Cody Schell, honors and IB biology teacher, grew up in New York with a creek behind his house that he visited frequently. At age 10, he began finding garter snakes and other species there. This is where his interest for snakes and other wildlife blossomed. “[Snakes] are obviously really uniqueContinue Reading
Given her background in law, social studies teacher Patricia Coppolino said she wanted to go back to her roots. The new IB Global Politics course, which will be available to students next year, introduces a social studies course built around current events. Coppolino said teaching government is “kind of theContinue Reading
Writing is a skill that some either enjoy while others think as a chore. To English teacher Kanisha Parks, language and literature shaped her childhood from a student often getting into trouble, to an aspiring writer. “In first grade, I got in trouble a lot and actually got suspended 13Continue Reading
New business teacher Jeff Clare said he’s excited to fulfill his 15-year-long dream of teaching by stepping foot into the business department. Clare transitioned from co-teacher to teacher, taking over former business teacher Andrea Livick’s classes at the end of the semester. “I had my own consulting business for aContinue Reading
Every teacher has their roots, whether it be within the field they teach or not. For math teacher Aaron Kalb, his field was a baseball diamond. After a stint playing minor league baseball, Kalb coached at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. “I actually went into coaching originally. IContinue Reading
While some students feel that consistency among teachers would better their education, teachers argue that their independence is the very thing that helps students to succeed. IB Analysis and Approaches (A&A) SL 1 teachers assign the same tests, but quizzes may vary because each teacher has the freedom to makeContinue Reading
COVID-19 disrupted decades of in school recycling and caused a higher demand for plastics. Pre-pandemic, members of the student organization Earth Force took care of recycling, and current members are trying to revive the process. Ordinarily, once a week, members would take recylables to the recycling dumpster behind the school,Continue Reading
The Saturday school program requires volunteers like English teacher Margaret Hemmingson, who has been supervising it since 2019, to keep it afloat. The program was implemented to help students who are struggling or need a quiet space to do their work on the weekends. “There were quite a few [students]Continue Reading
“Through the air there’s a calling / From far away / There’s a voice I can hear / That will lead me home”—these were sophomore Sophia Welch’s favorite lines from “The Road Home,” one of the songs she sang at the first in-person choir concert on Oct. 7. “It feltContinue Reading
For the past three years, junior Adrian Klaits has worked to make a positive impact in his local community through political activism, but now he is focused on a different goal: fighting prejudice in artificial intelligence. Klaits’ work with the group Encode Justice led him and the other leaders toContinue Reading