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The student-run news site of The Masters School

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News
Renovations in the FC and Strayer gym are all set to be completed within the next month. The next spaces to re-open are the FC dance studios, which will be ready on Jan. 21.
News Brief: Update on FC, Strayer renovations
Hanna Schiciano, TBN Associate Producer • January 15, 2022

The FC dance studios and Strayer gym are set to be completed by Jan. 21 and on or about Feb. 4, respectively, Craig Dunne, head of engineering...

Students spend time together in the common room of their dorm. They are now permitted to visit each others rooms and enter other dorms.
Temporary Covid restrictions placed on boarding students
Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief • January 7, 2022

In light of the Omicron variant and an uptick in Covid cases, the Health Advisory Committee released updated rules for boarding students as they...

Features
Members of the Masters community strive for a better new year through their hopes and resolutions for 2022.
2022: A year of hope
Ellie Yang, Chief Design Editor • January 17, 2022

From the first Covid case in December of 2019, the pandemic has taken a toll on the world and people’s minds. Everyone’s lives have been impacted by this pandemic in their...

Middle School adopts co-ed learning
Middle School adopts co-ed learning
Gisele Cestaro and Maia Barantsevitch • January 10, 2022
One Year Later: Remembering the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Kira Ratan, Sophia Van Beek, and Lily Zuckerman • January 6, 2022
Christmas market in NYC before the pandemic.
'Tis the season: a relative return to in-person holiday shopping
Ellie Yang, Chief Design Editor • December 16, 2021
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Coronavirus Chronicles
Masters Pandemic Finances
Masters Pandemic Finances
Logan Schiciano • June 25, 2021
Head of School Laura Danforth, Dean of Faculty Sam Savage and Chief Financial Officer Ed Biddle discuss pandemic finances in Danforths office.
Approaching a return to normalcy: Masters pandemic finances, Jan-June 2021
Logan Schiciano, TBN Producer • June 10, 2021
Middle School students sit in a recently constructed classroom in Strayer Hall. Remodeling spaces, such as Strayer and Doc Wilson Hall, was a major expense in bringing students and teachers back to school safely for in-person learning last fall.
Persevering in a pandemic world: Masters' pandemic finances, June-Dec 2020
Logan Schiciano, TBN Producer • May 1, 2021
Sports
Nicholas Chin, playing for varsity team during away game at Brunswick Dec.11
Order on the Court
Maia Barantsevitch, Features Editor • December 16, 2021

As the winter sports season has begun, the boys basketball team has been working hard throughout their week-long tryout process. This year, there were an overwhelming 64 Upper School boys who...

Shohei Ohtani pitching 6 innings against the Seattle Mariners on May 6, 2018.
Opinion: The MLB Lockout shows that baseball doesn’t care about its players.
Matthias Jaylen Sandoval, Social Media Manager/ Distribution Manager • December 16, 2021
The boys varsity soccer team celebrates after their 2-1 win against Hackley in the schools first-ever NYSAIS championship. Despite the fact that the team did not play any games last year, they achieved their first major win in five years with this victory.
Boys varsity soccer shoots for playoff berth, scores with first-ever NYSAIS Championship
Ethan Schlapp, Lead Sports Editor • December 10, 2021
The the boys varsity soccer team had a thrilling season, defeating Hackley School by a score of 2-1 in the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) finals and winning the championship.
Boys varsity soccer become NYSAIS champions
Carol Queiroz, Matthias Jaylen Sandoval, and Xavier Rolston • November 19, 2021
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Tower Broadcast News
Middle School adopts co-ed learning
Middle School adopts co-ed learning
Gisele Cestaro and Maia Barantsevitch • January 10, 2022
Tower Broadcast News #2
Tower Broadcast News #2
Carol Queiroz, L. Leys, and Hanna Schiciano • January 10, 2022
The the boys varsity soccer team had a thrilling season, defeating Hackley School by a score of 2-1 in the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) finals and winning the championship.
Boys varsity soccer become NYSAIS champions
Carol Queiroz, Matthias Jaylen Sandoval, and Xavier Rolston • November 19, 2021
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Jacob Chansley, also known as the Q Shaman, screams outside the U.S. Capitol. Chansley, a QAnon conspiracy theorist, was one of many recognizable figures who played a role in the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6. Chansley was later arrested and and brought up on U.S. federal charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

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Workload negatively affects mental health

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A group of students sweat out their last hour of their history exam in Strayer Gym. Although students did not take any final exams this past school year due to Covid-19, exams typically take place the last week of school.

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