The Student Newspaper of Addison Trail High School
The teachers of AT enjoy a very relaxed dress code allowing them to show their style and dress in a way that makes them comfortable for a day at work.Throughout AT, there are many teachers who dress up nearly every day, music teacher Alexander Stombres, english teacher Jessica Clark, and science teacher Kira Bonk are …
How do AT’s teachers show off their fashion at school? Read More »
As of Jan. 1 students will be able to excuse an absence under it being considered a mental health day due to a newly passed Illinois law.The law is under the title “Law Public Act 102-3-1 Senate Bill 1577” and it allows all students enrolled in public school from the ages of 7 to 17 …
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The AVID freshman class hosted a holiday drive that took place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 14 to spread joy and help people within the community during the holiday season.The items donated to the holiday drive consisted of toys, some items in particular included cars, stuffed animals, board games, books, action figures, scooters, and blocks. …
AT ran the annual coat drive from Nov. 1 to Nov. 29 to collect coats and other winter apparel to help those in need. Over the month of November the coat drive ran and in the end a total of 157 items were donated. Divided up 80 coats, 2 snow pants, 35 scarves, 34 hats, …
AT Introduced the competitive dance team this year as a new activity for students after limited involvement in activities from the remote setting last year. AT teachers and Blazette coaches Enza Spliotro and Melissa Morales came up with the idea to start a competitive dance team many years ago, but the idea was just recently …
By Emily Bieberstein AT is hosting the annual International Dance performance to showcase dances that represent many different cultures around the world. The performance will be taking place today and start at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The dances that are being performed include Indian, KPop, Cumbia, American Pop, Folklorico, Merengue, Latin Pop, Polish, Bachata, …
By Emily Bieberstein The administration has recently been looking over the dress code with the goal of making it more modern and reflective of AT’s core values. During the year and a half that school was in a remote setting due to Covid, the dress code wasn’t enforced at all. After returning to school this …
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By Emily Bieberstein The AT varsity football team has finished their season after overcoming many obstacles. The team worked hard over the course of their past season to make the most of it. A hardship for the team was the lack of an off season, after Covid had messed with the season’s schedule, moving it …
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AT has concluded the 13th annual Go Pink or Go Home week which is occurring the week of Oct. 11-15, and helps to raise money for breast cancer awareness. The week started off on Oct. 12 with a soccer game at 6:30 p.m. that for the first time had Cheer, Orchesis, Blazettes, Baton, and Flags …
Many clubs put on ‘Go Pink’ events to raise cancer awareness funds Read More »
Preseason kicked off the NHL on Sept. 25 and came to a close on Oct. 9 and gave a peek into what’s coming for the rest of the season. Coming from a shortened season last year due to Covid the rules for preseason bent a little this year for the same reason. A rule that …
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