Interactive Gamers Club Evolves to Pokémon
Christie Lee, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
In the 2015 Pokémon World Championships, Alyssa Smith ’20 shuffles 60 cards with rapid succession in her constructed deck. Her hand motions soon become an indistinguishable blur. After her opponent is unable to counter her attacks, she beams and proceeds the game. Smith is in Stevenson’s Interact...
School of Rock
Ellie Baden, Features Editor
November 3, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
Almost every week, teachers Chip Tompson, Alice Nuteson, Don Carmichael and Scott Williams meet to rehearse for their band, After School Special. The band, named after a television show that aired in the last few decades of the twentieth century, is made up of either current or retired Stevenson teachers. ...
Teacher runs for school board
Maya Parekh, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2017
Filed under Features
From practicing martial arts to being a national leader for teaching sociology, sociology teacher Christopher Salituro has brought his unique experiences to Stevenson. Salituro, a teacher at Stevenson for 18 years, spent the beginning of his career teaching English at a school in Japan. Although it...
Protect and connect
Grace Westphal, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2017
Filed under Features
From the Point to the Field House doors there are thousands of students, parents and teachers constantly entering and exiting the building. Even though each face is caught on camera by one of the hundreds of security cameras always on at Stevenson, it’s hard, in a sea of over 4,000, to know if and...
Smoking up the community
Kendall Roberts, Staff Reporter
March 20, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
When a teen goes out in public, it’s no shock that they will see huge, colorful bulletin boards promoting e-cigarettes or find stores selling them within reach. Even in their own homes, students are blasted daily with social media and advertisements of vaping, as well as rumors of past weekend parties...
The future of online schooling
Yana Bushuyeva and Victoria Kolotov
March 2, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
The sounds of clicking and the soft hum of the computer engines replace those of crumpling papers and moving pencils. Students rise to communicate and share ideas with their classmates, efficiently continuing their work without bothering anyone for assistance. An adult observes, pushing the...
A scheme to stream
Alisa Mufti, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2017
Filed under Features
Bright lights, the roar of the crowd and booming music. These are all things captured by Stevenson’s basketball players and fans alike on a Friday night. They are also captured by Stevenson’s television (SHSTV) and radio club who broadcast the game to people around the world. You might have se...
Club spotlight: Law Club
Yogin Patel, Staff Reporter
February 13, 2017
Filed under Features
Law Club offers space for discussion, opportunities to meet professionals
Read more »Creating a community through private schools
Bella Greenspan, Features Editor
February 13, 2017
Filed under Features
Kelly Kempf ’19 hasn’t seen most of her friends from middle school in months, some even years. She keeps in touch with a few of them, but getting together more than a few times a year is hard, especially because they all live in different areas and go to different schools. Kempf came to Stevenson as a ...
A teacher’s journey
February 13, 2017
Filed under Features
Gregory Sherwin sits in his office, planning out the schedule for the school day. Sherwin, an AP Human Geography teacher, is well-known for his love of the Cubs and for effectively getting a student’s attention. “I went to DePaul University and I remember the professor was struggling to relay ...
Educating youth behind bars
Sami Sparber, Editor in Chief
February 9, 2017
Filed under Features
It’s 8:30 am. Tuesday. The students at Stevenson High School and the residents of the Hulse Detention Center at the Robert W. Depke Juvenile Justice Complex are ready to begin their school day. Located on Milwaukee Avenue, a mere 2.5 miles away from Stevenson’s sprawling campus, the Depke Cen...
School at home
Maya Parekh, Staff Reporter
February 9, 2017
Filed under Features
Fifteen year old Arianna Tilson can wake up whenever she chooses, decide which assignments she wants to do on which day and can do her studying while lying in bed. Tilson is one of less than the four percent of children that are homeschooled in America According to Congressional Quarterly Researche...
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