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
By: Eleni King Martin On Saturday, October 17th, our student body celebrated our school at the annual Homecoming Dance. The night before, at our second-to-last football game, the students of McCaskey High School voted who would represent our school as Homecoming King and Queen. The elected students are two accomplished and well-known seniors, Gregory Medina and Keira Koser-Martin! “I love McCaskey because of the inclusiveness … Continue reading 2025-2026 HOCO KING AND QUEEN!
By Elisabeth Palacios This year’s homecoming court was an amazing group of students that are involved all across McCaskey, and if we could crown each one of them Homecoming King & Queen, we would! These students include: Benjamin High, Gregory Medina, Zayd Mattar, Darrian Rom, Aaron Canestrare, Rameer Jackson, Shawn Mapp, Gilliana “Gigi” Ortiz, Danaj Kellum, Saniya Cruz, Dymazhia Lavender-Gray, Yakima Citron Cruz, Janeva Hicks, … Continue reading Learn more about McCaskey’s 2025-26 Homecoming Court!
William Looker-Fenn On October 17th of this year, McCaskey held its first-ever Fall Fling. But what exactly is the Fall Fling? The Fall Fling is an event hosted by J.P. McCaskey High School at the end of Homecoming week, celebrating the hard work of students and staff throughout the school. The event featured food trucks, games, and other entertaining activities and attractions. Photo taken by … Continue reading What Happened at the Fall Fling?
By Jenny Ward (Guest Writer) This year’s homecoming dance was a continuation of a long-standing McCaskey tradition. Once again taking place at the Lancaster Marriott, this year’s theme was ‘Night of Lights.’ The theme was inspired by last year’s prom theme of the same name in an effort to budget more effectively, thus creating a more immersive homecoming and prom experience through decorations. The 2025 … Continue reading Night of Lights- Homecoming Dance 2025
By: William Looker-Fenn Over the years, the J.P. McCaskey High School football team has become notorious for losing. This is exacerbated by the fact that they have had a losing record for the past 14 seasons, with their last winning record being an impressive 7-4 in the 2010-2011 season. However, the 14 straight seasons of losing could not be ignored and this would end … Continue reading Meet the New Head Coach of McCaskey Football Dr. Mealy
By: Devon Barnes Valerie Gray is more than just your typical McCaskey high school student. She got her start here only a few years ago after moving from the sunny shores of Florida, and isn’t hesitating one bit to make her mark. Valerie’s making sure her senior year goes out with a bang (or two!), setting a shining example for all of her peers. Her … Continue reading Student Profile: Valerie Gray
By Eleni King Martin Along with the excitement of fall sports and the start of the new school year, the fall play is rapidlyapproaching! Our very own theater department is getting ready to perform a hilarious retelling of theclassic, spooky tale of Dracula. Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors is a combination of the tale of Dracula and the humor of classic comedies.It follows the story … Continue reading McCaskey’s Fall Production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
By: William Looker-Fenn At J.P. McCaskey High School, there are many students who put their full effort into everything they do. These students can bounce between classes, succeeding in every single one, all while still smiling the entire way through. However, many students do not get to know the faces behind these hard-working students. These extraordinarily successful students deserve a shoutout for all that … Continue reading Student Profile: Dung Huynh
By: Jenny Ward Last March, McCaskey students performed for friends and family the highly anticipated “The Wedding Singer.” The musical, based on the 1998 film, tells the story of Robbie Hart– a wedding singer whose own wedding fails– and how he falls in love with waitress Julia Sullivan The 2025 musical was no different from past years when it comes to the amount of time … Continue reading Celebrating McCaskey’s Big Win at The Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards
By: Sofia Escudero Elisabeth Palacios is known as a kind hearted, hardworking student who is also thoughtfuland open minded, and plays an important role to the McCaskey community. As a senior inMcCaskey and the Vidette Editor, Elisabeth looks forward to spending her last year helping herpeers in McCaskey’s Vidette newspaper class. Most importantly helping her newspaper peersfind their own unique writing style. Around the McCaskey … Continue reading Student Profile: Elisabeth Palacios
By Jociel Colon Sometimes, the most colorful, vibrant, few-in-a-generation person is someone you walk by every day and never really notice. And they might be the same person substituting for your class for a day. One of these people here in our school community has definitely been a popular character among students since his start here at the school. Graduating in the class of 1974 … Continue reading You know Mr. Jones, right?
By Jociel Colon “I hope that I get to reach out to more people and that they feel more comfortable talking to me less as a leader, and more of a friend or a peer, or someone they can resonate with.” Very few people come around with a real passion for helping, including, and understanding- not only their peers in the student body but also … Continue reading Neveah Simson wants her peers to feel cared for
By Nora Schindler Olivia Houde is a junior at McCaskey, and deeply involved in the arts department in many ways. Over her three years here she has built her McCaskey experience on the stable music program we have on campus. Starting in the marching band at the very beginning of high school she worked her way up to drum major throughout her years here and … Continue reading Meet Olivia Houde
By Sofia Escudero Born in Cholula, Mexico, Berenice grew up with her parents and 3 older sisters. “My family was struggling. We had debt, a lot of my neighbors used those blankets that cover trucks as roofs, and we got our water from a well.” Around the age of 6, her mom made the choice to leave her family and go to America on her … Continue reading Asylum seeker: Berenice’s journey
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