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It’s fall of my Senior year. The pressure is on. As the early action and early decision college application deadlines approach, the stress levels of the senior class are skyrocketing. Adults warned me the college process would be stressful, but I never could have imagined the overwhelming tension in the air. Fortunately, no Senior is…
Last Wednesday, October 24th, members of the Freshman class participated in a Day of Service. The goal of this day was to give back to the community in several different ways. Students from the Freshman class were chosen due to their ability to work well amongst each other. The first step of the Day of…
Every sport in one way or another involves a mental element. No athlete’s performance is based purely on one’s physical capabilities and no team’s success is simply a result of players who are in the best shape to perform. While athletics are by the literal definition “physical sports and games of any kind” any athlete…
“Fall Go Green and Help Clean” was the mantra this past Sunday, as my dad and I participated in the annual SPUR cleanup. Organized by SPUR volunteer organization, this was a large scale effort to pick up trash and debris from selected beaches and open spaces in Marblehead, Salem, Nahant, and Swampscott, to keep our…
There are plenty of things and places you can go during the halloween season but Salem is where it’s all happening. In Salem, you will experience a one of a kind Halloween. There are many activities to do in Salem throughout the spooky month of October. Some things you can do in Salem is visit…
Best for Breakfast The Driftwood Restaurant is about as ‘local’ as a restaurant can be. Take a walk outside and you are standing looking out over the harbor. Opening at 5:30 in the morning, it is a beautiful place to dine and watch the sun rise over the water. Extraordinary service comes with experience as…
In the past few months, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in Salem. My friends and I like to hang out in Salem on the weekends, because there is so much to do and always a funky event happening! As Halloween approaches, venturing into Salem becomes increasingly time-consuming, due to the Halloween traffic….
Almost nobody appreciates autumn turning ever so quickly into winter. You can no longer wear your treasured Birkenstocks or Rainbow sandals. Sickness is in the air, which is considerably colder than it was a few weeks ago. Additionally, school has been in session long enough for it to lose the luster it had in the…
Most people have heard of second-hand shopping, more commonly known as thrifting, but how many have actually done it? It is a common belief that thrift shopping is “only for poor people,” or that wearing clothes that once belonged to someone else is uncomfortable. I am here to tell you that there are several perks…
About 80 percent of schools in the United States start their school day before eight in the morning, including many schools here in Marblehead, but teachers and students alike agree that this is much too early. A school should open its doors no earlier than 8:30 am, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,…