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Students reflect on Ramadan, a month of faith, family and unity

Faiyza Khan and Mubashir Khan April 9, 2024

Over the past month, students may have noticed that some of their friends or classmates are not eating or drinking during lunch. The reason for this is that it's Ramadan. Ramadan marks the occasion...

Tyler Marshall, school aide.

Spotlight on Tyler

Romeo Zambarrano, Staff Reporter March 6, 2024

Tyler Marshall is a well-liked school aide who graduated from QSI in 2016. He then went on to Queens College and graduated in 2022. Marshall, who was born and raised in Queens, likes being able to give...

Students and staff speak out on AP classes

Students and staff speak out on AP classes

Atchijah Ravinathan, Managing Editor / Staff Reporter December 31, 2023

As students progress through their high school careers, they are able to take Advanced Placement (AP) as well as college classes. Student opinion varies on whether they feel prepared to take tougher courses...

Spotlight on Ms. Kesten

Spotlight on Ms. Kesten

Julia Shakarova, Staff Reporter June 27, 2023

Chloe Kesten was born and raised in California. She left to go to Lewis and Clark College, which is located in Portland, Oregon. Then she came to New York and attended graduate school at Hofstra University....

Claws are not flaws!

Claws are not flaws!

Justine Barrera, Staff Reporter June 16, 2023

It was a sunny and breezy spring day and sophomore Lissandra Ferrante, who goes by Lissa, pushed a pink baby carriage to the park across the street from her home. There were young kids playing on the...

Students tend to one of the tower gardens in room 136.

Hydroponics: the waterway to the future

Christian Kelly, Staff Reporter June 12, 2023

Tall tapered ivory plastic towers with their green inhabitants: arugula, kale, red oak, and romaine lettuce — these are the tower gardens of room 136. Adam Zaid, the Personal Finance and Climate Solutions...

Students discuss ChatGPT

Students discuss ChatGPT

Tenzin Yeshi, Staff Reporter June 7, 2023

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence text generator that was created by OpenAI. It can be used to answer anything you ask it with a human-like response. Its introduction in the educational setting has...

Chryssa Drako

Spotlight on Ms. Drako

Tenzin Yeshi, Staff Reporter March 20, 2023

Chryssa Drako was born and grew up in Greece. At the end of 2012, she came to the United States. This is her second year teaching at QSI. Last year she taught in the high school and this year she is teaching...

Migrant workers in Qatar.

Controversy on Qatar

Rukhmah Nauman, Tenzin Yeshi, Staff Reporters December 23, 2022

The decision to host the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar left many students and staff conflicted when it was revealed that the workers who were building the soccer stadium were mistreated and suffered a lot...

Students strive to bring equity to city schools

Students strive to bring equity to city schools

Greta Hasko, Staff Reporter December 23, 2022

Juniors Aida Radoncic and Tristan Burchard represent QSI at Students and Educators for Equity (SEE). SEE’s mission is to eradicate disproportionality to create a more equitable community. SEE is designed...

Ms. Castillo

Spotlight on Ms. Castillo

Kelly Orzuna, Staff Reporter December 23, 2022

Ms. Tatiana Castillo is a seventh grade humanities teacher and a QSI graduate. This year is her fourth year teaching at QSI.    Q: Did someone or something inspire you to become a teacher? A:...

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