By The Rock The Lightning Rod is delighted to introduce a new cafeteria food review column to the publication. Here are the thoughts of our staff’s very own food analyst, The Rock: Chicken Nuggets: 8.5/10 The chicken nuggets imitate McDonalds’ taste with a school cafeteria texture. The outer layer was soggy, but I overlooked it. […]
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By Tori Igoe As the graduation season approaches, students of Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) have learned they cannot decorate their graduation caps. Many students believe this rule is unfair. At SSHS we are taught everyone can be themselves, that we should not conform to the majority. Isn’t dressing completely alike going against what the
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After a week of voting, the polls for the Saratoga Springs High School Student Council race closed. Here are the results from the elections: Student Council President – Evan Griffiths Vice President – Poppy Shishik Secretary – Zoravar Jassal Treasurer – Grady Frazier Public Relations – Ava Mackenzie Board of Education Representatives – Ryan McPhee
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By Ciara Meyer It feels like just yesterday that I was sitting in my seventh-grade Home and Careers class. I had just spent a day on an assignment that required documenting every food I ate, entering each item into a software that informed me of my exact caloric intake. I had measured even the smallest
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By Jade Helal and Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series that highlights teachers at Saratoga Springs High School.
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By Catherine Mongan ATTENTION STUDENTS OF SARATOGA: We have been silent for too long. It has become common practice to cover up and hide behind our shields – and by shields, I mean shoes. Let me ask you a question: When was the last time you let the piggies breathe? Shoe mandates have been enforced
Satire: Unshoe the Kids Read More »
By Jade Helal and Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series that highlights teachers at Saratoga Springs High School.
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By Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series that highlights teachers at Saratoga Springs High School.
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By Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series that highlights teachers at Saratoga Springs High School.
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By Ciara Meyer In Saratoga County, COVID cases rose to new highs in early January, and the Saratoga Springs City School District (SSCSD) is grappling with staffing shortages, student absences, and contact tracing challenges. When surges arise, the central debate remains whether to move temporarily towards remote schooling, but Superintendent Michael Patton prefers other solutions.
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By Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series that highlights teachers at Saratoga Springs High School.
Behind the Mask: Mr. Robinson Read More »
By Ciara Meyer “Behind the Mask” is a weekly series which highlights staff members at Saratoga Springs High School.
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“Just a Start of Something” is a poem written by Italia Sephas, a student at Saratoga Springs High School. Just a Start of Something The sun is an artist, The stars are dancers, The moon is a singer, The sun can paint beautiful streaks of pink and purple from sunrise to sunset, The stars
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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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