For the final post of the 2021-2022 school year, The Lightning Rod remembers Billy Wardell and Daniel Weiss. The following stories were submitted by Billy and Daniel’s classmates.
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By Lizzie Sheehan The following is an argumentative essay written by Lizzie Sheehan, a current AP English Language and Composition student. What if I told you that the distribution that defines your future is skewed? The score that you work so hard for is determined using a scale composed of bias. Teachers throughout America
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By The Rock Crispy Chicken Sandwich: 9.5/10 I heard my peers celebrate when they checked the lunch calendar to find it was crispy chicken sandwich day. Their eager voices intrigued me. Was the sandwich really that special? I waited in line to get the meal and returned to my table. It looked like an average
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By Ciara Meyer The SSHS Student Guide to BOE Elections On May 17, many Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) seniors will be casting their first ever ballots in the Board of Education (BOE) election. Local elections are not blessed with the same level of coverage as national ones, but they are still crucial in determining
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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
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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 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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