March 2, 2026 by Olivia Clemmensen (‘26)
Local:
-SSHS Prom Tickets on Sale at the End of the Month: Prom season is upon us! Although it may seem far away, Saratoga Springs High School’s Mamma Mia themed Junior and Senior Prom is fast approaching. The event will be Saturday, May 16 at the Saratoga Springs City Center from 6-10pm. Tickets will be sold to Saratoga students starting March 30 and will cost $65 for the first week (March 30th to April 2nd) and $70 for the remainder of sales (April 13th to May 1st). Students will be able to purchase tickets on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with cash or check, as well as bringing their Student ID. If you plan to bring someone from another school, fill out a complete guest form and drop it off in Mr. Wolpert’s office.
-Toga Spring Sports Starting Mid-March: With winter sports concluding, Saratoga Springs High School will soon be occupied with the start of spring athletics for yet another season! As Toga Basketball and SSHS’s many other winter sports wrap up, spring athletics begin practicing next Monday March 9. The first games of the season will be on March 21, with girls varsity lacrosse playing at Shenendehowa High School at 9am, boys varsity baseball playing South Glens Falls at 12pm and boys varsity lacrosse plays Hingham High School/Ballston Spa at home on March 22 at 10:30am. Get ready to support our spring student athletes this month as they kick off their 2025-26 spring season!
Photo by Max Greenblatt
Saratoga Springs High School — ScheduleGalaxy
-SSHS Art Students Place in the Artisan Showcase at the Rotary Home Show: This past weekend, the Saratoga Springs City Center hosted the 52nd Rotary Home Show, where there were over 120 exhibitors in lifestyles and home improvement, but also hosted a competition and exhibition for Saratoga Springs High School student art. 11 of SSHS’s students were chosen to have selected works entered and displayed, as well as judged and placed by Saratoga Arts. Third place was awarded to SSHS junior Sonja Kamerling, second place to senior Megan Cortes, and first place to senior Maya Beach.
Artwork by Maya Beach
National:
-Kansas Enacts Law Invalidating over 1,000 Trans Individuals’ Personal Identification Documents: In Kansas, over 1,000 transgender individuals now have invalid driver’s licenses and birth certificates, after Senate Bill 244 went into effect on February 26. This law has banned the changes of sex markers on documents, which have the purpose of allowing one’s gender identity to match their personal documents. Senate Bill 244 “retroactively invalidates driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that were legally obtained” said USA Today. This is not the first of these laws enacted in America, as Kansas is following suit to Texas, Florida and Tennessee, states who have already begun prohibiting the updates on gender markers on driver’s licenses, but Kansas has become the first state to do so retroactively.
First-of-its-kind law revokes IDs and enacts bathroom rules in Kansas
Global:
-US-Israeli Attack this Weekend Intensifies Conflict with Iran: On Saturday, February 28, the United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, bombings which killed the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This intervention in Iran is the second time in eight months that U.S. President Trump has used military force against the Islamic Republic, a leadership that has been in place in Iran since 1979. With more violence continuing into the rest of the weekend, the death toll in the nation has increased and Iran has now begun fighting back, firing drones and missiles at Israel. Following the death of Ali Khamenei, Masoud Pezeshkian has assumed more power in his role of Iranian leader while the role of Supreme Leader is temporarily vacant. This military move made by the Trump Administration and Isreal has put a large strain on America’s relationship with Iran, only fueling the fire of foreign conflict.