Year: 2010

Emily Greene and Catherine Chiocchi
News Editor and Arts Editor

Senior year. That crucial milestone. It’s a time to deepen maturity, self-awareness, and personal passions — and at times it can seem like a social vacation akin to that of Ferris Bueller.

After college applications are finished, many seniors contract “senioritis,” because they see little academic worth in the rest of the school year. Why, these seniors ask, should they still even be in school?

Some state legislators have been asking the same question. Earlier this year, Republican Senator Chris Buttars of Utah proposed a plan to eliminate senior year for students who have already earned enough credits to graduate as a part of a statewide budget cutting effort. After receiving considerable backlash from the public, he revised his plan, making senior year optional instead.

Could this idea eventually become a reality? For students who choose to graduate early, it already is…

Sara McCloskey and Dan Popper
Managing Editor and Sports Editor

There are many AP courses offered at the high school ranging from AP Music Theory to AP Physics. Each May, AP tests are offered by the College Board to students taking these courses. Prior to this year, students were strongly encouraged yet not forced by their teachers to take the classes respective AP test. However, at the beginning of this school year the administration implemented a policy stating that in order to receive the honors weighting that comes with taking an AP class, all students must register for an AP test through the school at a fee of $95 per test.

In January 2009 a committee of faculty members presented a solution to the Board of Education to address the large number of students who take AP courses but not the AP test…