Some feel that it has become exhausting and strenuous, while others believe the schedule is amazing. Regardless of where your point of view stands, your routine is the most important factor in balancing school and personal life.
Category: School
We’re All in This Together
Even though we haven’t gone back to normal, I think that what our school staff has accomplished is remarkable. The way schools had been teaching their students for the last hundred years had to abruptly change over the course of a few months.
What About the Freshmen?
We are currently living through history. What’s occurring in our world today will be taught to our kids, grandkids, and so on. It’s a challenging time for everyone, but as long as we stick together and have a positive outlook, we’ll make it through.
Zoom vs. Meet: Which One Takes the Cake?
Google Meet and Zoom are the two platforms used for remote gatherings, and each has its share of pros and cons.
Celebrating MHS’s Retiring Teachers: Ms. Humphrey
Nearly every person on the planet has faced new and difficult challenges during this unprecedented time of chaos and confusion. But for this year’s retiring teachers, the situation is uniquely impactful.
Best Buddies Year in Review
This year, the Marblehead High School Best Buddies Chapter had a great year filled with fun and new activities. However, the year did not end the way we planned. Due to the Coronavirus, all of the spring events we had planned and were excited for came to a quick halt. But as a club, our…
Environmental Year in Review
This article is the first in a series of end-of-year reports from officers of various Marblehead High School activities. Although the work of many clubs was cut short, the 2019-20 school year represented a huge wave of progress for many MHS organizations, and we are excited to shine a light on their success. In our…
Colleges are Waiving Standardized Testing Requirements
In light of the recent ACT, SAT, and SAT Subject Test cancellations by the College Board and ACT Inc., many juniors are wondering what will become of their standardized test scores. Though the College Board has said that it will add more testing dates starting in August, and that they will run every weekend, this…
Massachusetts Schools Closed for the Rest of the Year
Last week, Governor Charlie Baker announced that Massachusetts’s public schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year. With 46,000 cases of coronavirus and counting, Massachusetts is ranked third in cases per state. In the past week, governors of 40 states have ordered or recommended that schools do not reopen for the rest…
Will the College Board’s COVID-19 Plans Help or Hurt Over-prepared AP Students?
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, students and teachers alike worried whether classes would be able to continue outside of a classroom setting. Amongst those speculators were students enrolled in Advanced Placement classes, who feared that the hard work they’d poured into their studies this year would not culminate in an end-of-the-year exam for college credit. Students…