By Aditi Singh The coronavirus pandemic continues to pose a challenge as the students and teachers at Saratoga Springs High School try to resume everyday life. The past 2020-2021 school year has been a challenging one for both students and teachers alike. Changes are not going unnoticed by our educators, especially those in higher level […]
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By Aditi Singh Over the past three years, members of the SSHS Leo Club have dedicated their extracurricular hours to community service, especially when it comes to addressing vision impairment issues. The Leo Club has organized drop-boxes for glasses at the high school and Wilton mall, and volunteered to sort recycled eyeglasses. “The LEO club
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January 18, 2024 by Cassie Child (‘24) Tex and Maggie Owner: The Rod’s Managing Editor, Darren Pasek! Age: Tex is 11, Maggie is 10 Fun facts: Tex doesn’t like the water, nor does he like being outside the house, but he does like to run around the backyard. Maggie likes to sing instead of bark!
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June 12, 2023 by Aditi Singh (‘24) Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) has recently made many additions, and some removals, to the courses offered to students. Amongst these additions are many University in High School (UHS) courses, which act as a great alternative for students who do not want to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
April 5, 2023 by Aditi Singh (’24) Mystery has always been one of my favorite genres in both books and movies. Add a pinch of murder, and you’ve got my total attention. So while I was scrolling through Netflix, I could not help but notice a movie that kept popping up in the Top Ten;
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March 13, 2023 by Aditi Singh (‘24) Meet Mrs. Perry! What do you teach? “AP World and AP Psychology,” Mrs. Perry said. When asked which class she liked better (because one just has to ask) she replied with, “oooo! That’s a really hard one.” Although she did not pick a favorite, she did say she
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February 27, 2023 by Aditi Singh (’24) An increasingly common complaint amongst high school students is that school fails to prepare them for the future; none of the four core classes–ELA, history, math, and science–teach adult skills such as handling money or filing taxes. However, Career and Financial Management, an elective class offered through the
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January 17, 2023 by Aditi Singh (’24) As typical for Saratoga Springs High School students, I started off my freshman year with a unit on short stories in English class. Out of the numerous (and often grim) stories read in Mrs. Cole’s Honors 9 ELA class, one particularly caught my attention: “The Lottery” by Shirley
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Eliza Krackeler, Editor-in-Chief Eliza is a senior and Editor-in-Chief of The Lightning Rod. She is excited for the SSHS community to “read all about it” in the paper’s editions. Before joining the school newspaper, she could be found writing short stories on her typewriter. She has been on the The Rod since 2020, and has
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November 28, 2022 by Aditi Singh (’24) Warning: This review contains spoilers An installment in the “Folk of the Air” series, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, gives the reader a peek into Prince Cardan’s life before, during, and after the series takes place. During the series, Cardan is shown as a
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