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The Student News Site of Shorecrest Preparatory School

The Chronicle

The Student News Site of Shorecrest Preparatory School

The Chronicle

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 journey really worth it?       For years, popular...

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 homeschool adventures with her three children. Behind the...

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 a teenage girl. Mothers and daughters flood the store, sorting...

Poster from the first St. Pete Sunscreen film festival in May 2000. It’s now the 25th festival. Photo courtesy of sunscreenfilmfestival.com.

Sunscreen and Silver Screens

Caroline Bean, Staff Writer April 23, 2025

     Beneath the blinding lights, silver screens of Hollywood flash. Behind the scenes, cameras are always rolling, each scene eager to convey a new story. The film industry, with all of its star-studded...

A teenager holding hands and walking with a younger kid through a scenic path.

Growing Pains

Nithya Nayegandhi, Social Media Editor March 5, 2025

    Bubblegum pink walls encompass 2nd grader Josephine L.’s room. It’s a room every little girl dreams of, filled to the brim with American Girl dolls, My Little Pony castles, and Barbies. Sitting...

Dreams Taking Action

Dreams Taking Action

Garrison Davis, Design Editor March 5, 2025

     Dreams take courage. After all, they are a desire for an unguaranteed future. Just having a dream is like sticking your leg over a cliff simply to feel alive. But we could stumble off the cliff. ...

Junior Caroline Bean painting on a canvas in her studio art class. The class is led by Visual Arts Department Chair and US Arts & Humanities Teacher Charla Gaglio.

From Sketches to Gold Keys

Caroline Bean, Staff Writer March 5, 2025

     On a random hour of a random day, notebook out, pencil in hand, waiting for the bell to ring in Precalculus H, junior Betty Li received some jarring news about her artwork.       When...

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Captured by Nostalgia

Samantha Ultes, Staff Writer March 5, 2025

     2005: the year of low-rise jeans, American Idol, iPods, and digital cameras. Now, it’s 2025, and we have mid-rise jeans, Outerbanks, iPhones, and digital cameras. The question is why, 20 years...

Showtime's Yellowjackets pilot episode opens with a foreshadowing of what the Yellowjackets soccer team becomes after 19 months in the wilderness. The girls sit around a fire, wearing animal masks that hide their identities, and cook a mystery girl, who dies in the opening scene. Photo courtesy of The Revealer.

Is Teenage Cannibalism the New Expression of Feminism?

Phoebe Pritchard, Entertainment Editor February 24, 2025

   You’re in the woods, cut off from civilization. Your friends are dead. You haven’t eaten in days. You’re faced with a choice: eat the girl you grew up with, or die.       When the...

Members of The Addams Family cast rehearse songs in the black box theater.

Behind the Scenes

Emmie Harris, Staff Writer February 22, 2025

     The stage in the Janet Root Theater (JRT) explodes to life when all spotlights are properly cast upon it, leaving room for students to express themselves through song, dance, and anything creative....

Junior couple Luna Gillis and Charlie Cowan pose for a photo in front of "The Love Club" sign. Having met in fourth grade, they have grown close over the years, forming strong connections with each other's families. Their relationship challenges many common Gen Z stereotypes.

Snap Me, Snap Me Not

Avery Lurie, Video Editor February 13, 2025

     Do Gen Z’s candy hearts say, “Will you be mine?” or “Do you lowkey wanna hang out?” Today, the holiday of love, many wonder if they will be someone's Valentine. But there is one problem:...

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the 2025 Grammys

Natalia Davila, Staff Writer February 7, 2025

     The music industry’s biggest night has come and gone, leaving behind smiling winners, sore losers, and plenty of controversy. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 2, 2025, in...

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