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Here at our school bake sales and junk food are forbidden for health reasons but yet students are not taught healthy eating habits. Health class is not taught here or at many New York City schools. Since health class is not offered, the SPARK, Ms. Hattie Slaughter, at our school decided to incorporates health into Read More »

TORONTO, CANADA- Traveling to the Antarctic with Students on Ice taught me things that I may never have learned without this unique experience. Of course, we all gained significant knowledge about the South Pole – facts and figures and such. However, it is what I learned through the experience of being surrounded by such extraordinary Read More »

Sitting in a classroom always gets boring sooner or later. For two weeks, we had the chance to switch our typical classmates for penguins, seals, ice, and more penguins as we made our way to Antarctica, which is called the “Greatest classroom on Earth.” Students on Ice (SOI), which has given Antarctica this title, is Read More »

In the bitter November pre-dawn chill, Glenn Kugelman arrived in Manhattan at 5 a.m., beginning what would be a fifteen-hour wait on line. He was there to score three pairs of Nike sneakers, to be released that day only. They were “hyper strikes”, meaning fewer than 300 exist. Fifteen hours is nothing; he’s seen people Read More »

Today many people smoke, from people on the big screen to people you see walking down the street. One may think it is okay to smoke. Wrong! Yes, there are people who smoke that seem healthy, but eventually the diseases and possibly early death will catch up with them. So, a word of advice, don’t Read More »

You may or may not have read Volume 3, Issue 4 of the Insider, but if you at least flipped the pages, chances are you noticed the headline “Let’s Talk About Sex.” We may not flinch from mentioning the unmentionables, but our school’s still short on sexual education. Twenty two US states, plus DC, mandate Read More »

Searching the Internet for interesting facts about Switzerland, this reporter found and adapted facts about the Swiss. You know you’re Swiss if… …you get frustrated if you go grocery shopping abroad and there aren’t at least 10 different varieties of chocolate and 15 kinds of cheese available. When shopping in Switzerland there are always at Read More »

This June our school will have finally completed a four-year long saga of education. A saga that included not only an education, but laughter, tears, stress, good times and bad, memories, and all the other adjectives that typically go along with graduation. But enough about the seniors. How will our school be affected after they Read More »