School had just let out when physical education and health teacher Vincent Miller quickly made his way to Pier 40 to coach practice for the Chipmunks, Stuyvesant’s girls’ varsity softball team. It was 34 degrees and drizzling outside, but Miller was unfazed. He pulled his blue Stuyvesant baseball hat over his ears and rushed to [...]

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This past year, Stuyvesant’s athletic program expanded to include more teams: cricket and lacrosse. Two things are needed to maintain Stuyvesant’s various teams. One is student interest, which is certainly not lacking. Another—a competent coach—is not as easy to find.
Coaches are not as important to a team’s success as are skilled players and team spirit. [...]

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After missing the playoffs last year with a 4-6 record, the Stuyvesant boys’ varsity tennis team, the Ponstars, started off the 2008 season with two consecutive victories. Now with a 4-4 record, the Ponstars sit in fourth place in the Bronx/Manhattan A Division, behind the Blue Devils of Beacon High School (6-0), the Wolverines of [...]

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Despite the fact that most Stuyvesant students will be unable to vote in the 2008 presidential election, many are still making an effort to become involved in politics. In a Spectator poll, almost one in five sophomores and juniors said they were planning on campaigning for one of the candidates in the coming elections.
Next year, [...]

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After ending the 2007 season with a forfeit to George Washington High School, the Stuyvesant Chipmunks, the girls’ varsity softball team, dropped down to last place in the Manhattan A division, with a record of 4-12. The new season began with a new coach and a 15-2 victory against the High School of Art [...]

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I just found…
… a poem that Ms. Evans brought into class for me and now after her passing, it touches me even more. Sophomore year I sat next to my friend Maggie in her class. I guess our seating arrangement jarred her poetic memory and the next day she brought in this poem entitled “Maggie [...]

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Read tributes to Ms. Evans.

English teacher Lynne Evans, who taught in Stuyvesant since 1983, passed away on Sunday, April 6. The cause of her death was pneumonia.

This year, Evans taught Modern European Literature and Great American Literature.

“Overwhelmingly, her students talked about how kind and considerate she was,” Assistant Principal Eric Grossman said.

“She was very supportive,” junior Karmen Cheung said. “She had very interesting conversations with her class.”

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The beard was an accident.
According to English teacher Mark Henderson, his new, fully-grown beard is the result of not shaving during Regents week. He decided to keep the beard, to the delight of most of his students and fellow teachers.
Henderson has achieved a degree of fame at Stuyvesant. Though he has been at Stuyvesant for [...]

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Stuy’s Free Hugs Club held its first Annual St. Jude Children’s Hospital Fundraiser on Thursday, April 10 in the cafeteria. The fundraiser raised 3500 dollars, overreaching their goal of 2000 dollars. Tickets cost five dollars.
Stuy’s Free Hugs Club is a service volunteer club run by junior and club president Katharine Chen and [...]

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Speech Team Wins Third Place at States
The Stuyvesant Speech and Debate team won third place at The New York State Championship tournament held at Albany High School on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5.
“This is a tremendous accomplishment considering the large number of schools [who competed],” senior Miles Purinton said.
Only students who qualified by [...]

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