Category: 2025-2026

2025-2026, Campus Life, Uncategorized

Have you heard about the IB Sciences?

By: Eleni King Martin Within McCaskey’s IB Diploma program lies a much more complex set of classes. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Science department allows students to explore many different fields of study, while still gaining the valuable experience of a well-rounded education. IB prioritizes critical thinking and solving problems, both of which go hand-in-hand with a scientific education. McCaskey offers five different IB science classes, … Continue reading Have you heard about the IB Sciences?

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2025-2026, Campus Life

What Is IB Global Politics

     At McCaskey High School, a wide variety of IB courses are offered for students. IB, also known as International Baccalaureate, is an international organization that offers courses to high schoolers worldwide. These range from more art-focused courses such as IB Visual Arts, to the more in-depth, philosophical IB Theory of Knowledge. One of these courses is the rigorous IB Global Politics, which is taught by … Continue reading What Is IB Global Politics

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2025-2026, Campus Life

IB World Languages

By: Sofia Escudero In the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, one subject that many students complain about is World Languages. Learning French, Spanish, or German can feel hard, confusing, and sometimes unnecessary. A lot of students ask, “Why do we even need this?” However, IB World Languages provide students with important and useful language skills that will become essential to them later in life. Learning these … Continue reading IB World Languages

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2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

The Behind the Scenes of McCaskey’s Stage Crew!

McCaskey’s fall play and spring musicals are always amazing productions because of our extremely talented directors and cast. But when they bring the talent, who brings the set, the lights, the props, the stage? Obviously, it’s our stage crew in McCaskey’s stage design and production class. But what does the whole process look like, and what do we actually do for our biggest production of … Continue reading The Behind the Scenes of McCaskey’s Stage Crew!

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2025-2026, Uncategorized

What is McCaskey wishing for in the New Year? 

By: Eleni King Martin As the clocks strike midnight on New Year’s Eve, people around the world vow to improve themselves. Whether this be in a physical, mental, or emotional sense, many people view the New Year as the perfect fresh start. So, as winter break approaches and the year comes to a close, this Vidette writer has asked students and staff around the school … Continue reading What is McCaskey wishing for in the New Year? 

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2025-2026, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

MCCASKEY’S HIDDEN TALENT: THE ART DEPARTMENT

By: Eleni King Martin McCaskey is known for having a fantastic performing arts department, and great athletic teams, including the track and field and wrestling teams. However, the lesser known art department, though just as accomplished, is another amazing part of our school. For the students who don’t wish to be limited to the required 0.5 credits of art, there is a whole world of … Continue reading MCCASKEY’S HIDDEN TALENT: THE ART DEPARTMENT

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2025-2026, Campus Life

Meet McCaskey Chemistry Teacher Mr. Hatch

J.P. McCaskey High School has a lot of unique chemistry teachers. Every single one of them has their own unique ways of pushing their students towards success. Teachers do this through challenging them with projects or simply helping them with a problem. However, one chemistry teacher at McCaskey stands out. This teacher has become the life of room 252. That is thanks to McCaskey’s very … Continue reading Meet McCaskey Chemistry Teacher Mr. Hatch

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2025-2026, News

Support the Community With Holiday Cheer

By: Sofia Escudero With the recent administration, there has been a surge in deportations and the Trump administration has had the highest amount of deportations since 2019. Families all over America have been living in fear of possible deportation, whether they are a citizen or not. New policies have been put into place, such as the ability to be detained based on appearances to determine … Continue reading Support the Community With Holiday Cheer

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2025-2026, News, Politics

SNAP benefits: How have they affected our student body? 

By: Eleni King Martin During the 43-day government shutdown, SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, were cut for families across the United States. SNAP benefits is a federal funded program directed towards providing families in need with money for food and groceries. This program gives money to families in need, however this money can only be spent towards food and beverages. Food stamps are … Continue reading SNAP benefits: How have they affected our student body? 

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2025-2026, Uncategorized

What Actually is Artificial Intelligence and How is it Affecting the World?

Artificial intelligence has quickly become the technology of the century. It has developed to the point where it can complete essentially any written task at a human level faster than any of us could have ever imagined. However, most people do not understand the effects of artificial intelligence and how it works. As a result, it is necessary to educate people on what artificial intelligence … Continue reading What Actually is Artificial Intelligence and How is it Affecting the World?

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2025-2026, Uncategorized

PA Budget Withheld: What About McCaskey?

The Pennsylvania State Budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is being withheld due to an impasse—meaning that the state government was unable to finalize and agree on a budget plan by July 1st. This has caused a plethora of problems statewide, and education was no exception. PA’s public schools have missed out on $3.76 billion in payments just in the span of three months (July, … Continue reading PA Budget Withheld: What About McCaskey?

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2025-2026, Campus Life

Dr Reese: the Heart of McCaskey

By: Eleni King Martin Being a student at McCaskey, you’ve most likely seen Dr. Reese somewhere. Whether it’s walking to class, eating at breakfast and lunch, or just being around campus, Dr. Reese seems to be everywhere. But, have you ever wondered what Dr Reese actually does or what he wants to do? Well, us too. After spending a day with Dr. Reese, my fellow … Continue reading Dr Reese: the Heart of McCaskey

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2025-2026, Uncategorized

No Future Nation Without Education

By: Sofia Escudero Across Lancaster, students are speaking out for something bigger than themselves; the future of public education. What started as a Global Politics Internal Assessment turned into a powerful, student-led movement calling attention to the government’s ongoing state budget and funding crisis. On October 8th, students from McCaskey participated in a peaceful walkout organized by junior Thomas McCoy. The goal was simple: to … Continue reading No Future Nation Without Education

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Sports

A Look into the Construction of the New McCaskey Football Stadium

By: William Looker-Fenn  Over the years, the football stadium at McCaskey has shown its age. The track was old, and the field had divots. It was clear that the football stadium needed to change. As a result, the decision would approve a plan to build a new football stadium for J.P. McCaskey High School. Despite being a large and expensive investment, the changes were vital. … Continue reading A Look into the Construction of the New McCaskey Football Stadium

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Uncategorized

McCaskey’s Spirit Week

By Sofia Escudero Last week, students and staff came together to celebrate Spirit Week, a fun-filled tradition designed to boost school pride and community. Each day brought a new theme, encouraging creativity, teamwork, and plenty of laughter across the halls. The week kicked off with Twin Day, where friends wore matching outfits. From identical hoodies to full-on costumes. Students were dressed as all kinds of … Continue reading McCaskey’s Spirit Week

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