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Opinion: Crowded Buses Create Challenges

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

Opinion: Crowded Buses Create Challenges

By Alisha Ahmed It is not the greatest feeling in the world to arrive at your bus stop and discover that you'll be sharing a seat with...

Members of SEED Discuss Important Issues at November Meeting

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Members of SEED Discuss Important Issues at November Meeting

By Eva Mandelbaum SEED stands for Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity, and this change-making club’s meeting on November 3, focused...

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

WPHS Combats Bullyling

By Colleen Cave Recent reports from around the country suggest that bullying and violence are on the rise among school children following...

Students Speak Out in Favor of Having Two Separate Lunch Periods

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Mar 14, 20234 min read

Students Speak Out in Favor of Having Two Separate Lunch Periods

WPHS Needs Two Separate Lunch Periods by Shannon Alfonso At White Plains High School there is a debate between continuing with a common...

Review: Everything (Has Changed:) Red (Taylor’s Version)

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Mar 14, 20233 min read

Review: Everything (Has Changed:) Red (Taylor’s Version)

By Sinclair Harris Last Friday, November 12, was a momentous occasion for Swifties everywhere. Currently in the process of re-recording...

Opinion: SAT/ACT Elective Needed at WPHS

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Mar 14, 20233 min read

Opinion: SAT/ACT Elective Needed at WPHS

By Kayla Brogan, Elena Cartafalsa, Carissa Hazzard, Maria Herr, Peri Kahn, and Ava Viola As students at White Plains High School, we...

Opinion: How Important is Swimming for Teens?

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Opinion: How Important is Swimming for Teens?

by Endry Guichardo Sanchez Some students In WPHS believe that the aquatics program should be eliminated, while others believe It...

Struggling Academically? Extended Day Program Up & Running

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Struggling Academically? Extended Day Program Up & Running

By Geremy Garcia Have you ever gotten a grade you were not happy with? Have you ever felt lost in a class, and did not know what to do?...

Opinion: The Texas Abortion Ban Is Dangerously Wrong

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Mar 14, 20233 min read

Opinion: The Texas Abortion Ban Is Dangerously Wrong

By Sophia Alexandrou, Co-Editor On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision in the court case of Roe v....

Opinion: WPHS Students Need a Common Lunch Period

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Opinion: WPHS Students Need a Common Lunch Period

By Gaby Maldonado It’s the beginning of the school year and every student is on their way to enter the school after doing remote learning...

theorangewphs

Mar 14, 20232 min read

Opinion: To Swim or Not to Swim?

By Shannon Alfonso and Pedro Villa What is the one class where you get to take a break from learning and focus on your own physical...

Opinion: White Plains Teens Demand Change

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Opinion: White Plains Teens Demand Change

By Ezra Rivel, Matthew Missett, and Makensy Orzuna It's the roller rink or bowling Alley in the 90's movies. It's the public pool or...

Class of 2025 has an Exciting Year Planned

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Class of 2025 has an Exciting Year Planned

By Jack Reidy The Class of 2025 is looking forward to a great year. Our officers have been meeting regularly to plan events and...

UN Unveils Plan to Combat Environmental Issues

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Mar 14, 20233 min read

UN Unveils Plan to Combat Environmental Issues

By Abraham Castaneda The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals are goals that are trying to be accomplished by 2030. These goals are really...

Devious Licks--Juvenile TikTok Trend with Severe Consequences

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Mar 14, 20234 min read

Devious Licks--Juvenile TikTok Trend with Severe Consequences

By Saumya Sawant The Devious Lick Trend is a trend involving stealing objects (often from a school) for likes and shares on the internet....

Trunk or Treat Delights WP Community Littlest Members

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

Trunk or Treat Delights WP Community Littlest Members

By: Eva Mandelbaum On Friday, October 29, White Plains High School hosted the first lively Trunk or Treat since the beginning of the...

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

Humans of White Plains

Journalism 1 students selected, interviewed, and photographed interesting members of our community. Photojournalist: Gaby Maldonado...

Field Hockey: Team Looks Ahead after Tough Sectional Loss

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Field Hockey: Team Looks Ahead after Tough Sectional Loss

By Saumya Sawant On Saturday, October 23rd, 2021, at 2 p.m. the White Plains Tigers faced the John Jay East-Fishkill Patriots. Despite...

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Mar 14, 20233 min read

Lockers: Use Them Or Lose Them?

By Gabriel Bernstein In our White Plains community, many aspiring high school students are reconsidering the real use of our locker...

Ain’t or Am Not?: The Ramifications of Academia’s Narrow View of Language

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Mar 14, 20235 min read

Ain’t or Am Not?: The Ramifications of Academia’s Narrow View of Language

By Letisha Baker As a poet, I enjoy having freedom of expression and relish the thought of writing without limitations. Academic writing...

First Round of Sectional Playoffs for the Varsity Volleyball Team!

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

First Round of Sectional Playoffs for the Varsity Volleyball Team!

By Mary O’Callaghan and Sophia Alexandrou The White Plains Varsity Volleyball Team wants you to come to their first game of Sectional...

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

Class of 2024 Updates

By Leah Dennis Last year with virtual learning, the Class of 2024 officers were faced with many challenges planning fundraisers and...

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

Struggling Mentally? Help Exists

By Geremy Garcia Have you ever felt like you are alone in the world? Have you ever felt that everyone was against you, and nobody wanted...

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters and Additional Doses

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Mar 14, 20232 min read

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters and Additional Doses

By Colleen Cave Recent studies conducted by the CDC are showing protection against COVID-19 through the vaccine may decrease over time....

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