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A Parent’s Perspective: Stuyvesant as an Environmental Leader

Last week my family attended College Night. All in all, we visited about 20 different colleges, each of which had interesting reasons as to why students should attend their college. The Colby College Admissions representative, however, told us something that the others could not match: they have just achieved carbon neutral status. It is clear [...]

Boston Strong: The Wrong City to Mess With

There are three Bostons. The first belongs to the citizens who are born there, who take on the distinct “Bawstun” accent and proudly wear the vibrant red of the Boston Red Sox wherever they go. Second, there is the Boston of people passing through the city’s gates, searching to fulfill their dreams. This Boston is [...]

Prestigious Scholastic Awards Given to Eight Student Writers, Poets, and Artists

Despite Stuyvesant’s reputation as a school for math and the sciences, eight students recently won awards in the arts and humanities as part of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The recipients included seniors Adam Schorin, Nadra Rahman, and Saru Nanda, juniors Jane Argodale, Lindsay Bu, Shannon Daniels, and Alexa Swarez, and sophomore Lucy Wainger. [...]

Behind the Drop: Stuyvesant on Top Public High School Rankings

TheBestSchools, a popular blog that ranks schools of different categories, released a list of what they deemed to be the top 50 public schools in the country on Sunday, March 31. The Bronx High School of Science, one of New York City’s nine Specialized High Schools, placed first on this list. However, Stuyvesant, which has [...]

Seniors Permitted Outside During Frees

As spring arrives in New York City, Stuyvesant seniors are among the first to enjoy the nicer weather in a more accessible fashion. Due to a new policy first introduced on Wednesday, March 20, seniors are now allowed to leave the school building during free periods. Principal Jie Zhang conceived this policy following a petition [...]

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• The Perks of Being a Zamansky
  
                                                        After leaving for school in the morning, most students won’t be seeing their parents again for seven or more hours. However, sophomore Natan Zamansky and senior Batya Zamansky [...] (More...)
• The Second Civil Rights Movement
  By NICOLE SANCHEZ
  “11 million immigrants work hard and demand reform.” This was the sign I carried during an April 10th rally in Washington D.C. It was one in a series urging the government to support a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Millions of people from a number of backgrounds—Asians, whites, Hispanics, [...] (More...)
• A Double Take on the New Policies
  By REBECCA CHANG AND DAVID MASCIO
  Over the past two months, new policies have been initiated to more carefully monitor student movement into crowded student centers within the school. Scanners were added at the front of the cafeteria for students to swipe in, and students are prohibited from entering the library after the first 15 minutes of every period. Because many [...] (More...)
• Spanish Class Celebrates Literary Work of Federico García Lorca
  By ANDREW WALLACE
  Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), a widely acclaimed and influential Spanish poet, playwright, and songwriter, is being recognized this year in “Lorca in NY: A Celebration,” a three-month citywide event for commemorating his life and works that will last from April 5 through July 21. In the spirit of the festival, Stuyvesant Spanish teacher Milton Diaz [...] (More...)
• 207 to 103: Damesek Moves to Archie’s Old Office
  By DAVID CAHN
  This article is based on interviews with Principal Jie Zhang, Assistant Principal of Organization Randi Damesek, Assistant Principal of Security and Student Affairs Brian Moran, 12 teachers, and more than 25 students. Due to the nature of its content, all of the teachers quoted have requested anonymity. When Principal Jie Zhang announced to her cabinet [...] (More...)