January 13, 2025 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Welcome back to Five Stars, where I share my favorite, “5 star” books that left me shocked, reeling, and thinking about them for months. These books are special to me. There’s nothing better than the feeling of opening a book […]
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January 13, 2025 by Thomas Isenovski (‘26) Now that 2024 is now behind us, a brand-new year has begun. But in the aviation world, the year of 2024 did not end very smoothly, and quite literally, skidded to an end. In the time span between December 25 and January 1, there was a series of
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January 13, 2025 by Ava Tatum (‘25) If you’ve been on social media recently, you may have seen the “New Years Resolution Bingo Card”. If one of your resolutions is to stay away from social media, I’ll break it down for you. Essentially, people are making 5 by 5 bingo cards with 25 resolutions, rather
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January 13, 2025 by Olivia Clemmensen (‘26) This past Thursday, Saratoga City Hall was filled with poetry performances from our very own Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) students at the schoolwide Poetry Out Loud competition. With 23 students chosen and approved by SSHS English teachers, the audience was filled with enthusiastic support from parents, teachers,
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December 16, 2024 by Alex Wersten (‘25) As an artist, I approached the 2024 movie adaptation of Wicked with a mixture of anticipation and excitement. The musical, first performed on Broadway in fall of 2003, starring Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda and Idina Menzel as Elphaba, has long been a masterpiece of storytelling, a symphony of
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December 16, 2024 by Ava Tatum (‘25) Many holidays are celebrated during this time of year, and I wanted to spotlight a holiday few people realize is celebrated this winter around the world. Kwanzaa is a holiday that was created in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga. Kwanzaa goes from December 26th to January 1st all
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December 16, 2024 by Max Vogel (‘26) On December 7th, Saratoga Springs High School’s very own Junior, Thomas Isenovski, qualified and ran at the most competitive high school cross country race in the United States. The Nike Cross Country Nationals also known as NXN, is an annual race and event hosted in Portland, Oregon. Each
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December 16, 2024 by Max Greenblatt (‘26) As we near winter break, Christmas is the holiday on everyone’s minds. This year, nearly 300 million Americans will celebrate It. So, what about the other 50 million? Hanukkah is the second most celebrated winter holiday; more than 17 million Americans will celebrate this December. Jewish people trace
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December 16, 2024 by Elias Prodger (‘26) Looking back, 2024 was truly an incredible year for music. With timeless rap beef, exciting indie releases and a banner year for pop music, the music industry made releases this year that have proven to be some of the most exciting we have seen in a long time.
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December 16, 2024 by Daniela Fleming (‘26) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Welcome to the second edition of Five Stars, where I’ll share my favorite, “five-star” reads! These had me hooked from the first page to the last, and I still think about them to this day. As the year comes to
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December 16, 2024 by Olivia Clemmensen (‘26) Local: -Toga Varsity Hockey Begins their Season: Since December 4th, the Toga Hockey team has filled the Weibel Avenue Ice Rink with its school spirit for a new season on the ice! Already 4 games into their season, the team is off to a great start- winning their
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December 16, 2024 by Emilia Hall (‘26) While we are in the middle of the holiday season when cooking large meals and extensive dessert trays are in full force-it’s a great time to spread some holiday cheer and enjoy bites to eat with family and friends. Starting with thanksgiving, most people take advantage of the
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December 3, 2024 by Max Greenblatt (‘26) Every year, thousands of locals show up on Thanksgiving morning to run in Saratoga’s 23rd annual Christopher Dailey turkey trot. The race begins at 8:30, and participants make a 5km loop- starting at the corner of Broadway and Lake Avenue and finishing on the corner of Route 50
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November 25, 2024 by Elias Prodger (‘26) Robert Smith’s disintegrating world view, The Cure’s Songs for A Lost World and The Art of their Late Era Album The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World may go down as possibly one of the most timely and relevant album titles of all time. In a time of
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