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Student on phone in CCRC

Students rack up hours on screens, despite knowing it’s bad for them

Faiyza Khan, Farabi Shahin November 22, 2024

As screen time rises, so does awareness of its impacts on young people’s mental health. Students admit that they’re on their screens for hours on end and know that there are negative consequences but...

PA system in room 202

Students react to announcement, mixed feelings and questions of fairness

Caitlyn Crisostomo and Atchijah Ravinathan November 21, 2024

On Oct. 9, midway through seventh period, an announcement came over the public address system about the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. It's unclear who wrote the statement, but regardless, many were...

ID scanner at QSI door on 76th Road.

Swipe or no swipe? New ID card swiping policies spark confusion

Abyaz Mahboob and Julius Elevazo November 4, 2024

Students have questions about the new rules that require them to swipe their school identification cards to enter the building. Specifically, due to the lack of a publicized door schedule some students...

NYSED Data on Chronic Absenteeism at QSI for the 2022-2023 school year. https://data.nysed.gov/essa.php?instid=800000059115&year=2023&createreport=1&HSchronic=1

Student attendance drops post-pandemic

Faiyza Khan and Ahmad Mohabir July 29, 2024

Student attendance has decreased significantly from pre-pandemic levels to now. School policies have tried to address this problem with both consequences and rewards, though students seem apathetic to...

Jainam Mehta.

Community gathers for a solar eclipse viewing

Faiyza Khan and Taiba Mian June 13, 2024

On April 8, many students and staff went out to the schoolyard at the beginning of period seven to observe the solar eclipse. There was a feeling of excitement in the air as people spread out across...

Rigo Santana, Gray Team

Grades to compete against each other in Color War

On Friday, May 24, grades will be competing against each other in a color war, where students will have the chance to flex their physical and cognitive abilities to beat out the other grades’ teams....

Cast: "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"

Meet the minds behind “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”

Zion Algu, Staff Reporter March 15, 2024

After months of hard work by the actors and backstage and set design crews, the musical "You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown" was showcased on the evenings of Jan. 25 and 26. The director, Tom Carroll,...

Conversations on the ethics of A.I. generated artwork

Conversations on the ethics of A.I. generated artwork

Atchijah Ravinathan, Managing Editor March 8, 2024

As of  last year, on apps like TikTok, there has been an increase of trends involving AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated artwork and photographs as the technology continues to develop.  AI generated...

Bathroom inside the nurse's office, no gender neutral bathroom sign displayed.

Students unaware of gender neutral bathrooms

Kelly Orzuna, Staff Reporter March 8, 2024

School administration says that there are gender neutral bathrooms in the building, but most students are unaware of their existence. “So we do have two designated gender neutral bathrooms. One...

Mental health board in 216B.

Students are stressed in school, counselors offer support

Avital Isakharova, Staff Reporter March 7, 2024

Students feel and cope with stress in different ways when they are at school but many are unsure of where or who they can go to for support outside of their friends. Liron Maks thinks that the school...

The Alumni College Fair was held in the gymnasium.

Students get good advice at Alumni College Fair

Greta Hasko, Staff Reporter March 6, 2024

The annual Alumni College Fair, which was held on Jan. 19, gave sophomores and juniors the chance to hear the inside scoop on college life from QSI alumni. Their insights and advice covered academic and...

Queens College

Juniors reflect on taking classes at Queens College

Jeremy Molina, Staff Reporter March 6, 2024

With the spring semester well underway, juniors reflected on taking classes at Queens College (QC) for the first time during the fall semester in a survey. Of the 65 juniors that attended at least one...

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