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& of students said that they planned to continue wearing a mask.
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 positive cases immediately shut down the sport for ten days. Many members were looking forward to...
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 economic agenda. The Bill aims to supplement and improve relief measures to address the COVID-19...
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 for five full days each week, sports are running, and crowded events such as the pep rally have even...
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 starting the week of November 8th. “We’ve taken a giant step forward to further accelerate...
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 evidence at that time pointed towards animals in the Huanan market in Wuhan being the original source...
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, wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and having a greater focus on student mental health...
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 of herd immunity coming soon was supported by the fact that a little less than half of the people...