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Student Profile: Elisabeth Palacios

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

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How the new Mural Club plans to bring color to McCaskey’s walls

By Jenny Ward If you’ve wandered the halls of J.P or East at all this year, you’ve probably noticed all the art– especially murals– that adorns the walls of both buildings. McCaskey students’ affinity for art isn’t new; students decorated the walls by the language wing in J.P with ceramic pieces in 2017, and in 1999, McCaskey students created a heartwarming mural on the then-YMCA … Continue reading How the new Mural Club plans to bring color to McCaskey’s walls

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You know Mr. Jones, right?

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?

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News, Politics, Uncategorized

Trump’s federal funding freeze

By Gabriel Brogan On Tuesday, January 28th, newly-inaugurated President Trump signed an executive order suspending access to hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding. The order, ostensibly to give the White House time to “Look at the scams, dishonesty, waste and abuse” Trump claimed were taking place under Biden, cut off vital funds for thousands of organization. Merely hours after the order was signed, … Continue reading Trump’s federal funding freeze

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Meet Mr. Wilson

By Gabriel Brogan On a Tuesday morning, I walk into Mr. Wilson’s unassuming lost wing classroom. Flags of several nations hang on the walls, joining a 2008 Obama poster and a joke about chickens crossing the road. While his room may seem typical for a history teacher, the man inside is anything but.  On that particular day, Mr. Wilson was dressed in this year’s red … Continue reading Meet Mr. Wilson

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Uncategorized

Spring Play 2023: On Tour

On Thursday, April 13, two vehicles left from McCaskey High School to go to Washington Elementary. One was a truck, which contained speakers, two collapsible screens, five giant wooden walls with wheels on the bottom, a sound board, two projectors, a box full of pirate and cowboy costumes, a box full of maps, telescopes, other props, two large monitors, and three fold up tables. The … Continue reading Spring Play 2023: On Tour

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How Mr. Young Uses Technology to Gamify His Classroom

Technology is an unavoidable facet of learning in most modern classrooms. For many students, it can be frustrating and even hinder any willingness to learn. Mr. Young, a math teacher at McCaskey East, is trying to change that.  In Mr. Young’s classroom, assignments are part of a game facilitated by tech. He creates a game board every week, and students are put into groups to … Continue reading How Mr. Young Uses Technology to Gamify His Classroom

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Pokémon Arceus: A Legendary New Take

Released back in January “Pokémon Legends Arceus” is the most recent game in the series and is easily the most ambitious Pokemon game to date. It’s completely switched up,  taking familiar elements both gameplay wise and story wise and completely flipping them on the head. It has a level of harshness in story and difficulty that has never been seen before in the series.. Pokémon … Continue reading Pokémon Arceus: A Legendary New Take

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