Written By: Kimberly Nicolas On April 14th 2022, Elon Musk made a public proposal to buy Twitter. At the time of this proposal, Musk had a 9% ownership stake over Twitter, being their biggest shareholder at the time. In Musk’s publicized offer, he stated if his offer was not accepted, […]
Month: November 2022
National Assessment Results Reveal Dropping Math And Reading Scores
Written By: Katherine Balbin The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the National Report, was released for 2022. Its findings were not what was hoped. The educational assessment was made to measure students’ academic, performance, achievement and growth. It is given to fourth and eighth grade students across the […]
Behind The Scenes At Charley’s Pier Restaurant
Written By: Ashley Gutierrez & Karen Guamarrigra Going into high school, opportunities present themselves for every student. One of these opportunities is obtaining a job, whether it be seasonal or part-time. Yes, even freshmen can begin to acquire a job as long as they are 14 and can obtain working […]
Your Clue to Clue: Behind The Scenes With the Cast and Crew of Clue!
Written By: Sophia Ortiz-Heaney Save the dates! On November 17th, 18th, and 19th, the Port Chester High School Drama Club will proudly present their upcoming performance of Clue. The play Clue is an adaptation of an earlier movie Clue, which is an adaptation of an even earlier board game called […]
Student Spotlight: Ben Reyes
Written By: Natalie Pinto The Port Light has decided to include a Student Spotlight to highlight students that have made successful achievements inside and outside of school. For this issue, we’ve decided to feature a PCHS senior, Benjamin Reyes! Throughout his years at PCHS, Ben has shown his determination and […]
A Brief Guide To The 2022 Midterm Elections
Written By: Sophia Ortiz-Heaney Tensions have been on the rise for the past month, with both political parties waiting anxiously for the results of the midterm elections. With the threat of inflation and rising crime rates, Republicans hope to grab enough House and Senate seats to gain the majority and […]
PCHS Sociology Course Changes Student’s Perspectives on Social Media
Written By: Kris Hightower Sociology: the study of society’s mind. What can we learn from it? This is a question Mr. Kravitz had when approaching the way he educates. As he taught about Jim Crow Laws and segregation, he found that the conversation was never as long as it needed […]
Rishi Sunak: Great Britain’s New Prime Minister
Written By: Yana Patel Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned from the position after just serving six weeks in office. Rishi Sunak, a 42-year-old Hindu man from Southampton, United Kingdom, replaced Truss as Prime Minister of Britain on October 25, making him the first person of color to become […]
Bringing Awareness to the Masses of LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth
Written By: Amy Zheng The month of November is dedicated to a few causes, one such being homeless youth in America. A group of people under this umbrella are the LGBTQ+ community. LGBTQ+ homeless youth refers to LGBTQ+ teenagers without shelter or a house to live in. The experience of […]
Is It Possible To Separate The Art From The Artist?
Written By: Sanai Spooner Roland Barthes was a French Essayist best known for his 1967 work, The Death of the Author. This work presents the theory that a published piece of work is no longer the author’s to give meaning to, but rather the public’s. This means that an author’s […]
Autumn Art
Written By: Natalie Pinto As this fall season comes to a close, we’ve decided to include some autumn-inspired art from our amazing artists here at PCHS! Here are our following entries: “It’s a character from a game named monster prom. He was someone I always liked, so I decided to […]
Seoul’s Deadliest Halloween: 156 Dead Due to Crowd Surge
Written By: Andrea Vargas, Heiry Pena, Ariana Pareja On October 29th, the streets of Seoul were filled with crowds of people celebrating Halloween. Due to the previous year’s COVID restrictions, this year was set to be a celebratory return to normal. However, the celebration turned out to bring more people […]
I Think, Therefore IB (Eating)
Written By: Matthew Palma, Brian Alvarado On November 7, after months of hard work and commitment to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), the Diploma Candidates met at Colony Grill for a moment of companionship. The IBDP requires students to complete specific IB courses (mathematics, sciences, language, English, history, and […]
Port Chester Returns To Allentown, PA For Their Final Performance Of The Season
Written By: Thomas d’Esperies The Pride of Port Chester returned to the USBands National Championships at Allentown, PA on Saturday November fifth. It was the first time since 2019 that Port Chester traveled to Allentown for Nationals with only the senior class performing there prior. The Port Chester band was […]
The History of Thanksgiving
Written By: Ava Osorio Now that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, there is already a lot of talk about why we celebrate this holiday. The truth of the matter is that Thanksgiving has a lot more myth than fact behind it. In elementary school, students are taught that Thanksgiving […]