Valerie Piro, who is recovering from a Saturday, January 12 car accident that left her paralyzed, is suing the Department of Education (DOE), the City of New York, Stuyvesant High School, Race walking Coach Erin Taylor, Ford Motor Company, TRW Automotive and Avis Rent-A-Car System, LLC, for 300 million dollars in damages. Piro and the [...]
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Valerie Piro Sues DOE, Ford and Others for $300 Million
News- September 4th, 2008 ·
City Council Restores Planned Budget Cuts
Frontpage · News- September 4th, 2008 · By ALEXANDER SHIN
The New York City Council, the legislative body of the city, restored 129 million dollars in funding for education to the New York City budget on Thursday, June 26, cancelling the planned budget cuts for Stuyvesant’s 2008-2009 school year.
“We have equal to or more actual dollars than we had last September,” Principal Stanley Teitel said.
On [...]
Revised Locker Policy Implemented
Backpage · News- September 4th, 2008 · By CHRIS LEE and ANI SEFAJ
Due to the success of the locker policy implemented last year, sophomores and juniors were allowed to select their own lockers through the school website from Tuesday, August 19 to Friday, August 22.
Last year, students could purchase assigned locks for 11 dollars. This policy was implemented because the administration hoped to reduce locker thefts. This [...]
News in Brief
News- June 2nd, 2008 ·
The Yorkers Gain Media Attention
The Stuyvesant cricket team, The Yorkers, has been the focus of considerable media attention since its induction as an official Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) sport in June 2007. The PSAL is the first high school athletic organization in North America to start a cricket league.
“Since the season started in April, [...]
Graduation Speaker Sparks Controversy
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By NICOLLETTE BARSAMIAN and AMIT SAHA
The selection of the 2008 graduation speaker has sparked controversy between the administration and the seniors. Principal Stanley Teitel reserved New York Times writer David Herszenhorn, while senior class president Michelle Lee and senior Gabe Paley reserved Jonathan Safran Foer, author of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” and “Everything Is Illuminated.” Students are petitioning for [...]
Academic Honesty Policy Revised
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By KAITLYN KWAN
Assistant Principal English Eric Grossman revised the academic honesty policy last month to raise students’ awareness of the policy. While the basic idea behind it—that students are to act in an honest and forthright manner at all times—remains the same, the policy has been condensed.
“[The policy] says you’re not supposed to cheat, plagiarize, or any [...]
Junior Caucus- Masudur Rahman and Rosanna Sobota
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By ASHLEY SEENAUTH
With 61 votes, sophomores Masudur Rahman and Rosanna Sobota placed second out of nine tickets in the running for junior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27. They will advance to the Wednesday, June 4 general elections.
Rahman, who is running for junior caucus president, has been a part of the Freshman [...]
Junior Caucus- Valeriya Tsitron and Paul Lee
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By ANI SEFAJ
Sophomores Valeriya Tsitron and Paul Lee led the race for junior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27, with a total of 97 votes.
Tsitron and Lee came in first, over eight other tickets. Sophomores Masudur Rahman and Rosanna Sobota came in second, with 61 votes. Both will advance to the general [...]
Senior Caucus- Eunju Namkung and Aaron Ghitelman
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By MASHA GINDLER
Juniors Eunju Namkung and Aaron Ghitelman finished second in the Student Union (SU) primaries held on Tuesday, May 27 with a total of 116 votes. They will advance to the general elections on Wednesday, June 4 against juniors Philip Kim and Jenny Han.
Eunju Namkung, who is running for senior caucus president, has been involved with [...]
Senior Caucus- Philip Kim and Jenny Han
News- June 2nd, 2008 · By ROBERT COLGAN
Juniors Philip Kim and Jenny Han led the race for senior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27 with a total of 150 votes.
They will advance to the general elections on Wednesday, June 4 along with juniors Eunju Namkung & Aaron Ghitelman, who came in second with 116 votes.
In their campaign, [...]
