In a poll sent out to the SHS student body before the mask mandate was lifted, 81.9% of the 177 students who responded said that they did not plan to wear a mask when the mandate was lifted. 18.1&...

Many students were excited for the winter sports season to start and had been training all year. This excitement was short-lived for the members of the Winter Track team. At the start of the season, three...

Following months of deliberations, the House Democrats passed an overhaul $1.75 trillion ‘Build Back Better’ social, economic, and infrastructure policy, comprising a key piece of President Joe Biden’s...

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many beloved school traditions and activities were postponed or canceled. Over the past year, many SHS traditions have gradually returned; SHS students now go to school...

In a step towards universal inoculation, President Joe Biden announced approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 on November 3rd, 2021. The Biden administration expects these doses to be distributed...

Flashback to the beginning of 2020 when the first signs of COVID-19 started to appear in the United States, multiple theories of the potential causes of the virus circulated. Most of the little scientific...

When COVID-19 began to spread rampantly throughout the United States last year, almost every aspect of life was affected. The SHS administration instituted asynchronous school days. Streaming into classes,...

Unlike the United States that experienced a high number of COVID-19 cases in January and early February 2021, cases in India were dropping to record low numbers below 10,000 per day. The growing possibility...

On April 13, 2021, the CDC released a statement on the pause of the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Investigation revealed that severe types of blood clots may have been linked to the use of...

141,667 is a big number. 141,667 is also the number that is currently displayed on the big blue screen inside the Westchester County Center below the words “VACCINATIONS TO DATE!” The Westchester County...

A century ago, the Spanish influenza of 1918 wreaked havoc on the education of children across the United States. Most schools closed for four months, with only New York City and Chicago remaining open....

As COVID-19 vaccines are approved and become more accessible, teenagers who are sixteen and older now have at least one option for a vaccine. However, this may worry parents and students as no vaccine...