May 10, 2023 by Olivia Clemmensen (‘26) The Student Council for the 2023-2024 school year has now been voted for and its members are all anxious to make a change to our school. Whether it be by increasing school spirit, spreading kindness and understanding towards others, or by strengthening the communication between our administration and […]
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May 10, 2023 by The Lightning Rod The 5th annual Jim Flanders’ Haiku Poetry contest has come to a close. The Saratoga Springs High School English Department thanks all the poets who submitted close to 150 different haiku. The competition was fierce but here are this year’s Saratoga Springs top 3 haiku! Winner: Levi Goodman
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May 10, 2023 by Eliza Krackeler (‘24) The Rod Mini Across (1) Outer case of a snap pea (4) __ up (as in settling a debt) (5) En garde, ready,____! (6) Ancient, in ancient terms (7) Aliens, for short Down (1) Small lakes (2) ___ upon a time (3) Dangerous homophone in the imperative (4)
April 26, 2023 by Ciara Meyer (’23) On Wednesday, April 19, Saratoga Springs High School (SSHS) hosted its first of three “No Place for Hate” events. The assembly, part of an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) program to improve inclusion, equity, and allyship in schools, included testimonies about experiences of exclusion and inclusion in the SSCSD, and
April 26, 2023 by Elijah N’dolo (’24) On Saturday, April 29th, the environmental preservation organization Sustainable Saratoga will host its annual “Tree Toga” event starting at Pitney Meadows Farm. Over the course of the day, more than one hundred volunteers will disperse throughout Saratoga Springs to plant trees in the yards of 38 “tree hosts.”
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April 26, 2023 by Raveesh Goss (’24) Is our school really “No Place for Hate?” Our administration would agree that we are, as long as the school partners with the Anti-Defamation League and holds three school-wide activities that fight against hate within our school environment. Our administration would agree if the school simply supports student-led
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April 26, 2023 by Olivia Zebrowski (’23) By now, most of the student body is familiar with the Greece trip taken by the International History Club over April break–whether that be through word of mouth or because of the hundreds of Instagram posts made by trip attendees (me included). Those Instagram posts fail to show
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April 26, 2023 by Eliza Krackeler (’24) and by Alex Wersten (’25) The Rod Mini Developed by Eliza Krackeler ACROSS (1) Mr. Ubriaco, informally (4) Many groups of dolphins (6) Fall that can make you fall (8) Scooby’s breed (9) Cell standard DOWN (1) __ and downs (2) An emphasized word (3) Perfect (5) Email
April 26, 2023 by AJ Martin (‘24) What is SPA? SPA is the Saratoga Pathways Academy. That is the end of the article, if we’re speaking literally, but there are probably better ways to answer that question. Interest in the SPA program is particularly high for the soon-to-be freshmen moving into high school. As a
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April 26, 2023 by Darren Pasek (‘25) Americans cower at the idea of publicly run press and media, and rightfully so. If the government controlled what journalists said and reported, Americans worry that there would be a translucent haze between the people and the truth. This fear is not based entirely on theory though. When
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