Pre-season Look Into Basketball
November 27, 2011 • Melanie Doherty
Filed under Sports, Top Stories, Winter
With young players on the teams, let’s see how they are shaping up Last year the girls varsity basketball team finished their season third in league, behind Mission and Logan. The team did a great job and made it to NCS for the first time in a long while, but unfortunately lost in the first round.... Read more »
Irvington Marching Band and Colorguard Almost Sweep the Sweepstakes!
November 26, 2011 • Sophia Chan
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Bands and guard bring NINE trophies home On Saturday, November 19, about three hundredIrvingtonstudents rode a bus to Lincoln High School to compete in their last band review of the year and came back with big smiles and big trophies. For the first time ever,IrvingtonHigh Schoolwon Sweepstakes at a band... Read more »
Gobble, Gobble, Inter-Key-Leo Spread Food Drives
November 26, 2011 • Sandy Chen
Filed under Irvington News, News, Top Stories
Happy Thanksgiving, from Interact, Key Club, and Leo Club! On November 19th and 20th, Irvington’s Interact, Key Club, and Leo Club launched massive food drives to gather cans and donations for the homeless shelter. Key Club members collaborated with the League of Volunteers were stationed outside... Read more »
Stereotypes Vs. Racism
November 26, 2011 • Chandni Patel
Filed under Opinions, Top Stories
You say “That’s RACIST!” But is it really? Stereotypes are everywhere. Everyone judges people, even you; don’t try to deny it. but for some reason I find people mistaking stereotypes for racism all the time. Stereotypes, as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “a specific belief about a... Read more »
Dia de los Muertos
November 26, 2011 • Melanie Doherty
Filed under Entertainment, Irvington News, News, Other
IHS Spanish Club transforms the small gym into a mini Dia de los Muertos celebration. If you don’t know all ready Dia de los Muertos stands for Day of the Dead, and is a Mexican celebration where they remember and honor those who have departed. On Friday, November 4th, IHS Spanish club did a Dia de... Read more »
Black Friday vs. Parent Teacher Conferences
November 26, 2011 • Aditya Kumar
Filed under Humor, Top Stories
Which of the two thoroughly sucks the most? From the beginning of mankind, our species has attempted to find the answer to the greatest question of our time: Which of the two evils is better – parent-teacher conferences or Black Friday shopping? Read this summary to make your own conclusion. Horribly... Read more »
National French Week
November 24, 2011 • Rashi Saxena
Filed under Irvington News, News, Top Stories
A Taste of French Culture for Irvington High School November 14- November 18 was National French Week. French students joined with French Club helped to make this a memorable event for Irvington High School. These students helped set up the school to spread the French culture. Each day of the week had... Read more »
Red Ribbon Week Leaves An Impact Even Now…Literally on The Grounds of Irvington’s Hallways
November 24, 2011 • Shirley Lin
Filed under Opinions, Uncategorized
Posters promoting Red Ribbon Week created more of a mess than to promote drug-free awareness To introduce and remind the student body at Irvington High School of the significance of Red Ribbon Week, ASB had covered the walls and most importantly, taped the floors of the hallways with bright posters of... Read more »
Halloween Showcase
November 7, 2011 • Kanika Priyadarshi
Filed under Entertainment, Irvington News, News, Top Stories
Halloween is not Forgotten Halloween arrived on a Monday this year, making it hard to celebrate because it’s on a school day, so in the spirit of Halloween, Mr. Ballado’s first period dance class put together a Halloween showcase in Valhalla Theater. The showcase was held every period and consisted... Read more »
Spark Notes Gossip
November 7, 2011 • Mariam Syeda-Quadri
Filed under Entertainment, Other, Student Life
What has Spark Notes Come to? The much renowned website, Spark Notes, has always been there for students. Whether it be to help them decipher the confusing dialect of Shakespeare or a literary analysis for To Kill a Mockingbird, Sparks Notes has never failed. Spark Notes has always been that reliable... Read more »
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