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What Just Happened in Mexico and How is it Affecting the World?

In 2011, Mexico experienced one of the worst humanitarian atrocities in the country’s history. The Los Zetas cartel, an organized crime group in Mexico, would carry out the slaughtering of over three hundred people. The cartel’s justification for this massacre of innocent lives was that the victims were DEA informants along with their families. Whether or not this was true did not matter. What mattered … Continue reading What Just Happened in Mexico and How is it Affecting the World?

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Hershey Apollo Award Play Nominations and Honorable Mentions

The Hershey Apollo Award committee recently released their nominations for their play categories. Our cast, crew and production team put on an amazing production of Dracula- A Comedy of Terrors. The McCaskey Community is proud of all of our students and their hard work and dedication. Congratulation to Kathryn Smith and Van Reiner for receiving Honorable Mentions. Continue reading Hershey Apollo Award Play Nominations and Honorable Mentions

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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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What is the McCaskey Black Student Union?

By: Sofia Escudero McCaskey High School offers multiple clubs—some of which embolden the diversity the community has grown. Clubs such as Latinos Unidos for students who are interested in celebrating Latino culture, FOCUS photography for students interested in photography, or Burning Glass for creative artistic students. One of McCaskey’s biggest clubs is the Black Student Union (BSU) club. And to further understand what the BSU … Continue reading What is the McCaskey Black Student Union?

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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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Venezuela and the United States

By: Eleni King Martin In early January 2026, the United States launched an invasion into Venezuela under the guise of stopping drug trafficking and “narco-terrorism.” The United States has captured the nation’s president, Nicolás Maduro, which sent Venezuela into a state of emergency.  For some background information, Venezuela has had a recent history of political corruption and economic disparities. According to the Humanitarian Data Exchange, … Continue reading Venezuela and the United States

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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, 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, 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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Schedule Change & Travel Time: Is It Enough?

By Devon Barnes  This year, J.P. McCaskey High School is undergoing a few changes. There’s the footballstadium renovations, homecoming’s location, and a few more— but, one thing a few studentsare left wondering about is the ever-so-slight schedule change. Start time has been pushed forward by ten minutes, though the reason for this isn’t exactlyknown. Consequently, dismissal has been pushed forward by four, and additional adjustmentshave … Continue reading Schedule Change & Travel Time: Is It Enough?

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