October 31, 2022 by Ciara Meyer ’23 by Olivia Tuck ’24 On Friday, October 28, after three long years of covid-inhibited school spirit, Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) students went all out for SSHS’ first pep rally since 2019. The energy in the Blue Gym was palpable as nearly 2000 students packed into the bleachers […]
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October 17, 2022 by Eliza Krackeler ’24 In public schools and libraries, the banning of books is being made into a culture war over material discussing race, gender, and LGBTQIA+ issues. The banning of these topics has a lasting effect on kids in the public school system. Ms. Duchaussee, a librarian at the Saratoga Springs
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October 17, 2022 by Maddy Diem ’24 The New York Racing Association (NYRA) is looking for people to work at the Saratoga Springs Racetrack during its open season, which is roughly around July to early September. Several different companies are hiring for NYRA at job fairs. The job fairs are where the companies that hire
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October 3, 2022 by Ciara Meyer (’23) On September 29, the Saratoga Springs City School District’s (SSCSD) Board of Education (BOE) meeting opened with a public comment period dominated by demands for more School Resource Officers (SROs), police officers specifically trained to work in academic environments, on school campuses. Since the BOE meeting in July,
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October 3, 2022 by Olivia Clemmensen (’26) Do you love fall, but not know how or where to enjoy it to its fullest? Are you looking for ways to take in the sights of Saratoga and upstate N.Y. in the fall weather? From the best places to go apple picking to where to go hiking to
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September 19, 2022 by Aditi Singh Do you want to get involved in school, build up your extracurriculars for college applications, or just have fun and relax with people with similar interests? If so, you should look into the numerous clubs offered at SSHS! Here are just a few: Class of 2023, 2024, 2025, and
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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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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 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 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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By Sophia Flanagan and Gracie Holtby On Tuesday, November 9, the Saratoga Springs High School National Honor Society held a blood drive for the American Red Cross in the school’s teaching auditorium. Senior Katherine Hachenski was the blood drive coordinator for the event. Hachenski volunteers every month, helping with blood drives she can find around the Capital Region. “I have
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By Isabel Zellner-Coe This Friday, October 29th from 7:00-9:30 PM, the senior class will host the first indoor dance since March 2020, the Senior Halloween Dance, in the White Gym at Saratoga Springs High School. “We have sold over one hundred tickets and the kids are very excited because they did not get a dance last year,”
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By Aditi Singh Over the past three years, members of the SSHS Leo Club have dedicated their extracurricular hours to community service, especially when it comes to addressing vision impairment issues. The Leo Club has organized drop-boxes for glasses at the high school and Wilton mall, and volunteered to sort recycled eyeglasses. “The LEO club
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Youth Squared, a local youth volunteer group, organized a Community Care Pop-up Event to provide community members in need with transportation assistance to jobs, doctor appointments, and other arrangements. In partnership with the Saratoga County Mental Health and Youth Services team, the Franklin Community Center, Shelters of Saratoga, and the Life Works Community Action Program, Youth Squared will be collecting bus pass
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By Eliza Krackeler Youth2, a community service group in Saratoga Springs, hit a roadblock when it came to creating their 2021 volunteer workshop. Because of the pandemic, it was not safe to hold the meeting in person. But Youth2 board members came together in an effort to keep the tradition alive. Using Zoom, they
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By Isabelle Kelly You step onto the freshly shaved rink, the chill and the clicking of the skates across the ice dissolves into the energy of the crowded arena. The horn sounds to signal a goal. Tension builds between the Section II rivals in the fight for the championship. A puck deflects off a goalie’s mask. Game over. For Saratoga center Devon Wormley, this loss may have been the last game of his high school career. As the disappointment of the Sectional loss
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