It is March 12th. What used to seem like a distant thought was now a reality. The coronavirus had come to New York, and schools and shops were all closing down for what would be no longer than a few weeks, people thought. As the weeks turned to months, the severity of the coronavirus only...
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Not even Covid-19 could stop English/Theatre Arts teacher Christina Colangelo and the Blind Brook Theater Department from going ahead with this fall’s production of The Laramie Project. Although the play will not be live, everyone will be able to view and enjoy the show from the comfort...
In this century, it is not difficult to find the perfect recipe for monstrous wildfires. In order to survive, a fire requires heat, fuel, and oxygen. But what makes California, in the words of bioclimatologist Dr. Williams of Columbia University, “a perfect recipe for fire”? Of all...
To say that the transition to hybrid learning has been difficult would be an understatement. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ways in which students, teachers, and administrators are able to work with one another has been dramatically altered, and nobody quite knows when things...
American author, Neil Postman, once stated, “I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.” There is no doubt that technology has vastly improved the world in many ways. It is a...