Category: 2025-2026

2025-2026, Campus Life, Uncategorized

How Bad Bunny is making pop-culture history under America’s anti-immigrant government

By Elisabeth Palacios On February 1st, Benito Anontio Martinez Ocascio, best known as “Bad Bunny,” became the first Latino artist to win an “Album of the Year” award for his album Debir Tirar Mas Fotos at the 2026 Grammy’s. On February 8th, he was the first Latino, Spanish-language artist to solo-headline at the NFL Super Bowl. These are feats within themselves, but even more so … Continue reading How Bad Bunny is making pop-culture history under America’s anti-immigrant government

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Uncategorized

McCaskey’s Spring Musical: Something Rotten!

By: Eleni King Martin As the snow melts and the sun comes out, so does the McCaskey Theatre Department! The highly-anticipated annual spring musical is right around the corner, and this year, our students will be performing Something Rotten. Approximately five months after closing night of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors and one year after the Apollo Award-winning musical, The Wedding Singer, Something Rotten will … Continue reading McCaskey’s Spring Musical: Something Rotten!

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2025-2026, Campus Life

Are You Ready for Something Rotten?

McCaskey’s Spring Musical is almost ready to take the stage! Get ready to laugh, sing, and dance as two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this clever mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway! Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star … Continue reading Are You Ready for Something Rotten?

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2025-2026, Opinion

The Necessity of Challenge

A man carefully trekking his way up a mountain. (Fabrizio Conti) Challenge is something everyone goes through. Whether it be through having a family member die or just having to feed your pets, everyone deals with challenges. The concept of challenge is quite complex. What a challenge actually is could mean two entirely different things to different people. For instance, one person might find simply … Continue reading The Necessity of Challenge

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2025-2026

McCaskey Has a Bathroom Problem

On the surface, McCaskey is a great school—and that’s because it is! McCaskey offers over 50 advanced courses and 30 student-run clubs. There is an opportunity for every student to succeed. However, there is one lingering problem at McCaskey that remains unsolved. McCaskey has a bathroom problem. To start, it is key to discuss the need for safe bathrooms at McCaskey. According to a study … Continue reading McCaskey Has a Bathroom Problem

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2025-2026, Campus Life

McCaskey Puppy Love

By: Sofia Escudero McCaskey has announced a new facility dog which is expected to be introduced to the McCaskey community in March. Nado, short for Tornado, is McCaskey’s newest addition. He is a young pup, just barely one years old, and is excited to get to work.  Many McCaskey staff members have been working on the project of getting a facility dog for McCaskey over … Continue reading McCaskey Puppy Love

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2025-2026, News

What have Lancastrians been doing to protest ICE? 

By: Eleni King Martin In light of recent events, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has become the recipient of widespread protests. Across the country, citizens of the United States have come together to protest the recent brutality ICE has been displaying. In local events, the citizens of Lancaster have come together in a march for protest and a candlelight vigil to honor those … Continue reading What have Lancastrians been doing to protest ICE? 

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

Stranger Things Finale: What happened?

By Elisabeth Palacios  Over winter break, the Duffer Brother’s hit-show Stranger Things on Netflix aired its season and show-finale on December 31st, right before 2026. The preceding episodes of season 5, its final season, was released in two volumes: episodes 1-4 on November 26th, and episodes 5-7 on December 25th.  Stranger Things is Netflix’s most-viewed show ever, accumulating over 1.2 billion views across the five … Continue reading Stranger Things Finale: What happened?

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2025-2026, News, Sports

Heated Rivalry: The Show that Took the World by Storm

By: Sofia Escudero On November 28th, an episode of a new hockey show which explores queer identities was released on the streaming network Crave. This show, Heated Rivalry, took the internet by storm. Heated Rivalry (HR) is a live adaption of the books written by Rachel Reid, which follows two hockey stars and their rivalry-turned love story. The show has given a boost to the … Continue reading Heated Rivalry: The Show that Took the World by Storm

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Uncategorized

What Is Model UN And Why Should Students Join The Club?

At McCaskey High School, a wide range of clubs are offered to support the diverse interests of all students campus-wide. For example, an argumentative student could join McCaskey’s Debate Club, or a student who likes taking pictures could join the FOCUS Photography club. However, none of these clubs stands out quite like McCaskey’s Model United Nations does. But what actually is the club, why should … Continue reading What Is Model UN And Why Should Students Join The Club?

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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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