Behind the Screen: Cyberbullying at SHS
November 19, 2015
Emma* stretches her legs across the black leather couch. Her fingers lie on the dusty keyboard, her eyes scan her Facebook news feed on her laptop. She is about to wish a friend a happy birthday when she hears a ring: she has received a Facebook message. “Your clothes looked disgusting today,” it ...
SHS Alumni and the Drug War: Ethan Nadelmann ’75
November 17, 2015
Scarsdale Alumni, Ethan Nadelmann ’75 has dedicated his life to educating the American public about politics and the world around us. After working as a professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University for seven years, he has dedicated his time to developing meaningful drug reform both in ...
Global Citizen Day
October 14, 2015
On October 8, SHS students and staff participated in an all-day event aimed to motivate and engage SHS to take action in the world. Ms. Waters, advisor of the Human Rights Coalition club and history teacher, started Global Citizen Day three years ago and has been involved in its organization for the pas...
SazorTech: 99 Problems, But A Broken Phone Ain’t One
August 28, 2015
The sound of a phone hitting concrete could mean the worst kind of news. At SHS, however, students should feel somewhat at ease with student Serge Azor’s ’17 recent opening of company SazorTech. SazorTech repairs iPhones. At Apple, iPhone repairs run at extremely high costs from $109 to $129. Stude...
Behind the Scenes of the Senior Class Play
June 1, 2015
Scarsdale High School is bustling with show business as opening night of the senior class plays rolls nearer with each passing second. This year, the seniors are performing Legally Blonde the Musical, the captivating drama of a sorority sister, Elle, who follows her ex boyfriend, Warner, to Harvard Law Sc...
Promposals
May 30, 2015
Thomas Cooke '15 and Ali Kass '15 Ali Kass '15 had just gotten a new puppy on Saturday, April 25. When she came home from Soul Cycle, her new puppy was waiting for her. The dog was all dressed up in a tuxedo bearing the word “Prom?” along with Kass’s old puppy and boyfriend, T...
A.T. Art Locker: Psychotrauma, I Will Be Okay
May 4, 2015
There is a strong chance that at least one point this year, you were intrigued and, very possibly, confused by the decked out lockers in the second floor science wing. Those decked out lockers were actually one of the AT Art classes’ projects. The students were assigned to fill a locker with both...
Appsolutely Genius
March 26, 2015
Flappy Bird, Candy Crush, Trivia Crack, and Stuck in Orbit–what do they all have in common? They are all addictive apps that students use to escape the monotonous world of school and stress. But which one is not like the others? Stuck in Orbit was created by SHS student Zachary Bernstein ’1...
College “Off the Wall”
March 26, 2015
For most SHS students, the college process starts the second they walk into the high school. It is only after three and half years of stress and tedious work that they are free from the pressure. Once second semester seniors have received their acceptance letters, they can finally celebrate a...
A.T. Art Locker of the Month: Rachel Schwartzbaum
February 9, 2015
The high school lockers at SHS are known for their sterile emptiness.They are generally only filled with coats, if that. However, the AT Studio Art class is bringing color and creativity to SHS lockers. Students were given a lot of freedom. “The only constraint is that [the design] has to have a theme,...
A-School Internship Spotlight
February 9, 2015
Every year, ASchool students secure an internship at the business of their choice during the month of January. The Career Internship Program, founded in 1973, is the oldest high school internship program in the country. These internships offer a great opportunity for students to immerse themselves...
In the Limelight: Kseniya Kornilova ’16
December 13, 2014
Kseniya Kornilova ’16, who hails from Kazakhstan, has joined the Scarsdale community through FLEX this year with the help of her host family, the Aurbacher’s. Every year, SHS accepts students from around the globe through various exchange programs, in- cluding Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX...
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