By, Qirrat Anwar Earlier this fall, the Boston Public Schools committee announced that 26 schools, ranging from East Boston to West Roxbury, are at risk of being declared underperforming on standardized testing. Nine Boston public schools, in fact, have already been declared underperforming due to students’ low MCAS scores. Tommy Chang, superintendent of Boston Public …
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By, Dayoon Chang Angela S. ’19 is in AP Studio Art this year. She won the 2017 State Fish Art Massachusetts Competition and earned two silver key awards for the 2017 Scholastic Arts. Angela is also the 2015 State Fish Art Massachusetts Third Place winner. What do you like to draw the most? I really …
By, Ellen Pickette As the lights shine brightly on the stage, the audience gasps from shock. It appears as if the cast is all boys. Is this a throwback to Shakespearian times? An educational experience instead of a night of entertainment? Unfortunately for any Shakespeare enthusiast or history buff, this isn’t supposed to be an …
By, Alison Poussaint Usually swelling is not abnormal. A college student sprains her ankle, an athlete gets hit with a soccer ball, a teacher experiences the flare-up of an old shoulder injury. However, many of these adults may see swelling in their neck, underarms, and groin later in life, a sign of Diffuse large B-Cell …
By, Caitlin Smith In the midst of a chilly January, we took a week’s rest from traditional academic studies and devoted our focus as a student body to waste, one of the biggest problems plaguing our modern world. Individuals are decreasingly aware that their impact on the world is quickly increasing global warming through greenhouse …
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