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The Schaumburg High School student news site

Saxon Scribe

The Schaumburg High School student news site

Saxon Scribe

JACKSON, MS - SEPTEMBER 01: Members of the Mississippi National Guard hand out bottled water at Thomas Cardozo Middle School in response to the water crisis on September 01, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson has been experiencing days without reliable water service after river flooding caused the main treatment facility to fail. (Photo by Brad Vest/Getty Images)

Jackson MI: Water is scarce, and hope is scarcer

Manny Hernandez, Scribe Reporter September 28, 2022

Beginning on September 3rd, 150,000 people in the city of Jackson, Mississippi found themselves without safe drinking water and with little hope for substantial improvements. Issues with Jackson’s water...

Math teacher Kendra Letzel joins the SHS intervention office as an assistant principal.

Mrs. Letzel Joins SHS Administration

Nina Mieszkowska, Scribe Reporter September 27, 2022

Mrs. Letzel, previously a math teacher at Schaumburg High School, now assumes the role of Assistant Principal at Schaumburg High School.  Even though she may no longer teach in a classroom, her new role...

St. Baldricks participants and organizers proudly display the nearly $70,000 in fundraising.

St. Baldrick’s Returns

Zahia Khan, Scribe Reporter April 20, 2022

The highly anticipated St. Baldrick’s event returned to Schaumburg High School after its temporary hiatus. SHS students and staff lined up to shave heads and donate money to help combat pediatric...

New Mexicos SB 140 offers free college tuition to state schools.

New Mexico Bill Offers Free Tuition

Nrupa Patel, Scribe Reporter April 19, 2022

On Friday, March 4, 2022, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act, waiving tuition for New Mexico students who attend in-state public schools or tribal...

The SHS Girl Up product drive looked to destigmatize period poverty.

Girl Up Product Drive Brings Awareness

Chan Mi Park, Scribe Reporter April 19, 2022

On February 23rd through the 25th, the Girl Up club ran a product drive at Schaumburg High School in the Showcase Hallway before school. The product drive collects tampons and pads not only to benefit...

XI AN, CHINA - MAY 08:  (CHINA OUT) A Tibetian macaque, also known as macaca thibetana, is tended to in an intensive care unit (ICU) after undergoing a liver transplant at a hospital of a military medical university on May 8, 2013 in Xian, Shaanxi province of China. The success of the liver transplant from a transgenic pig to a macaque have been said to shine a light on future heterogenetic organ transplantation and might solve the problems of organ shortages in human transplants.  (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Saving Lives, One Pig at a Time

Nrupa Patel, Scribe Editor February 25, 2022

http://gty.im/171047861 On January 7, 2022, a U.S. man, named David Bennett Sr., received a heart from a genetically modified pig at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Just...

Illinois students now have access to five mental health days.

Mental health days offer students time to cope with stress

Samantha Freehling, Scribe Reporter February 22, 2022

To cope with the residual stress of remote learning and isolation from the nationwide pandemic, Illinois schools are now required to grant students five mental health days per school year.  The absences...

Schaumburg High School students now use a QR code to log time out of the classroom.

QR codes formalize bathroom procedure

Scribe Staff February 14, 2022

Upon returning from winter break, students had to adjust to a new process that replaced the previous bathroom passes.  Instead of asking a teacher for a freshly-written hall pass, students now use their...

High School Gamers to Compete as ISHA Esport

High School Gamers to Compete as ISHA Esport

Zahia Khan, Scribe Reporter February 3, 2022

A new official sports team has joined the fray at Schaumburg High School, but it's not your typical sport. Schaumburg High School enters its inaugural esports season and is looking for gamers to step...

Members of Latinos Unidos stop for a selfie during concessions at an SHS basketball game.

Latinos Unidos Increases Cultural Awareness

Nrupa Patel, Scribe Editor December 3, 2021

Near the end of the 2020-2021 school year, a group of four juniors came together to create a space where members of the Latinx community could be represented and included at Schaumburg High School. Every...

Members of the orchestra practice in person.

Band and Orchestra Return to Normal

Samantha Freehling, Scribe Reporter November 22, 2021

During the quarantine, while many classes struggled through the trials and tribulations that come with learning through Zoom, courses that rely on in-person interactions, like band and orchestra, were...

Staff and donors enjoy a snack after giving blood at the SHS blood drive.

National Honors Society’s “We’re out for blood” exceeds expectations

Abigail Thomas, Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2021

According to the Red Cross, the US requires nearly 36,000 units of blood every day, but only 38% of the population is eligible to donate. Nearly 21 million blood components are transfused each year. Aware...

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