In this final Friday Spotlight, I interviewed senior Harper Leary on her experience with the college process: the challenges, the emotions, any factors that may have influenced her choices along the way, and finally, advice that she has for any rising juniors, just starting out on the college application process. Since Season 1 of the […]
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The “Rocket Record” Podcast: Senior Next Steps
Decision Day is here! I thought this would be a great way to end Season 1 of the podcast, and to ask three seniors—Dinah Soloway, Navlea Wang, and Amber Mitchell—how they are feeling, where they are going, and what advice they have for rising juniors and seniors; as the former begins the college process, and […]
Arts & Entertainment
Movie Review: Creed 3
Braylon Dunlap Staff Writer Creed lll is the third installment to the Creed franchise and the eighth installment in the seemingly never-ending Rocky franchise. Usually when a series reaches its third movie, the franchise starts to value quantity over quality, and critical reception tends to decline. So as I went to go see Creed III, […]
Movie Review: Bones and All, A Romance Both Bloody and Beautiful
Lara Rosenbach Staff Writer Courtesy of Yahoo! Bones and All I hadn’t heard anything about this film until I went to see it with a friend—my first time at the new-ish AMC Fashion District theater in Center City. This might’ve been because it didn’t sound like any movie I’d seen before. Bones and All is […]
Sports
A Badminton club? Does SLA and Ben Franklin have one?
By Staff Writer Dinah Soloway As of the 2021-2022 school year, SLA and Ben Franklin are sponsoring a badminton team. Currently, the Badminton team has nine girls plus a handy helper for games and equipment. Most of the players are new to the sport. Many have only previously experienced playing badminton in a PE (physical […]
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 […]
Opinion / Editorial
Opinion: Why Culture Day Matters
By Nora Garg Guest Writer SLA just recently started planning for its first-ever Culture Day hosted by the Students Of Color Association, which was founded this school year. To provide context, it was declared much needed by students of color at our school, who were surprised that the only Culture Day we had was a […]
Am I a Phone Addict?
Anouk Ghosh-Poulshock Student Writer Am I addicted to the games on my phone? With almost every teen, you can take a glance at their phone and see that they have social media. One major thing when people talk about teens and their phones is their addiction to social media. But what about their addiction to […]
Column: Do Clothes Affect How Someone Is Treated?
Leticia Desouza Staff Writer SLA is one of many Philadelphia high schools who doesn’t have a uniform for their students. Though having the ability to wear any type of outfits can be a good opportunity for students to fully express themselves, how others react to our clothes can be quite uncomfortable and even traumatic. During […]