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After Contentious Debate, the 2023-24 Budget Passes

By Parker Reed and Georgia Schultz, Staff Writers After all the dust settled, the New Paltz Central School District budget for 2023-24 passed by a wide margin on May 16th. While the last several board of education meetings have been contentious, the New Paltz community offered its overwhelming support of its school. Due to a…

Mr. Eckert: Returning to New Paltz in a New Role

By Jiho Son, Staff Writer Following the recent retirement of Ms. Costello after 34 years teaching students at New Paltz High School, a vacant spot needed to be filled for the final quarter of the year. Mr. Eckert is an alumnus, and so he has sat as a student in the very same room he…

An Interview with Coach Frank Ciliberto

By Josh Quinn, Staff Writer Annually, 10,849 people are born on December 9, and assistant wrestling at New Paltz High School coach Frank Ciliberto is no different. On his 74th birthday, he spent it with 15 wrestlers, 12 mats, and head coach Ryan Pullman.  Sporting sweatpants and a t-shirt with the words “New Paltz Wrestling”…

Justice For The Justins

By Veda Keon, Staff Writer On Thursday, April 6, two Justins from Tennessee grabbed mass media attention on a topic America is all too familiar with: gun violence. Tennessee representatives, Justin J. Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis, were removed after disrupting statehouse proceedings with the demand for stricter gun laws. Days later,…

ChatGPT: False and Misleading, or the Future of Education?

By Josh Quinn, Staff Writer Released on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT, a natural language processing AI, has suddenly come to the forefront of nearly every discussion on cheating throughout the school. Banned on all Chromebooks, and despised by everyone’s English teacher, ChatGPT’s reputation has become one of deception and fraudulence. However, there is a growing…

The Brutalization of the Rohingya People

By Bailey Kane, Staff Writer In America, the average family consists of 2 parents and one child. The child will live in their home for 16 years before the child goes off to college, leaving a household of 2. Although every American family faces hardships and struggles, the average middle class family follows this cutout.…

Hunger Crisis

By Lindsey Clinton, Co-Editor-In-Chief Worldwide, 648 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $2.15 per day. Without sustainable incomes, families are unable to afford clean water or health care. Unequal distribution of income and poverty coupled with this has become the principal cause of global hunger. The conversation of “global hunger” is…

Embracing Tradition and Promoting Progress: A Conversation With Dr. Simms

By Julia Demskie, Co-Editor-in-Chief Dr. Samuelle Simms spent her first year as the principal of New Paltz High School doing the same thing as her students: learning and adjusting. “Whenever you enter a new space, there’s a lot to learn,” she explained, speaking to a year she described as “enlightening.” Upon reflecting on her first…

“Unmasking” the NPHS Community

By Julia Demskie, Assistant Editor-in-Chief What does the bottom half of the world’s face look like? Naturally, human brains strive to fill empty spaces with what makes sense to them. Since March of 2020, this has taken the form of creating noses, mouths, and jaws to match the eyes and foreheads seen in passing while…

Gift Giving in New Paltz

By Sophie Brassard and Julia McCloskey Gift giving is often cause for stress as you search for the perfect item for your loved ones. Of course, one of the easiest ways to find a present is online, where all you need is a smart phone or computer and you have millions of options at your…

Sustainability in New Paltz High School

By Sophie Gallo, Staff Writer New Paltz High School students are striving to be more sustainable in their fashion choices.  But the reality for students is… there are many factors that get in the way. Fashion One major pinpoint of self expression amongst high school students varies from person to person. While there are many…

Ready for College?

By Lindsey Clinton, Co-Editor-in-Chief It’s January, and New Paltz High School seniors have started to wonder if our high school has adequately prepared them for the next chapter in their lives. Thoughts about the classes provided to students as well as their exposure to the surrounding world come to the forefront of the discussion between…

Mental Health and COVID

By Georgia Schultz, Writer On March 22, 2021, all schools in New York reopened for hopefully the final time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The devastation of this virus has caused over 5 million deaths, economic strife, and the unrivaled curbs of social interaction, branding serious impacts and effects on the mental health of teens.  For…

NPHS Senior Artist Spotlight: Rosa Savelson

Phoebe Eis, Staff Writer For three years, I’ve looked up to the high school’s AP Studio art students with wonder and amazement, admiring their creations on the school’s walls and relishing interactions with them during open studio after school. Now, to my own surprise, I am actually one of them! I want New Paltz High…

The Civil Rights Movement of 2020

Adam Koplik, Staff Writer Quinn Ratynski, Featured Photo Note: Some protestors faces have been blurred to protect their identities As I write this, I’m sitting at home, watching TV, seeing fires burn throughout the nation. Yet, in my backyard, it’s nothing but blue skies and green grass. If I want to, I could shut off…

How Do You Protest in a Pandemic?

Matthias Lai, Staff Writer Oliver ten Broeke, Featured Photo The death of George Floyd on May 25th at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has struck a nerve with Americans across the nation, as protests have erupted in the largest cities in the country. Demanding police reform and an end to systemic racism in…

Wisdom from Coronavirus Survivors

Matthias Lai, Staff Writer Brianna Carlini, Artist The world is on high alert, as the Coronavirus Pandemic makes its rapid and deadly progression through the world. For most of us, the biggest effect it has had is no school, we can’t see our friends and maybe we had to cancel plans for spring break. We…

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