The Student Newspaper of Addison Trail High School
Winter is my least favorite season of the year. I hate the cold and everything that comes with it. So when I’m reading I love to read summer books to help me anticipate the summer. “Every Summer After” is your perfect summer book. I always thought the saying you can never go home again was …
Super Bowl performances are prestigious performances. The Super Bowl halftime show is part of the most-watched TV event of the year. With Rihanna’s halftime show performance I started to wonder who would be a good next performer. Throughout the year I think it’s more than fair to say that the performances recently have been lacking …
Now that Rihanna’s performance is in the books, who’s next? Read More »
New semester. New Policies. On Saturday, Jan. 7, the administration sent an email to all AT students about the implementation of new policies for this semester. Although the intentions of these policies are grounded in a desire to improve safety and security, The Torch editorial board believes that in many circumstances these policies fail to …
It’s not new information that SAT scores have been declining more every year since the pandemic started. When the Dupage Policy Journal published an article showing that AT had the lowest Public High School English Failure Rates in DuPage county, parents and students began to ask a lot of questions.Students began questioning English teachers and …
The AT girl’s gymnastics team just finished off its season after working hard on routines to make it all the way to the sectional meet. On Feb. 7, senior Maddie Muccianti performed a routine at the sectional meet, that she had spent the season working on. The team went against Leyden in an important meet …
The SAT is an exam taken by all AT students as a measure of college readiness but recently released exam scores have shown a worrying success rate for AT students. Within Dupage County, there are a total of 23 public high schools, all of which take the SAT and other standardized exams. Recently released SAT …
AT prioritizes SAT scores in light of troubling data Read More »
Black history is important no matter what month it is. Valarie Humphrey, the sponsor and founding member of the Beyond club, explained that black history is always significant, but Black History Month is when black history is given proper recognition by those who are non-black. Humphrey compared it to be similar to a birthday. You …
AT theatre chose “Chicago” as the winter musical from February 9 to February 11. While the idea of a high school performing such a heavy musical initially turned a few heads, AT was able to pull it off flawlessly. Some modifications were required to make Chicago a more school-friendly viewing experience, but the essence of …
Theatre executes a killer rendition of ‘Chicago’ Read More »
Under Illinois law, public schools are required to have at least three fire drills every school year. Learning fire evacuation is an important skill, but it is not the skill of utmost importance. While fire drills are required three times, school shooting drills are required once, and there is a concerning lack of thought behind …
By today’s standards, 3 fire drills vs. 1 shooting drill makes zero sense Read More »