The Official Newspaper of Marblehead High School
Halloween has come and gone. Rewatching classics like Poltergeist or A Nightmare on Elm Street is but a distant memory. Nonetheless, scary movies remain. Browsing through Netflix last night, I found myself binging The Haunting of Hill House. I’ve always been drawn to the adrenaline of watching terror-inducing entertainment, but many feel the opposite. Personally,…
Marblehead High School has decided to participate in a training program called ALICE, which is supposed to train faculty and students about how to react in the case of a school shooting. The acronym “ALICE” stands for the actions that the procedure entails; Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. The acronym is not meant to be…
Almost everyone will agree, snow days are great. On December 5, it was voted to start a new program called “Distance Learning Days.” The program will be tested on the second and third days canceled due to inclement weather this year. The goal of this program is to stop adding extra days of school at…
This past Sunday, the Patriots (unsurprisingly, if we’re being honest) won yet another Super Bowl. I probably don’t need to tell you that it was Tom Brady’s sixth ring. And that he is the best quarterback of all time, et cetera, et cetera. Although it was a relatively uneventful and almost boring game – the…
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way modern technology, specifically my cell phone, has completely altered my life. A few weeks ago, I heard the students in my advisory talking about the new IOS update and their daily “screen time.” I was intrigued. I usually don’t update my phone because I just don’t…
As a child, I was taught to respect my parents, my grandparents, my teachers, and anyone who was an adult. In the classroom, the class rules always included some phrase similar to “respect others” or “always treat your classmates and teachers with respect.” Respect was plastered on every mission statement, every classic classroom poster. While…
There’s a plague going around the high school, and it’s not pretty. Everyone seems to have the sniffles, a cough, a sore throat, or a headache. Last weekend, I was struck with the plague, feeling fluey and fatigued. As an extremely active person, sitting in bed all day is not my cup of tea. So,…
For the past few weeks, the media has been dominated by the U.S. Federal government shutdown, which is now the longest in the nation’s history. Both Republicans and Democrats have been placing the blame as to who caused the shutdown on each other, and there is a lot of false information circulating about what the…
The Marblehead High School Math Team is about half-way through its six-meet season. I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Waitkevich, one of the math team coaches, about what goes into running the math team. She also answered questions about the math team that will inform people about the competitions. Q: How many people are…
During the first couple weeks of January stress levels sky-rocket for teens in high schools across the nation. Midterms have arrived. For years prior, schools and students have questioned how effective these tests really are. During midterms and finals, stress levels are high, morale is low, and memory retention is pushed. The real question surrounding…