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Security Cameras at SHS: Too Much Spotlight
Although security cameras are said to deter crime, in reality, they create more problems than they solve. Scarsdale students already strive for perfection, and security cameras further intensify our fear of making a mistake. The cameras act as a constant supervising force, watching our words and actions not just in the classroom, but also in [...]
Carnival Ride Poll
Each year, hundreds of SHS enjoy attending the carnival. What’s your favorite ride?
Mr. Bonamo’s Letter to the Editor
To the Editors: Your article on social networking was timely, informative, and relevant, given the prevalence of social networking websites and our recent hosting of Dr. Matt Bellace for an underclassman assembly on this topic. I was dismayed, however, at how a quotation from a reporter’s interview with me was edited. When I was asked by [...]
See Me After Class: Kathleen McGreal
Can you describe your Irish background? Are you a fi rst-generation American or second-generation? Yeah, my parents emigrated from Ireland in the ‘60s, and they pretty much immigrated [to the US] for economic opportunities. My mother comes from an Irish-speaking area called the Gaeltacht, which is in the north coast of Mayo, and so it [...]
State of the Union (Free School District)
SHS is a one-of-a-kind school. There are some obvious qualities that make SHS the celebrated place it is: our golden, crispy, God-sent french fries, our savior, Linda Purvis, and, obviously, the fact that we’re not Mamaroneck. However, we do have some fl aws. While SHS students are often praised for being academically-driven, it has been [...]
Gone Clubbin’
One Too Many The club fair at SHS is notoriously overwhelming. Many of the high school’s countless clubs (more than 100 to date) turn out en masse with neon posters and free candy in exchange for a mere email address. Just as many freshmen have overloaded their schedules with countless meetings, bake sales, and walk-a-thons, [...]
March 2013 Letter to the Editor
Dear Editors, I would like to first commend you for displaying the article on the gay pride flag. And what I am about to say isn’t an attack on the newspaper, but rather a spotlight on SHS society’s seeming hypocrisy. I am irritated that this is yet another article regarding homosexuality in which no one [...]
See Me After Class With John Neering
As SHS’ own Farmer’s Almanac, science teacher John Neering has accurately predicted every snow day and delayed opening for SHS over the past 5 years, which has elevated him to near superstardom in the community. Caroline Knapp and Rachel Wolfe sat down with Mr. Neering to find out his secret methods. How do you make your weather predictions? *laughs* I use a [...]
Curtain Call
School shows are outlets of creative thought that serve to unify the community in a shared passion for the arts. Unfortunately for SHS, the most recent performance of Guys and Dolls has confirmed that our drama department needs refocusing. Maroon would like to start by saying that this is no way an attack on those students who make up the drama club [...]
The Moralist: House Party
Dear Maroon Moralist, Last week I was throwing a house party and I happened to see forty kids in my driveway. I realized that a student had a vodka bottle in his hand; I told him do not bring that into my house because my parents are home. He listened but before he put it in the trash a [...]
