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Your Posts, Your Problem
Your Posts, Your Problem
Merritt Butler, Staff Writer • May 15, 2025

     When I was nine, I created a Facebook account from my tablet. I was on Apple Music and wasn’t aware that by seeing who else liked...

Hurricane Update - Photostory
Hurricane Update – Photostory
Cole Oman, Photography Editor • May 8, 2025
After years of avoiding the most direct impacts of storms, St. Pete was shocked with back to back storms. Hurricane Helene...
(Left to Right) Sophomores Ryan Jaffee and Aadi Pudur, and Juniors Caleb Williams, Leilani MacIntyre, and Alex Cirino, organizers of Career Day, pose in front of the Shorecrest emblem.
Connecting Classrooms to Careers
Phoebe Pritchard and Alex Cirino April 28, 2025

     Hallways buzzed with activity, classrooms filled with students gathered to meet professionals living their career goals face-to-face,...

Juniors Alexia Bucci, Arden Katcha, and Gia Bessolo (from left to right) pose after winning an essay contest in US English Teacher Joe Gonzalez's American Literature Honors class.  The class explored the question "What is the status of the American Dream?" in argumentative essays and then voted on the top 3 most persuasive arguments to publish.
Student op-ed winners 2025
Gia Bessolo, Arden Katcha, and Alexia Bucci April 28, 2025

Winner Gia Bessolo Death or Debt: The Cruel Reality of Healthcare in the US Beep, beep, beep, the constant sound of a heart monitor...

Life in Florida has its advantages, including sunbathing on the sand, splashing in the ocean, and taking a quick trip to Publix
The Sunshine State For Dummies
Natalia Davila, Staff Writer • April 28, 2025

     When boredom hits you like a freight train, opening up your phone and scrolling through the same boring news is almost automatic. Suddenly,...

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
Trump’s Executive Orders: 2025 Edition
Diana Muzzarelli, Staff Writer • April 28, 2025

     In the first 85 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a record-setting 124 executive orders. The only president...

Editorial: The Art of Balance in Course Registration
Editorial: The Art of Balance in Course Registration
The Chronicle Editorial Board April 28, 2025

Dear Readers, For modern-day high school students, it seems as long as you start five non-profits, run nine successful businesses, and cure...

Senior Cole Goldenberg takes photos at the varsity football team’s state championship game in The Villages on November 14th, 2024
April 2025
April 28, 2025

Read This Comic for a Sweatpants Day
Read This Comic for a Sweatpants Day
Summer Farkas, Staff Cartoonist • April 28, 2025

BookTok-inspired bookshelf of BookTok-er Phoebe Pritchard.
BookTok: The Good, the Bad, & the Overhyped
Polina Creadon, Staff Writer • May 15, 2025

     Nearly everyone who has a TikTok account has seen a video about BookTok before.      BookTok—the thriving subculture on TikTok...

Freshman Natalia Davila participates in the ice bucket challenge and clutches her head as the cold water gets poured all over her. Photo courtesy of Nataila Davila.
Missing the Message
Grace Manning, Entertainment Editor • May 15, 2025

     It’s back and colder than ever. The Ice Bucket challenge from 2014 has made its return in 2025, but this time with a new motive....

The opening to A Minecraft Movie, in theatres. The screen reads the title of the movie with the classic Minecraft logo.
Minecraft Movie Mayhem
Nolie Gilcrest and Avery Lurie May 15, 2025

     “Chicken Jockey!” You may have heard this phrase scrolling through TikTok, yelled down hallways, or even shouted in a crowded movie...

Letter to the Editor: Executive Orders
May 6, 2025

This letter is in response to: Trump’s Executive Orders: 2025 Edition   Dear Chronicle Gods,   I read this...

Attendees of the Gasparilla Music Festival at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park enjoy a performance.
Why Do Our Favorite Artists Avoid Us?
Samantha Ultes, Staff Writer • April 28, 2025

    Flashing lights, blasting music, and a lively crowd. Going to your favorite artist’s concert may sound like a blast, but is the hours-long...

Picture Un-Perfect
Cate Frey, Staff Writer • April 28, 2025

     While living in an RV, US STEAM and Robotics Teacher Sarah Balisalisa created the channel, “Our Best Life Family,” displaying her...

Cher Horowitz from Clueless carrying shopping bags. The bags are labeled with different fast fashion brands such as Shein, Brandy Melville, and H&M.
Clueless
Avery Lurie, Video Editor • April 28, 2025

     Picture the store Brandy Melville: white planked walls, glistening fairy lights, and a hint of perfume that captures the essence of...

Pickleball is a Sin
Sports
Pickleball is a Sin
Lucille Procaccino, Newsletter Editor • May 15, 2025

     Pickleball. An international obsession. If I got a dollar every time I heard that enraging “dink,” I would be a billionaire. Elon...

A Bucs defensive player tackles a Washington Commander during their game to open the season on September 8th, 2024. The Bucs won this game 37-20. Photo by Joe Glorioso of All-Pro Reels. CC by S-A 2.0 License.
Buccaneers 2025 Season Preview
May 13, 2025

If the story of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ most recent era could be summed up in one word, it would be “almost.”       The team...

The entry sign for Hernandez Family Field and Haskell Field on Shorecrest’s campus, with a logo for Oman Construction, Shorecrest’s premier athletics sponsor for the 2024-2025 school year.
How Are Athletics Supported at Shorecrest?
May 10, 2025

This article has been subject to prior review by administration.      Shorecrest is an institution known not only for its academic prestige,...

Senior Ahmad Crumity dribbles the ball in the varsity boys basketball team’s game against Northeast High on December 13th, 2024. The Chargers lost the game 54-52.
Where Did The Team Go?!?
April 28, 2025

      Close your eyes and imagine: you’re on a football team. You’ve been having great success and recently won multiple state championships....

A Time Called Guilt
Sophia Carvajal-Montecristo May 5, 2025

Despite the fading sun’s rays, The bright glow in front of me shatters my eyes with lightning. The shadows, unlike my words, seem to be the...

Zoochosis
Anonymous April 28, 2025

Vicious, deadly, hungry. The people scream, the children cry  It’s all too much, wails fall as roars on deaf ears. They try to pry Open...

Original Sin in a Cardboard Box
Anonymous April 21, 2025

Shutting the door, I look down at the small brown takeout box sitting in my hands. My fingers, of their own volition, tear open its...

Light
Jasper Hallock-Wishner April 7, 2025

  Glowing          The light.                    Shining brightly on my face So bright? Why not of my own brightness?  ...

The Darkness
Lyla Clement March 24, 2025

The Darkness Beneath the weight of endless gray, the world is fading day by day, a quiet ache that never seems to leave, a sorrow...

Senior Cole Goldenberg takes photos at the varsity football team’s state championship game in The Villages on November 14th, 2024
April 2025
Volume #003 Issue #004

Students listen attentively as junior Anastasia Davis teaches about Russian culture during the first Harmony Across Borders meeting.
March 2025
Volume #003 Issue #003

Senior Maddie Needler sprints after the ball in the flag football team’s game against Berkeley Prep. This was their first game on the new field. They lost 13-6.
November 2024
Volume #003 Issue #001

Eighth-grader Riley Jaquish prepares to catch the ball and make a tag at third base. The softball team lost 12-7 on April 2nd to Bradenton Christian.
April 2024
Edition #006