The Student Newspaper of Addison Trail High School
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 »
As the girls basketball team continues through its conference season, both the players and the coaches continue to face many new challenges throughout the entire season. The team has played a total of 12 games so far this season where they won 7 of the games they played. Four of those games were home games, …
Blazer sport winning record heading for post season Read More »
As the winter sports season begins to wrap up, the cheer team has begun competing in conference competitions leading up to both sectional and state championships. The team has a total of 5 competitions throughout the end of this season. They have already competed in two competitions, the first one on Dec. 11 at Marion …
Cheer team brought it during competition leading to State Read More »
As the pandemic comes to a close, AT administration has looked at reverting back to pre-Covid policies, which includes the weight of final exams for this semester. The subject of final exam weights has been up in the air since Covid first hit in 2020 when there was a school year that consisted of no …
Final exam weight returns back to 20% for the first time since the COVID pandemic Read More »
The AT boys basketball team began its season toward the beginning of November and is currently working toward creating a team that can make its way to the Regional Championship. The boys basketball Blazers began the season with their first practice on Nov. 7, where they began to practice for a holiday tournament that they …
Basketball team faces challenges of replacing several grads Read More »
As the internet has progressed over recent decades, so has its involvement in our lives. Social media has boomed into platforms that have tremendous influence on everything in society, including politics. We see politicians, news channels, and legislation ideas all the time when we open any social media platform. As social media progresses in society …
Social media breeds an environment for extremism Read More »
Throughout the current school year, AT has faced countless challenges. Whether regarding admin, staff, student, or extra-curricular activities, our school, like many others, is still struggling in various areas to rebound since the pandemic. With morale recovering, and alumni who experienced pre-pandemic school life having already graduated, AT has been left to redefine the high …
In the post COVID era, AT combats trends most harming GPAs Read More »
AT hosted the annual Dec a Door competition to go along with International Fest week as a way for classes to have fun and help show diversity throughout the school. The first place winners of the competition was Ms. Sokolowski’s ATR class, where they decorated their door to show aspects of France and French Culture. …
Paris comes to the halls of AT with award-winning door decor Read More »
The AT girls swim team recently concluded its season after spending the past few months working on its goals like improving its skills and become stronger swimmers along the way. The swimmers started their season at the beginning of the year and they were able to progress as a team to make their way to …
Swim team takes 7 of 8 meets, 3rd place at WSG conference Read More »