The Dragons, the boys’ varsity handball team, have begun their season this year with the hopes of bouncing back strong from a stunning defeat they endured in last season’s playoffs. In a season in which the team had expected to win the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) championships, Stuyvesant lost in an upset to Bronx [...]

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At the age of five, Scott Ritter would play catch with his father and brother in the park. Within 12 years, Ritter would earn the starting catcher job for the Stuyvesant Hitmen, the boys’ varsity baseball team, during his junior year.
Ritter, co-captain of the Hitmen, has been playing America’s favorite pastime for just about his [...]

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Last spring, the Public Schools’ Athletic League (PSAL) added cricket to their list of commissioned sports. This was a great and groundbreaking decision since New York is now the first city to officially sponsor high school cricket.
But not everybody agrees this was a positive addition. On the sports blog pologrounds.blogspot.com, a blogger with the pseudonym [...]

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Although some doubt their sport’s legitimacy, members of the Sticky Fingers, Stuyvesant’s girls’ Ultimate Frisbee Team, practice intensely and strive for success in high-level tournaments. After finishing last year with a first-place win at the St. Johnsbury Invitational in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the Sticky Fingers had high expectations going into the 2007-2008 season. Despite losing [...]

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With six victories and the first hole-in-one in the team’s recent history, the month of April was a successful one for Stuyvesant’s undefeated golf team, the Swingers, who now stand at 8-0. Each of their competitions is made up of five individual matches. Of these 40 total individual matches, Stuyvesant has lost only one.
The [...]

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The Untouchables, Stuyvesant’s girls’ fencing team, won the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) city championships on Friday, May 2nd with a 6-3 victory over Brooklyn Technical High School. This is the second year in a row in which Stuyvesant has finished the season in first place of the Manhattan Division with an 8-0 record and [...]

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Both the boys’ and girls’ tennis teams clinched spots in the playoffs this past Wednesday, April 16. It was certainly a welcome achievement as both teams begin to wrap up their seasons.
After winning all five matches in their Wednesday game against Bard High School, the girls’ tennis team, the Lobsters, came away with an undefeated [...]

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When they started practicing right after February break, many members of the new girls’ varsity lacrosse team had barely played the game. But with the help of a rigorous practice schedule, the Huskies are getting better with every game.
Since it is their first season, the Huskies are being given developmental status, meaning the results [...]

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It is rare…
… that you find a teacher that leaves an everlasting impact on your life; one that you know you will never forget. I am thankful, that I have found such a teacher, but sadly she was taken away too quickly. Ms. Bulgaris was more than just a teacher: she was a [...]

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“Why aren’t you in the AP?” my history teacher asked me after reading an essay I had written.
“Isn’t this an AP?” I responded. I was somewhat confused. After all, the class was called Advanced Placement (AP) World History.
Last spring, the social studies department rationalized that since the sophomore World History curriculum was already more challenging [...]

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