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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By Elle Wilcox While the Presidential Election may have passed, views on the candidates, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, have not. Student voters around the halls of Saratoga Springs High School have given statements on their views on the 2020 election. Some support Biden, and some support Trump. Either way, many students at Saratoga
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By Grace Beauregard Naomi Cohen and Emilia Brueggemann are two Saratoga Springs High School students who did a favor for Americans this past fall – they worked at the local polling place during the presidential election. Through an online interview, Cohen and Brueggemann shared the inside scoop on this important job. Q: What
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By Julian Silva-Forbes On December 8th, SSCSD residents will vote on whether to approve the Legacy Project, which would provide improvements and renovations to buildings throughout the school district. At Saratoga Springs high school, featured projects would include cafeteria renovations, a new fitness center, select classroom renovations, enhanced security, traffic improvements, and general building
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By Eliza Krackeler Shrek opened his eyes on the morning of March 12th, 2020, not knowing that his life in the swamp would never be the same. Kai Farr, a senior at Saratoga Springs High School, was the actor who played the lead role in “Shrek the Musical”. He said, “I woke up the
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By Isabelle Kelly The 2020 season has been a year like no other for the Saratoga Boys Varsity soccer team. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new set of obstacles for the Blue Streaks, like many other sports teams across the Suburban Council. “The biggest challenge has been keeping my eyes open and trying
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By: Julian Silva-Forbes The Saratoga Springs high school library is adapting to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic through online book requests and virtual programming. Ms. Duchaussee and Ms. Nemeth, the school librarians, are leading these changes. “Right now, our focus is on getting books to kids who want them,” said Nemeth. High school
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By: Anastasia Ivanova Saratoga Springs High School is taking a ‘Green’ Initiative by working on building a compost greenhouse behind the building; a project that was started 2016. The project is managed by Mr. Haas and his Environmental Science class, with the help form the technology department. Compostable garbage is taken from the kitchen
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By: Aya Awawdeh Saratoga Springs High School student democrats, Mattew Taylor, Sara Zlontick and Chrissy Demarco, submitted a club proposal to the district’s Board of Education. If approved, the Young Democrats club will start meeting in January. “The mission statement of the club is to foster political participation while listening to various view points
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By: Aidan Joly There’s a new club at Saratoga Springs High School, and it’s one that’s getting people talking. The Saratoga Springs High School Teenage Republicans club, led by co-founder and president Meg Messitt and vice president Paul Sheehan have attracted several students so far to their meetings, have established the new club for
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June 9, 2016 by Skyler Stanford The elections for the Class of 2017, the Student Council, and all of the winners for the other classes have been selected after the entire school chose from a variety of candidates based on their class. The 2017 senior class representatives have a big year ahead of them with
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 by Gillian Schrader Last Monday, presidential candidate Donald Trump brought his supporters together for a rally at the Times Union Center in Albany, including a few high school students. There were almost 20,000 people who filled the arena but not all were Trump supporters; Heather Fiacco, a junior who attends Saratoga
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