Opinion

February 27, 2023 by Darren Pasek (’25) In October 2022, the city finally announced plans that Saratoga Springs would have a permanent low-barrier homeless shelter. Up until October, the city was working with Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) to repurpose the current senior center at 5 Williams Street. The city already owns this building and SOS […]

February 6, 2023 by Darren Pasek (’25) Within the first week of 2023, a school shooting had already taken place. This time an atypical story enthralled the world. Just outside of Newport News, Virginia, a six-year-old boy shot and wounded his teacher during a lesson. Remarkably, she is in stable condition. Leading up to the

September 19, 2022 by Natalie Rock Back-to-school season means senior lot season for students at Saratoga Springs High School. You would think that the name “senior lot” was self-explanatory, but I guess it wasn’t clear enough. Well, allow me to explain, it’s for seniors. Still, some juniors have been a little confused–eager to drive to

September 19, 2022 by Ciara Meyer I have officially spent 2167 days in the Saratoga Springs City School District. By the time I graduate it will be 2340 days. Unlike most students at Saratoga Springs High School, I had the opportunity to opt-out of this experience. My sister switched to private school during her 10th-grade

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

By: Ben Weatherwax   Recent mass shootings have caused a panic and a rise of activism amongst young people across the country, who are uniting to have their voices heard. One thing that seems to be overlooked is training students on what to do if there is an emergency involving an active shooter on school

February 12, 2016 by Skyler Stanford “Why do you starve yourself?” is an often heard question by any girl 125 pounds or under. This is skinny shamming; whether through a joke or pure insult, commenting on someone’s weight (no matter what that weight is) can make the person feel self-conscious and insecure. “I’ve been called