Category: News

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…

Kelsey Anspach and Peter Lacerenza
News Editor and Features Editor

In this day and age, there is no denying that social networking sites play an increasingly important role in students’ lives, whether they’re used to communicate about school and sports, publicize events, or catch up with friends. Because websites like Facebook and Twitter allow students to share information with such facility, people often have a tendency to post every uncut detail of their lives on the Internet.

While some may think nothing of posting such information, they might do well to remember that once something is on the Internet, it’s there for anyone to see. Schools, police and even government agencies have the ability to simply log into these websites to access a plethora of information about students’ activities…

Maureen Dinnie
Reporter

On Sunday March 7th, members of the junior and senior Moody’s Math Team worked for fourteen hours at the Moody Mega Math Challenge. The winners were announced April 12th, and our Moody’s Math Team walked away as one of the thirty-one teams with an honorable mention and a $1,000 check…