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Holidays
December 4, 2009 • Ms. Kaplan, Poetry Café Master of Ceremonies
Filed under Poetry
Holidays are like Christmas cookies Delicious sugar, flour, and butter One taste and you’re hooked And always want another But sometimes a cookie Disintegrates into crumbs The ingredients are there But they’re hit with the force of drumsticks slamming a drum It’s not that bad when a cookie falls... Read more »
Tears Fall
December 4, 2009 • Jenasis Concepcion, Poet
Filed under Poetry
All the faces that see me, all the miles I’m walking seem to mean nothing without the sweet sound of your talking You told me to be strong, but how can I when everything I do without you seems wrong I should have appreciated all the little things, your love and comfort, the smell of your perfume, the... Read more »
Bestest Friend
December 4, 2009 • Nicholas Troche, Poet
Filed under Poetry
Lemme tell y’all/… I got a best friend…/ the bestest friend God did ever send/…sometimes I don’t know if I ever deserve her/ but ima spit some words for her/ her eyes sparkle like dew at sunrise/ when sunlight hit those beautiful brown eyes/ faint cries reach ma ears/ and once azure... Read more »
The City University of New York: Hunter College
December 7, 2009 • Sarinis Chu, College Reporter
Filed under College Corner
If you don’t plan on going far away from home to college, CUNY Hunter, located in New York City, may be the ideal place. They offer bachelor and master’s degrees and have a school of arts and sciences, education, health sciences, nursing, and social work. The U.S. News ranked CUNY Hunter 45th for... Read more »
Christmas with my Boyfriend’s Family Okay?
December 8, 2009
Filed under Advice
Dear Jazzy - Is it okay to spend Christmas with my boyfriend’s family instead of mine? My mother says that’s selfish, but his family treats me nicer than my own family does. — Conflicted Sophomore Dear Sophomore, Your mom in a way is right, maybe you should spend the morning with... Read more »
Peace & Chaos to Woeful Sophomore
December 9, 2009 • Peace & Chaos
Filed under Advice
Hello! This is Peace! And this is Chaos! And we are here to be advice columnists. Chaos is a guy and Peace is a girl. We don’t care what you ask as long as it can be put in the paper. Write anonymously (to phsmercury@gmail.com) with a pen name or with your real name, it doesn’t matter, we won’t... Read more »
Happy Holidays Book Fair @ B&N Takes in $3400
December 9, 2009
Filed under News
The final numbers from the ‘Happy Holidays Book Fair’ at Barnes & Noble on Dec. 1 & 2 are $3,402.09 of sales taken in and $510 earned for the Peekskill High School Library to buy new books. Ms. Kaplan and all of the Peekskill HS staff thanks everyone who participated in the events and those... Read more »
Late Loser
December 9, 2009 • Jazmin Garcia, Dottie Bradshaw, Peace & Titziana James, Advice Columnists
Filed under Advice
Dear Jazzy - My mother says I’m a loser because I’m late for school a lot. But I’m too tired in the morning and can’t get up when the alarm rings. What should I do? Late Loser Dear Late Loser, YOU’RE NOT A LOSER! But what you need to do is plan your day correctly... Read more »
Team B Pizza & Awards
December 9, 2009 • Mr. Tanzi, Team B Teacher
Filed under News, Uncategorized
On December 8th, Team B had a pizza party rewarding their 51 students who passed all their classes in the first quarter. Also on that same day they held a Team B Awards Ceremony in the auditorium. Awards given out were for: High Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Passing All Classes, Most Improved, and Shining... Read more »
Boys Winter Track
December 10, 2009 • Mr. Paul Piliero, Coach
Filed under Sports & Clubs
We are just starting out with out indoor track team. Our first meets are on Friday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 13th. We have 6 boys shot-putters, the most we’ve ever had. Out top shot putters are Miles Banks and Kenny Phillips. It’s too early to tell who our leading runners are. I... Read more »
