By Maya Smelser Staff Writer The fire drill is a standard part of school life. Like most schools, we have one every month. Although it might just seem like a nice break from class, there’s actually a lot of thought that goes into it. After the first few drills of this school year, Engineering Teacher […]
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Column: Encouragement and Struggles During Test-taking.
Dinah Soloway Staff Writer “Congrats on finishing Keystones! You’re the best.” I found this note hanging on my locker. A few days after having a couple of long days of testing in September. As a public school, SLA is mandated to put students through the Keystone exams — and students who missed them last year […]
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Movie Review: Us
Lily Bromley Staff Writer The motif of the evil twin is a common one in horror films. What is more terrifying than an exact copy of you, that walks like you, talks like you… and knows all of your weaknesses? Jordan Peele’s “Us” brings a new take to the evil twin and poses the question, […]
Read This Article, But Don’t Spoil The Ending!
Juliana Long Staff Writer In every corner of the school, someone is talking about one of two things: the new Marvel Endgame movie or the final season of Game of Thrones. Funnily enough, the thing people talk about the most is not talking about it. From what I’ve observed, people at SLA have been taking […]
Sports
Swim Team Manages Season During COVID-19
Valeria Escobar Staff Writer The Swimming team is back for its second year at SLA, but with continued COVID-19 precautions and other challenges. Even though COVID affects the swim team and their practices, there’s around 20 students who still participate and choose to be a part of the team. Sophomore student athlete Toby Hilton, who […]
Excitement for SLA’s New Bowling Team
Adrie Young Staff Writer You may have read notes in the advisory memo or heard announcements over the loudspeaker about it, because a brand new sport has come to SLA: bowling. “Bowling is a School District of Philadelphia sport, and it was always a Ben Franklin sport, but since we started combining athletics with them […]
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Flush, Wash, and Throw Away The Trash
Gabrielle Hart Staff Writer It started off as once in a while, I assumed it was just a mistake. Then I saw it at least once on every floor, and I started to become more concerned. Then it became a common theme on every floor, in every stall. It was just all around gross. On […]
COVID – Is it really that bad?
Anouk Ghosh-Poulshock Staff Writer COVID has been on everyone’s mind for the past year. Some people are scared, while others are not worried about it at all. So, is it really that bad? Last January, I tested positive for COVID-19. For the 10 days I had to quarantine, my symptoms weren’t great, but they also […]
Well…Let’s Talk About Stairwells
Fatima Abashera Staff Writer As soon as a class at SLA is over, the two major stairwells at SLA are flooded with students rushing to various floors and classrooms. This is normal for high schools however not for many high schools post COVID 19 lockdown. After the major COVID 19 lockdown, an eventual return to […]