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2025-2026

McCaskey Film Club and the 2026 Oscar Awards

By: Eleni King Martin On March 15, 2026, the 98th Annual Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars), took place in Los Angeles, California. Out of hundreds of feature films that were eligible for nominations, two films stood out amongst the crowd. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners swept the floor.  Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the … Continue reading McCaskey Film Club and the 2026 Oscar Awards

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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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Campus Life, 2025-2026

Changes Coming to McCaskey

By: Sofia Escudero McCaskey High school has been known as one of the largest and most diverse high schools in Pennsylvania and in the 2026-2027 school year, McCaskey is planning to introduce two major policy changes: the elimination of early release Wednesdays and a stricter implementation of phone rules. These changes reflect the effort that the School District of Lancaster (SDOL) is putting forth to … Continue reading Changes Coming to McCaskey

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Campus Life, 2025-2026

What happened at the TOK Exhibition

By: Sofia Escudero On Thursday, the 9th of April, McCaskey students in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program took part in the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) exhibition. The TOK class is taught by McCaskey teacher Ms. Browning. All junior Diploma candidates (participating in the IB diploma program) had to present a project devised from the given TOK prompt list. The TOK class helps students consider how … Continue reading What happened at the TOK Exhibition

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2025-2026, Campus Life

Meet McCaskey English Language Teacher Mrs. Trainer

English as a language has become a defining aspect of who the United States is. From the day the founding fathers of the United States declared independence in 1776 to the present day in 2026, English has been the go-to language for both writing and speaking in the United States. As a result, it has become imperative for those residing in the United States to … Continue reading Meet McCaskey English Language Teacher Mrs. Trainer

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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

Meet McCaskey English Language and Seminar Teacher Mr. White

For thousands of years, children have received education through schools. As millennia passed, one common theme within education became clear: great teachers are of the utmost importance. From the likes of Socrates and Aristotle, great teachers produce both unique ideas and intelligent thinkers. It should go without saying that every student, regardless of socioeconomic status, deserves a great teacher. It just so happens that one … Continue reading Meet McCaskey English Language and Seminar Teacher Mr. White

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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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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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2025-2026, Uncategorized

No Future Nation Without Education

By: Sofia Escudero Across Lancaster, students are speaking out for something bigger than themselves; the future of public education. What started as a Global Politics Internal Assessment turned into a powerful, student-led movement calling attention to the government’s ongoing state budget and funding crisis. On October 8th, students from McCaskey participated in a peaceful walkout organized by junior Thomas McCoy. The goal was simple: to … Continue reading No Future Nation Without Education

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2025-2026, Opinion

McCaskey phones: Ban or No Ban

By Sofia Escudero  Recently schools all over the country have been using YONDER pouches to preventstudents from using their phones. As many administrations believe that this is a way to reducephone use, others disagree. As far as McCaskey goes, views vary. Students in McCaskey overall rather have their phones in their hands for many reasons. Withthe unknown dangers in schools all over America there is … Continue reading McCaskey phones: Ban or No Ban

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Campus Life

Meet Mr. Bixler

By Caroline Ponticelli Mr. Bixler is McCaskeys brand new Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES) teacher, he’s new to McCaskey and the school system as he freshly graduated from Penn State in 2024!  Mr. Bixler grew up about 30 minutes outside of Lancaster in a town called East Earl. In college Bixler studied a program called “Agricultural and Extension Education” (a hands-on learning program which specialises … Continue reading Meet Mr. Bixler

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