August 24, 2022 by Journalism & Media Communications Block 2 Students Acting Out Link Acting Out is a mini-documentary created by the 2021-2022 Block 2 Journalism and Media Communications class. With reports of increasing behavioral issues in schools around the country, Block 2 students explored incidents of students “acting out” within SSHS’ school walls.
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August 24, 2022 by Journalism & Media Communications Block 4 Students Overachievers Link Overachievers is a mini-documentary created by the 2021-2022 Block 4 Journalism and Media Communications class. Block 4 students profiled three SSHS students–Abby Bundy (’23), Huck Patton (’22), and Maria Sablich (’22)—to discover what being a high achiever means to them, and learn
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014 The following video features SSHS students, staff, and others talking about what success means to them. It was produced by the Saratoga Springs High School Introduction to Journalism class taught by Jill Cowburn.
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June 13, 2024 by Francisca Schmalz (‘24) Carlie Friedman was the student council president this school year. Her involvement with the student council has been continuous since her freshman year of high school. She started freshman year as the class of 2024 secretary. She’d been involved previously, since fifth grade and through middle school, but
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April 30, 2024 by Charlie Gleeksman (‘24) I interviewed Olivia Allen on January 31, 2024, with the intention of getting a good grade in my journalism class. Hearing her full story as well as her family’s side struck me, and I was drawn in by her perseverance and strength. I want to dedicate this profile
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April 26, 2023 by Darren Pasek (‘25) Americans cower at the idea of publicly run press and media, and rightfully so. If the government controlled what journalists said and reported, Americans worry that there would be a translucent haze between the people and the truth. This fear is not based entirely on theory though. When
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February 6, 2023 by Natalie Rock (’23) Teacher: Mr. Ubriaco What do you teach? “How to be human,” Mr Ubriaco said, but went on to further specify his courses. He teaches English, AP Language and Composition, Journalism, and Film and Literature. Where did you attend college? Likes? Dislikes? Mr. Ubriaco started out at Suffolk County
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A documentary about sleep deprivation at Saratoga Springs high school. Researched, reported, and created by the students of Introduction to Journalism (2018-2019). Editing by Tyler Charnik, Ryan Ragaini, Jake Somoza, and Danny Somoza Animation by Carter Kavanagh Special thanks to the students of Saratoga Springs high school, Dr. Patton, Mrs. Friedman, Ms. Fairson, the SSCSD
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 by Blaise Wichrowski, Lucy Totino, and Richard Cholnoky Trying to separate oneself from the general population when applying to college can be tough, and it can be easy to get the feeling that the process is unfair. Such was the case for Abigail Fisher, a caucasian Texas resident who was denied
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