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The Chronicle

The Student News Site of Shorecrest Preparatory School

The Chronicle

The Student News Site of Shorecrest Preparatory School

The Chronicle

Sophomore Jill Marcus chopping wood during Service Week 2023 on the Pine Ridge Trip. Students worked to rebuild houses in the Oglala Lakota Nation on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

Service Week Switch

Cate Frey, Staff Writer December 20, 2024

 After Hurricanes Helene and Milton tore through St. Pete, the damage dealt the Shorecrest campus a heavy hand, leaving students and faculty alike to deal with the aftermath.      Due to the loss...

An illustration depicting wrestlers in action during a match.

Bring Back Wrestling

Polina Creadon, Staff Writer December 19, 2024

    Grand state championship banners line the walls of the Crisp Gym—basketball, cheerleading, football, track and field, swim and dive, volleyball, baseball, and more—boasting in green and gold...

Junior Georgia Kurland pictured practicing for her American Sign Language (ASL) class at a local coffee shop.

Language Limits

Jill Marcus, Staff Writer December 11, 2024

     你好,很高兴认识你! If Shorecrest offered free access to Mandarin Chinese in addition to French and Spanish, several students in the Upper School would know that sentence translates...

Famed Disney princess Snow White holds an apple. A live-action remake of the 1937 film is set to be released in March 2025.

Will Disney’s Snow White Bite the Apple?

Phoebe Pritchard, Staff Writer November 29, 2024

      “Skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony.” Disney will bring these iconic lines to the screen with live-action in 2025.      Recently, Disney has been...

Sophomores Sloane Williams and Indi Wells study during their free period. If underclassmen
have a free period, they must report to a designated study hall room.

Losing Freedom Through Free Periods

Ana Verano, Opinion Editor November 6, 2024

     “The freedom: that’s my favorite part about Shorecrest,” said sophomore Will Farley. Yet it seems our freedom, the most valued aspect of being a student at this school, is being chipped...

This apathetic sock puppet represents how students feel confronting the pressure of the modern world.

Ignorance = Fear

Harper Nelson-Wooley, Staff Illustrator November 6, 2024

     Upper School Social Studies Department Chair Kayla Brazee has adorned her classroom with posters, covering the walls with political propaganda posters, maps, and my favorite: a print of Keith...

A vicious cat displays its fangs, prepared to attack another victim.

Hot Take from around the School: Cats Are Demonic

Olivia Martin, Design Editor April 26, 2024

     I’ve always had an itching hatred for commonly praised objects. I’ve always hated sushi. I’ve always hated Taylor Swift. I hate the beach. But most of all, I HATE cats. These vicious animals...

More APs, Please!

More APs, Please!

Ana Verano, Opinion Editor April 26, 2024

     Students enter Upper School freshman year eager to expand their interests and learn new things. For many, that means trying out a myriad of AP classes. However, in the face of Shorecrest’s...

Graduation cord in Shorecrest colors. Illustration by Harper Nelson-Wooley.

Graduation Cords: An Invitation for Individuality

Annabella Rozin, Co-Editor-In-Chief March 7, 2024

     Adorned in regalia, graduates present themselves to their school community one last time—a show of triumph. At my graduation, I look forward to this last gathering with each member of the Shorecrest...

Illustration of Hollywood actor and icon Timothee Chalamet. Chalamet recently starred as Willy Wonka in the hit movie, Wonka, a musical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustration by Harper Nelson-Wooley.

Is Wonka Actually Good, or is Timothee Chalamet Just Hot?

Phoebe Pritchard, Staff Writer March 7, 2024

     Slack-jawed, awe-struck, eyes-peeled. I could be describing two groups of people: children in a candy shop and Timothee Chalamet fans watching him portray Willy Wonka. Chalamet’s fanbase mimics...

US English Department Chair Jake Seymour and freshman Lili Fort scream at each other in generational frustration and misunderstanding. Seymour belongs to Generation X, while Fort belongs to Generation Z. Photo by Ana Verano.

“Lazy” Gen Z: Unfounded Claims Meet College Competition

Ana Verano, Opinion Editor March 7, 2024

     Ah, to be Rory Gilmore! The epitome of millennial success: a small-town girl gets into the Holy Trinity—Yale, Harvard, and Princeton—on what? Good grades? While many of us continue to idolize...

Raya from Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. She’s one of the most progressive additions to the princess lineup. Her film released in 2021. Illustration by Ann Licht.

The Princess Project: Disney’s Journey with Feminism

Sierra Orlick, Current Events Editor March 7, 2024

     Belle, Tiana, Jasmine, Ariel—these characters are often looked to by young girls for entertainment, inspiration, and, ultimately, guidance for facing reality. However, these princesses have not...

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