When Brigg Ernstrom, senior, started throwing javelin during his sophomore year track season, he said he never predicted breaking a school record two years later.
There was a record set last year...
By Jack Favazza, Marquette High School
• May 26, 2023
Richie Tienter is a visually impaired student who has been with the Marquette German program for all four years of high school. His German 4/5 class, in coordination with engineering teacher Kevin Sharitz,...
By Colin Nichols, Francis Howell Central High School
• May 26, 2023
Junior Mason Redford has a unique talent for beatboxing, and he describes how he learned how to beatbox and why it is so important and useful to him. He explains how beatboxing is a wonderful art form...
On Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13 the choir performed their annual Cabaret Show, this year titled "Hidden Connections." The Cabaret Show has been a yearly tradition since the school first opened....
By Gretchen Prifogle, Logansport High School
• May 24, 2023
Choir directors Tim and Susan Cahalan will retire at the end of this year after working at LHS for over 40 years. Their students celebrate their impact on their lives.
This story was originally published...
By Ava Blair, duPont Manual High School
• May 24, 2023
On Thursday afternoon, during fourth block, Louisville’s favorite heartthrob and pop star, Jack Harlow, came to visit duPont Manual High School.
Rumors started flying among students early Thursday...
Two-month old calves Kinsmen and Kenny visited campus from Shenandoah Farm, a 1,000 acre family owned farm in Dutchess County, New York as a part of EFFECT's green week celebration. Shenandoah Farm, which...
After a successful year of performances, pep rallies and dance competitions, the Blue Brigade ended its season last weekend in the annual spring show. Held in the MAC and hosted by class of ‘22 officers...
Junior Hill Top News reporter Braydyn Cyranowicz highlights the 2150 Boy Scout Troup, known for their blacksmithing abilities. If segment C of 380 is approved, the eight-lane freeway will cut through their...
By Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School
• May 18, 2023
macshieldonline · The S Word, Episode 19, Part 1 — Knights who aspire to be teachers
In this episode of The S Word, seniors Thea Krische and Yamini Shekhar join juniors Alex Moses and Hazel Reddy...
After four years of classes, COVID and all kinds of change, the class of 2023 kicked of its graduation festivities with the “Under the Knight Sky” prom last Saturday. Prom, which welcomed seniors and...
Last December, Jordan Shelton, language arts teacher, found a new way to destress: knitting.
Shelton said once she learned the basic stitches, she was surprised at how much knitting helped with her...
On average, 7,974 people die each day in the U.S. Of these deaths, 1,670 are due to cancer.
For Kayla Gifford, junior, her motives for donating blood stem from her grandmother's passing of cancer.
“Donating...
Mr. Patrick Reed’s ZoBot class has had the opportunity for a hands-on experience dissecting the animals that they learn about during lecture. Students describe their recent starfish dissection lab, what...
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Some turn bright-eyed while others pass looks – reactions that senior Niko Kocbayindiran has gotten accustomed to after speaking in front of someone for the first time....
In this episode of Room 22 podcast, co-hosts Rikka Dimalanta and Alan Ruiz talk to Daniel Pearl Magnet High School sophomore Francesca Sisk and science teacher Timothy Hughes...
By Aidan Smith, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
• May 4, 2023
Denim, spandex, nylon, and neon erupted onto the bleachers as SGA co-presidents communications senior Kate Wagner and strings senior Sofia Plaza welcomed students in the gym to Generation Day activities....
Throughout the spring season, student actors have been pushing themselves to learn the art of sword fighting and choreograph elaborate fight scenes. Under the guidance of Upper School Theater Teacher and...
Marquette Theater Company’s production of “Clue,” a murder mystery, debuted yesterday and will run through Sunday.
Rebecca Blindauer, MTC director, said she’s excited for the new, innovative...
By Shivani Kondubhatla, WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Austin
• May 3, 2023
Joanna Lin '23 stumbled upon jewelry making while on the hunt for a pastime to remedy the monotony of quarantine. After spending time experimenting with various jewelry styles, and scrolling through Youtube...
For the second year in a row, MHS hosted Special Olympics. However, there was a major difference this year: it was led by students.
Lexi Kossmann, senior, spearheaded the organization of the Friday,...
Since 2005, the St. Baldrick's Foundation events have raised over $326 million across the country for cancer research for children. When they first learned about the fundraisers, Conner Bunch, a 6th Grader...
By Catharine Li, WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Austin
• April 28, 2023
Walking down the newly renovated music wing is both an auditory and visual experience. Tucked away in these specially-designed rehearsal and practice rooms, pockets of community thrive.
In RRISD,...
By Aidan Riggs, Saint Xavier High School
• April 28, 2023
Meet the man in the booth whose voice is heard all across Churchill Downs: Travis Stone.
This story was originally published on Xavier News on April 25, 2023.
With extravagant dresses, a smiling crowd and a music-filled dance floor, the fourth-ever McCallum Quinceañera brought students together this past Saturday after years of COVID-induced shutdowns. The...
Lafayette hosted their first ever International Day on April 6. The event was planned, organized, and executed by Lafayette students. It featured games, stations with information about different countries...
When junior Keegan Sarwate heard about schools banning books across central Texas, he knew he had to take action. So he founded the McCallum Banned Book Club.
“I've heard about banned books for...
By Linds Avalos, Marquette High School
• April 14, 2023
When a former MHS student immigrated to the U.S., she started to feel disconnected. Jordan Shelton, language arts teacher and head of the DEI committee, sparked the idea of The Festival of Nations. The...
The video can be viewed here.
Conversation fills the cafeteria of Loker Elementary School where Wayland community members exchange stories of the late elementary school teacher Mike O'Connor. Held on...
By Chloe Schmitt, Marquette High School
• April 10, 2023
Quarterly, Grant's View Branch invites children and families to come and read books to reptiles. Children could sit near a reptile to read to them, and they could ask questions to learn more about reptiles...
Not even thunder, lightning, heavy rain, 55 mph wind gusts and a Tornado Watch could deter students from walking out to protest gun violence on Wednesday, April 5. “We are tired of gun violence and want...
By Jacob Robinson & Cassie Sun, Marquette High School
• April 7, 2023
Walking up to the pinball machine, Haley Huber, sophomore, braces herself to begin her favorite sport.
Fifteen minutes later, the score is shown.
Two billion.
Huber started playing last year...
Following its two year hiatus because of COVID-19, The WHS club Water Warriors has officially returned to WHS. Water Warriors began in 2011 when then senior, Isabel Schwartz researched the statistics of...
By Aiden Velez, Dreyfoos School of the Arts
• March 31, 2023
For every performance audiences watch onstage, there is another happening above, below, to the sides, and behind it. Technical theatre students operate a network of light and sound systems, raise and lower...
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By Veronica Hart, Delaware Valley Regional High School
• March 21, 2023
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In honor of Women’s History Month,...
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![IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Junior Zalie Mann performs “I Love to Cry at Weddings,” an ensemble piece from the fall musical Sweet Charity, to prospective students during the Fine Arts Showcase on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The showcase is a compilation of performances and demonstrations from each fine arts strand offered at McCallum. This show is put on so that prospective students can see if they are interested in joining an academy or major.
Sweet Charity originally ran the weekends of Sept. 28 and Oct. 8, but made a comeback for the Fine Arts Showcase.
“[Being at the front in the spotlight] is my favorite part of the whole dance, so I was super happy to be on stage performing and smiling at the audience,” Mann said.
Mann performed in both the musical theatre performance and dance excerpt “Ethereal,” a contemporary piece choreographed by the new dance director Terrance Carson, in the showcase. With also being a dance ambassador, Mann got to talk about what MAC dance is, her experience and answer any questions the aspiring arts majors and their parents may have.
Caption by Maya Tackett.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53321803427_47cd17fe70_o-1-1200x800.jpg)
![SPREADING THE JOY: Sophomore Chim Becker poses with sophomores Cozbi Sims and Lou Davidson while manning a table at the Hispanic Heritage treat day during lunch of Sept 28. Becker is a part of the students of color alliance, who put together the activity to raise money for their club.
“It [the stand] was really fun because McCallum has a lot of latino kids,” Becker said. “And I think it was nice that I could share the stuff that I usually just have at home with people who have never tried it before.”
Becker recognizes the importance of celebrating Hispanic heritage at Mac.
“I think its important to celebrate,” Becker said. “Because our culture is awesome and super cool, and everybody should be able to learn about other cultures of the world.”
Caption by JoJo Barnard.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53221601352_4127a81c41_o-1200x675.jpg)
![PINK FOR PROM: Seniors Vaughn Vandegrift, Peter Wiseman, Max Yehaskel and Alex Gold sing and dance their hearts out at Saturday’s “Under the Knight Sky” prom. Yehaskel and Wiseman stood out in the sea of black and navy suits as the pair opted for bright pink with contrasting, yet coordinating, shirts and ties. While the style decision seemed big to onlookers, for Yehaskel it was a simple choice.
“I like pink, it’s a solid color,” he said. “It almost melted when I ironed it actually. It’s 100% polyester, and I got it from Kohl’s.”
Yehaskel enjoyed prom overall, except when it came to the royalty announcement.
“Someone stole prom queen from me,” he joked. “It was very tragic. But other than that, it was fun.”
As prom marks another milestone at the end of senior year, Yehaskel is ready to sit back, relax and enjoy his last few weeks as a Knight.
“My grades don’t matter anymore [and] after AP tests I’m done,” Yehaskel said. “I’m going to go nuts, and I’m going to start cooking more.”
Caption by Francie Wilhelm.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/g_m_0458_52847345379_o-900x600.jpg)
