
Benji Boyd, Sophomore – ASSISTANT EDITOR May 17th was a beautiful May Friday evening. Cool and sunny, the weather was perfect for a celebration of culture on the MHS campus both in and out of doors. From 5:00 to 8:00 PM, Marblehead students, parents, teachers, and guests gathered to share good food, take part in…
Yellowstone: A Travel Review
Kate Twomey, Junior – TECHNOLOGY EDITOR If you enjoy hiking, bison, and strange natural phenomena you won’t see anywhere else, Yellowstone is a great place to visit. Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming and covers 3,471 mi²; for reference, that’s larger than the state of Rhode Island. Yellowstone was founded in 1872 and has…
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…