Five Distinguished McCaskey Alumni Honored at Annual Banquet

By Logan Bjerklie // Photos by Sam Soliman On Thursday, October 5, the McCaskey Alumni Association hosted their annual Distinguished Alumni Awards at Southern Market. They present these awards to five diverse alumni of McCaskey High School. According to the McCaskey Alumni website, “Each recipient is chosen because they have achieved a level of stature within their profession or community to which the students in … Continue reading Five Distinguished McCaskey Alumni Honored at Annual Banquet

Andes Manta’s McCaskey Debut

By Gabriel Brogan Andes Manta, a band of four brothers specializing in traditional Ecuadorian folk music, recently hosted a workshop and concert here at McCaskey. The workshop was organized by McCaskey Spanish teacher Sñra. Savidge, who coordinated the event with local nonprofit, the Latin American Alliance, or LAA. While Savidge has worked with Andes Manta before, the workshop was the first to be held on … Continue reading Andes Manta’s McCaskey Debut

Is Powder Puff Tackling the Problem of Girls Football?

By Ada Kessler On October 4th, 2023, McCaskey held our annual Powder Puff football game that occurs during the week of homecoming. Powder Puff is a flag football game that consists of two all-girl teams: juniors versus seniors. There are two thirty-minute halves and a five-minute halftime. The game was close, tied 12-12 up until the last second when senior D’anna Jones scored a ‘Hail … Continue reading Is Powder Puff Tackling the Problem of Girls Football?

McCaskey’s School Spirit on Display at Homecoming Pep Rally

By Ariana Martinez On Friday, October 6th, the students of McCaskey High School supported and encouraged their peers at the Pep Rally. You could feel the excitement in the cheers that roared through the crowd, as everyone presenting came out. This special event occurred on the football field during periods nine and ten. The pep rally was a really great way to end the Friday … Continue reading McCaskey’s School Spirit on Display at Homecoming Pep Rally

Could a Four-Day School Week Work at McCaskey?

By Elisabeth Palacios More and more school districts across the U.S. have been implementing four-day school weeks and three-day weekends. This could be great for teachers and students, as they’d have less stress, be given more leisure time, and be able to have a better work-life balance. However, what are the other consequences of students having less educational time during a standard week? Will the … Continue reading Could a Four-Day School Week Work at McCaskey?

Brother Albrecht Aims to Make the Most of His Last Year at McCaskey

By Leana Rodriguez Deeply rooted within the McCaskey community is a teacher named Frank Albrecht. Better known as Brother Albrecht, his passion for education shines brightly, guiding students toward a brighter future. Albrecht started teaching at McCaskey High School in 1985, originally as a gym teacher. In 1990 his passion for teaching changed, leading him to start a peer mediation program.  Today you can find … Continue reading Brother Albrecht Aims to Make the Most of His Last Year at McCaskey

McCaskey Comes Up Big in Overtime to Defeat Reading

By Nora Schindler At the pep rally on Friday, October 6, Steven Lavender-Gray told the crowd full of McCaskey students he was going to win the homecoming game. Then the anticipation began.  That Friday, the air was cold and it was finally starting to feel like fall. It was dark as people filed in. What initially seemed like a decent amount of students turned into … Continue reading McCaskey Comes Up Big in Overtime to Defeat Reading

Is the SAT Becoming Obsolete?

By Sidney Brant As seniors decide whether or not to submit SAT scores, and juniors prepare to take the test for the first time, many students contemplate the same question: what’s the point? It seems ludicrous to spend dozens of hours re-learning freshman year trig and how to apply grammar rules to heinously written passages for questions that may or may not be on a … Continue reading Is the SAT Becoming Obsolete?

An Ending

There is a distinct feeling that comes with the end of something. It’s not always immediately apparent to me, as I often am too concerned with specifics. Where I left my phone, where my water bottle is. Things that distract from the grander point, or blur the lines between what truly matters and what doesn’t.  I’m not so sure my uncertainty about my phone’s location … Continue reading An Ending

Trial Attendance Program Provides Students with RRTA Bus Passes

In mid-February, twenty-five Red Rose Transit Authority bus passes were issued to McCaskey students. These students lived one-two miles from the McCaskey Campus. The passes they were issued had ten rides on them and were distributed with the instruction that once the student used the ten rides, they should return to one of the main offices in order to fill up the pass again.  As … Continue reading Trial Attendance Program Provides Students with RRTA Bus Passes