The Official Newspaper of Marblehead High School
I’m sure all of us have been in a situation, whether with a group of friends, in a group project, or somewhere else entirely, in which most people don’t want to do something, but everybody ends up doing it anyway. Maybe two friends want to go to the park, but you and three other friends…
Freshman year is an important time in any student’s academic career. Students become acclimated to a new school and environment. This typically includes standard “high school things,” such as a change in school policies, harder classes, and structured midterms and finals. Some changes, like a more lenient dress code and rules permitting students to carry…
Long story short, sophomore year is fun. If that’s not enough for you, read on… Every year in high school has its milestone. Freshman year is marked by the first day of school, senior year by the last, and every day of junior year seems to be important. Sophomore year just isn’t like that. It’s…
We made it. Junior year is officially over… almost. Here is what we’ve done so far this year: taken the PSAT, SAT/ACT, and AP tests, asked for teacher recommendations, made resumes, applied to jobs, pulled all-nighters to study for tests (looking at you, physics), procrastinated way too much (and regretted it later), drastically reduced the…
It is faster to download a song than it is to purchase a CD, simpler to read an article online than to buy a magazine, and easier to rent a digital movie than to check out a hard copy disc. The internet, in the simplest terms possible, makes pop culture consumption faster. As media is…
Health isn’t just not being sick or exercising; it’s so much more than that. May is mental health awareness month, and it’s important to know that taking care of your mental health is okay. If you had any physical ailment, you would do whatever you could to make it feel better. You should do the…
Madison Bates may be travelling hundreds of miles away for college next year, but the MHS senior is still focused on improving her hometown. With less than two months until graduation, Bates has established Marblehead’s first chapter of the National Green Schools Society, better known as NGSS. NGSS is a national program that organizes environmentally-conscious…
The Mueller Report is back and bigger than ever. Is America ready for round two? According to “He told you so,” from the March 30th issue of The Economist, the report cleared President Trump of collusion, but it has not healed our divided country. It seems that most Democrats still want Mr. Trump impeached, and…
In 1992, Berkeley, California became the first U.S. city to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day. Since then, a handful of states and cities have changed the holiday as well. One month ago, New Mexico’s governor signed legislation that officially changed the holiday. In Massachusetts, Cambridge, Amherst, and Northampton have switched to Indigenous…
Just a forewarning – if you want to go into the movie pure as Peter Parker, I suggest you refrain from reading this article. Now a review from a casual viewer and one from an actual fan. Riley Bowen: Unless you’ve been disintegrated by the deadly snap of Thanos, you’ll have heard news of Avengers:…