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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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
On the Wrong Track?
Remember how great PE class was in elementary school? Somewhere along the years, the excitement and energy that PE used to invoke in our young hearts slipped away. We used to love endless games of wiffle ball, relay races, and tug-of-war. Now the only “competition” we have is over who can miss the most classes and still pass. Unfortunately, Maroon believes [...]
Post-Game Pre-Gaming
The football team had just won its homecoming game for the first time since 2006. With all the school spirit and high energy, the “Raider Rager” was certainly a time for the school to celebrate. Yet Maroon witnessed a troubling sight: As the lights got dimmer and the music louder, this school-wide event took a sharp turn from innocent to gross. [...]
The Scarsdale Declaration of Independence
With the arrival of the new school year—and new principal!—Maroon wanted to highlight our present hopes and concerns about the future of SHS. Consider it a Scarsdale Declaration of Independence and our List of Grievances (in no particular order). Without further ado, We hold these truths to be self-evident: Apple of Our Eye: Making the switch from Dell [...]
Tech Crunch
The idiom “turn the page” is used in casual conversation to express progress and development. Yet soon the rising generation of tech-junkies may not even get the reference. A recent YouTube video of a baby effortlessly maneuvering an iPad, yet unable to flip the pages of a magazine, has become a viral warning about technological dependency [...]
Book Report
The SHS English department serves a unique role in the fabric of our school. Through the analysis of literature, students are encouraged both to think critically and to benefit from the creative freedom of the curriculum. Like famous literary character Holden Caulfield, who aimlessly walks around life in The Catcher in the Rye, the English [...]
“Bad-Aid”: Health Policies at SHS
In the children’s book, The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon, rumor has it that the school nurse is a ghoul who “uses a thermometer the size of a flagpole and a surfboard for a tongue depressor.” The students later realize that the nurse’s reputation couldn’t be further from the truth and, in fact, the [...]
Who’s Here?
Every morning before first period, a group of students huddle near the Post Road entrance clutching their Starbucks coffees and praying in front of the absent teacher board. Resounding cheers and groans meet the names of the day as students exchange high-fives when their English teacher has jury duty and curse their math teacher’s good health. [...]
