May 12, 2025 by Olivia Clemmensen (‘26)
– Streaks Win in Varsity Baseball Game Against LaSalle: Saratoga Springs High School’s Varsity Baseball Team won their tenth victory, and 4th consecutive win this season in their most recent home game versus LaSalle this past Saturday May 10th. Saratoga finished the game with 5 runs, 11 hits and only one error. Looking to continue their winning streak this week, the Toga Varsity Baseball team will play again tonight, 5/12, against Albany Academy.
– SSHS Drama Club Wins Best Choreography Execution for their performance of Legally Blonde: After performing their musical of Legally Blonde at Saratoga High School and receiving rave reviews and thunderous applause from all those who attended, SSHS Drama Club was nominated to perform at the High School Musical Theatre Awards this weekend at Proctors Theatre. The High School Musical Theatre Awards, commonly known as The Jimmy Awards, are annually given to High School musical performances nationwide, to recognize the theatre arts education in schools across the United States. The group spent around 10 hours this past weekend at the theatre and came home with the Best Choreography Execution award.
Photo found on collaborative school of the arts Instagram page
National:
-Bill Gates Plans to Give “Virtually All” his Money Away and End the Gates Foundation by 2045: Bill Gates, known as the co-founder of Microsoft, is one of richest men in the world with a net worth of around 168 billion US dollars. He is not only wealthy, but has also done much work in philanthropy, with the Gates Foundation, Match for Africa, The Giving Pledge and many other charitable organizations. The Gates Foundation is an organization that has worked since 2000 to combat diseases, poverty, climate change and healthcare and education crises on the global stage. Over the next 20 years, Gates plans to donate almost all his fortune and close his foundation. He plans to use his money to support his foundation before its closing in December of 2045 “People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘he died rich’ will not be one of them,” wrote Gates in a blog post on Thursday.
Bill Gates to close foundation, give away rest of wealth by 2045
Global:
-Conclave Elects a new pope- Pope Leo XIV: A little over two weeks after the death of the late Pope Francis, the College of Cardinals administered a conclave to elect the Catholic’s newest pope- Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV. As decided on May 8th, this 69-year-old pope will serve as the head of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. Pope Leo XIV is the first American-born pope in history, as he was born in Chicago in 1955. Pope Leo XIV is expected to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his focus on inclusivity and environmentalism.
May 8, 2025 Leo XIV elected as first American pope | CNN
Robert Francis Prevost becomes first U.S.-born pope
-India-Pakistan Ceasefire: Following numerous days of intense military conflicts and tension from both countries, India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire on May 10th. This India-Pakistan conflict has been a prominent issue in the middle east ever since the infamous partition of British India in 1947, which became the spark to an ongoing dispute over the divide of British India’s territory. In the wake of this territorial divide, there have been persistent conflicts and violence between the two countries over this territory. CNN has recently stated that “India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri accused Pakistan of repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement on Saturday, after explosions were heard in both the India- and Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir. Pakistan also accused India of committing violations but stressed it ‘remains committed to a faithful implementation of the ceasefire.” Even though this ceasefire was said to be a plan to reach peace, many news outlets have reported a series of violations to this agreement.