Tag: learning

2025-2026, Opinion

The Flaws in America’s Definition of Academic Success

Photo of the word success by Markus Winkler on Unsplash In the United States, success is entirely quantified. In an educational setting, one’s success is defined not by what they understand, but by a number in their grade book that indicates their supposed success in a course. While grades can correlate with success, they can never tell the full story of a student’s abilities and … Continue reading The Flaws in America’s Definition of Academic Success

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2025-2026, Campus Life

McCaskey’s Study Spots: McCaskey Libraries 

By: Sofia Escudero McCaskey high school has all sorts of classes offered, and no matter what class you take, you’ll need the perfect spot to study. To study peacefully, most students prefer a quiet spot with no distractions. Some students might struggle to find a spot like this, but there is one much closer than you’d expect in the form of the McCaskey libraries. The … Continue reading McCaskey’s Study Spots: McCaskey Libraries 

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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

Meet McCaskey Chemistry Teacher Mr. Hatch

J.P. McCaskey High School has a lot of unique chemistry teachers. Every single one of them has their own unique ways of pushing their students towards success. Teachers do this through challenging them with projects or simply helping them with a problem. However, one chemistry teacher at McCaskey stands out. This teacher has become the life of room 252. That is thanks to McCaskey’s very … Continue reading Meet McCaskey Chemistry Teacher Mr. Hatch

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All About Our Newest IB Class: IB Language and Literature SL

Elisabeth Palacios The International Baccalaureate program here at McCaskey is a highly revered one, and new classes are often being introduced, such as last year’s IB Marine Science course that will be back in rotation next school year. This year, it’s IB English A: Language and Literature.  This is only a one year course, so there is no higher level course to accompany it like … Continue reading All About Our Newest IB Class: IB Language and Literature SL

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Annual ‘Pic Your Path’ event highlights McCaskey’s numerous course offerings

By Elisabeth Palacios From November 5th to 8th, McCaskey had its annual round of ‘Pic Your Path’ for 8th and 10th graders, the overview of McCaskey’s classes and programs by students, for students. Pic Your Path is a great opportunity for 10th graders to expand their horizons their junior and senior year, because it is where they learn about the paths that become available to … Continue reading Annual ‘Pic Your Path’ event highlights McCaskey’s numerous course offerings

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From McCaskey Student to Principal Resident: Meet Ms. V

By Elisabeth Palacios She went from a proud J.P McCaskey graduate, to cheer coach, to now principal resident and aspiring principal. Ms. Veitia–best known as “Ms. V”–has had a long journey at McCaskey. More specifically, she has been in the School District of Lancaster for all her life, and her time here doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. Ms. V started her education at … Continue reading From McCaskey Student to Principal Resident: Meet Ms. V

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Link Crew Leaders help ninth graders find their way in high school

By Nakaylah Kelley The key to successfully tackling ninth grade, and high school, starts with Link Crew Leaders. Link Crew Leaders, also known as LCL, are the first lighthouses that guide ninth grader’s experience as they officially enter high school each August. Link Crew is a worldwide program that is branched off of the Boomerang Project. The purpose behind Link Crew is to have students … Continue reading Link Crew Leaders help ninth graders find their way in high school

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