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2025-2026, Campus Life

Celebrating McCaskey’s Big Win at The Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards

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

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Campus Life, Uncategorized

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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Campus Life

Miss Liz: a steadfast presence in a turbulent world

By Ada Kessler Elizabeth White, better known by her students as Miss Liz, is one of three social workers at McCaskey High School. Miss Liz has worked at McCaskey for six years and in the social work field as a whole for twenty-five years. Throughout her time in this field, she has predominantly worked in alternative schools. Her work at alternative schools, such as Buerhle, … Continue reading Miss Liz: a steadfast presence in a turbulent world

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Arts & Culture

All About McCaskey’s 2024 Fall Play: ‘Anne of the Thousand Days’

By Ada Kessler Many new and exciting things are coming with McCaskey’s 2024 fall play, Anne of the Thousand Days. The fall play is always a great experience for actors and viewers alike, but there are a few extra special things about the fall play this year.  For the first time ever, our fall play will be part of the Apollo Awards! The Hershey Theatre … Continue reading All About McCaskey’s 2024 Fall Play: ‘Anne of the Thousand Days’

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Campus Life

All about McCaskey’s new competitive color guard

By Ada Kessler If you’re looking to try a unique winter sport, McCaskey’s new competitive color guard could be perfect for you. McCaskey currently has two color guards, the marching band color guard and the military/peacekeepers color guard. Competitive color guard is more similar to marching band color guard. Even with its similarities, competitive color guard is its own entity. Competitive color guard began in … Continue reading All about McCaskey’s new competitive color guard

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Campus Life

Getting Involved: McCaskey Clubs and Activities You Should Know About

  By Gabriel Brogan Extracurriculars are an important part of student life at McCaskey. Hundreds of students play one or more sports throughout the year, and 17% are involved in a club, according to Mrs. Slick, our activities director. Sports and clubs are a great way to meet people with similar interests, and are a major motivator of good attendance. Additionally, extracurriculars keep students’ grades … Continue reading Getting Involved: McCaskey Clubs and Activities You Should Know About

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

Don’t Miss McCaskey’s Rendition of the Classic Musical Anything Goes

By Elisabeth Palacios The McCaskey musical of the 2023-24 school year is the updated version of Anything Goes written by Cole Porter. The story takes place during the 1930s-1940s, overseas aboard the “S.S American.” It follows charismatic nightclub singer Reno Sweeney (Annika Locke), pining businessman Billy Crocker (Jared Groff), and sly gangster “Moonface” Martin (Keagen Laureano-Roman) accompanied by his conspicuous partner-in-crime, Erma Latour (Celia Keener). … Continue reading Don’t Miss McCaskey’s Rendition of the Classic Musical Anything Goes

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Campus Life

New Years Resolutions at McCaskey

By Gabriel Brogan It’s a new year, and a new you. Or is it? There’s a lot of expectation around the new year, especially in the form of New Year’s resolutions. Many of us think we can suddenly turn a corner and improve ourselves with good habits and long-term goals, but the reality is fairly discouraging.  Unsurprisingly, most New Year’s resolutions fail. Many of us … Continue reading New Years Resolutions at McCaskey

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Campus Life

Meet Mr. Houseman

By Caroline Ponticelli Mr. Houseman is not just an ordinary teacher. His dedication to teaching and passion for his students makes him an exceptional educator. This is Mr. Houseman’s first year at the high school, but he taught for many years at Wheatland Middle School prior to coming to McCaskey.  Before he got into teaching, he covered crime and politics in broadcast television. It gave … Continue reading Meet Mr. Houseman

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Campus Life, Opinion

The Case for School Email Access

By Cal Clapper Emails are a vital tool to connect people in the professional and academic worlds, but McCaskey student emails are inaccessible. Having an email address allows students to quickly and professionally contact teachers, employers, and colleges; and access information about possible internships or opportunities that could be open to them. Every McCaskey student has a school email linked to their ID number and … Continue reading The Case for School Email Access

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Campus Life, News

Shooting at McDonald’s near McCaskey Impacts Students

On Thursday, January 26, four people were non-fatally shot at the McDonald’s just next to McCaskey campus.  “I didn’t really believe it at first,” said McCaskey sophomore Mini Brigatti, who was in a car in the McDonald’s drive-through when the shooting happened. “The whole thing felt like a movie… I was super scared, and when I heard the first shot my heart dropped so fast. … Continue reading Shooting at McDonald’s near McCaskey Impacts Students

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Arts & Culture, Campus Life

Mrs. Brumbach Has the Best Job in the World

After an arduous trek to the D floor from the humanities hallway of JP, I come to room D115 to meet Mrs. Brumbach, a kindly middle-aged language arts teacher. She is standing outside her room already chatting with a student, so I head into her room and take a seat by her desk, on which is propped a light-up “Brumby Loves You” sign. Rachel Brumbach, … Continue reading Mrs. Brumbach Has the Best Job in the World

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Campus Life

Shamani Norales: Passion for Fashion

Shamani Norales is in her 12th grade year of high school at McCaskey, which comes with various challenges. “It’s not easy to try and balance everything all at once, especially having a life outside of school.” In her free time however, she’s found her escape from the stress of it all with fashion.  “I really liked how unique clothes could be; it wasn’t anything you’d … Continue reading Shamani Norales: Passion for Fashion

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Campus Life

The McCaskey Way of Giving Back

During the holiday season McCaskey likes to donate to local organizations, embracing traditions new and old.  For the first year, the Mitten Tree Project will be run in the JP and East IMCs by one of the school’s new librarians, Mrs. Cashdollar. She got the idea for a mitten tree in McCaskey from other libraries in Lancaster having one; it comes from the children’s book, … Continue reading The McCaskey Way of Giving Back

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Campus Life

Murder on the McCaskey Mainstage: Fall Play Overview

Image Credit: Gabrielle Mappone At the beginning of the school year, the McCaskey Performing Arts Department set out to put on a production of Murder on the Orient Express. About three weeks into the rehearsal process, however, McCaskey students were faced with the cancellation of the show due to issues with securing the rights to the script. Saddened, the cast and crew said goodbye to … Continue reading Murder on the McCaskey Mainstage: Fall Play Overview

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