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Phone bans: Two students share opposing views

Zoe Reyes and Aryana Segarra October 25, 2025

Starting this school year, a state law requires all public schools in New York to ban cell phones during class hours. Although the law has generated controversy, the switch wasn’t that big a deal for...

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AP classes out at BRHS

Lathania Williams October 25, 2025

Advanced Placement college courses have long been a popular option for high-achieving high school students eager to earn college credit and bragging rights. But at BRHS, that option no longer exists, in...

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Lehman uses technology to promote teams, athletes

Joseph Vazquez and Xavier Lyons October 5, 2025

Here at the Lehman High School campus, Athletic Director Jason Maass and Campus Dean Luke Alvez are working to make sports stand out on social media. With the implementation of media pages representing...

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Principal wins national journalism award

Alanna Clarke and Emely Burgos October 5, 2025

The Journalism Education Association selected principal Gregory Fucheck as the journalism administrator of the year for 2025. The competitive national award goes to an administrator who supports scholastic...

Vidonia Thompson gets splashed to support mental health awareness.

Ice bucket challenge makes comeback to support mental health

Daniella Padagas and Briana Colon May 11, 2025

Having been retired for almost a decade, the ice bucket challenge has risen to popularity once again as it takes the Internet by storm. Initially, the purpose of the 2014 ice bucket challenge...

Students choose their top four traits during a STEAM orientation session in the library in March.

Bronx STEAM Center to open, offering career pathways for students

MD Ferdous and Mitila Purba March 25, 2025

In just a few months, the Bronx STEAM Center will officially open its doors, marking a major milestone for students at BRHS and other partner schools. Set to launch in September, the program will provide...

Gabriel Gallardo will continue to show up to school regardless of remote opportunities.

BRHS launches Remote Fridays to mixed reviews

Briana Colon, Bronx River High School February 13, 2025

Bronx River’s “Remote Fridays” system has been put into full effect. Students who opted-in for remote learning attended classes via Zoom, while the in-person students showed up at school with a revised...

Principal Greg Fucheck takes part in a remote meeting about how to handle requests from non-local law enforcement officials to enter school buildings or seek access to students and their information.

NYC principals attend mandatory meeting on how to handle immigration inquiries

Briana Colon and Daniella Padagas January 18, 2025

Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, panic has started to set in as educators and students worry that Trump will carry through on his threats to launch the “largest deportation program in American...

Hashan Chowdhury, a senior at Bronx River High School, crashed a rented Lime scooter on a slick street in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx on Feb. 21, 2024.

The scooter’s siren song

Hashan Chowdhury, Bronx River High School January 6, 2025

I’ll never forget the moment my hands came off the handlebars while riding an electric scooter down a slick street on a rainy night in the Bronx on Feb. 21, 2024. Zipping through the streets in...

Financial aid or possible deportation

Financial aid or possible deportation

Tahmina Marjan, Zoe Reyes, and Bronx River High School January 6, 2025

College-bound seniors whose parents are undocumented immigrants face a tough choice this year: Apply for financial aid and risk having immigration officials use the information to deport your parents....

Hawaou Kobeogo found a way to pray while attending a journalism conference in Philadelphia in November.

The promise of trust

Hawaou Kobeogo, Bronx River High School December 15, 2024

Having strict parents is like a fever dream. So imagine my surprise when my parents allowed me to go on a two-day trip to another state to attend the Journalism Education Association’s national convention...

School gets green light for remote learning on Fridays

School gets green light for remote learning on Fridays

Cesar Jimenez, Bronx River High School December 10, 2024

The NYC Department of Education approved Bronx River High School’s proposal to offer remote learning on select Fridays starting in the Spring 2025 semester. The next step requires students getting parental...

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