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Tower
The student-run news site of The Masters School

Tower
Climbing Wolf
The student-run news site of The Masters School

Tower
Kira Ratan

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief

Kira Ratan is a senior at Masters and currently serves as Tower’s Editor-in-Chief. This is her fourth year on Tower; she’s previously served as Lead Features Editor and Web Editor & Social Media Manager. Outside of Tower, Ratan is the senior class co-president, debate team captain, and girls’ varsity tennis team captain. Ratan is also a reporter at the Hudson Independent covering the Rivertowns of Westchester. She is excited to be leading an amazing staff this year and work on boosting readership and news literacy throughout the community.

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FOLLOWING A LEAKED SUPREME Court decision on May 2 that threatened abortion rights, pro- choice protests have erupted around the nation. There are many calls for Democrats to codify Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 decision that ruled abortion bans unconstituional, into law.

Supreme Court draft threatens to strike down abortion protections

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
May 27, 2022
Masters Varsity Basketball Coach and St. Peters alum Keydren Clarke driving down the lane against a Seton Hall. Clarke averaged 25.9 points for four seasons for St. Peter’s from 2002-2006.

Masters coach revels in March Madness success

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2022
Clapping culture has overtaken morning meetings at Masters. Kira Ratan argues that we need to think about clapping care.

Let’s curb ‘clapping culture’

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2022
A woman at the Dobbs Ferry waterfront smokes marijuana as a result of the recent legalization of recreational cannabis. While marijuana is legal and decriminalized for all adults 21 or older in New York State, Dobbs Ferry opted to not allow any dispensaries or lounges in the town.

Dobbs Ferry not high on marijuana legalization

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2022
Zach Fisch '10 speaks to political science classes about experience on Capitol Hill

Zach Fisch ’10 speaks to political science classes about experience on Capitol Hill

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2022

Swim team dives into new season

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2022

One Year Later: Remembering the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Kira Ratan, Sophia Van Beek, and Lily Zuckerman
January 6, 2022
School is set to resume in-person classes on Monday, Jan. 10. Due to inclement weather, Friday Jan. 7 will be a snow day.

Masters to resume in-person classes Monday, Jan. 10

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
January 6, 2022
After a ninth grade student made a threat to two students following an altercation in the Davis Cafe, administration decided to separate the student from the School permanently. Many students chose not to attend school for fear of their safety.

Increased security and higher rates of student absence following threat to campus

Sophia Van Beek and Kira Ratan
December 29, 2021
People protesting during the September 2019 climate strikes in New York City. The protested had an estimated turnout of over 250,000. Mas- ters students were allowed an excused absence to go to the march.

A hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
November 24, 2021
The one-strike substance use policy was reformed this year, in order to better align the purpose of the policy and the mission of the School.

A decade later, zero tolerance substance abuse policy reformed

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2021
Dobbs Ferry holds service commemorating 20th anniversary of 9/11

Dobbs Ferry holds service commemorating 20th anniversary of 9/11

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2021
Caroline Dumaine

Caroline Dumaine

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
June 15, 2021
Sue Greally

Sue Greally

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
June 15, 2021
Student-teacher relationships are integral components to safe and productive learning environments. However, teachers must be able to care for their students without overstepping any professional boundaries.

Student-teacher boundaries: Defining fine lines

Kira Ratan, Editor-in-Chief
June 8, 2021
News Brief: NYU Journalism School hosts discussion on confronting recent anti-asian hate

News Brief: NYU Journalism School hosts discussion on confronting recent anti-asian hate

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
March 30, 2021
On Feb. 24, a trespasser entered buildings on the Masters campus, taking a laptop and a hat. During Covid, the administration relaxed security measures. Since the trespassing, administration has revised security procedures to keep the campus more safe.

Campus trespasser forces administration to rethink security protocols

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
March 8, 2021
Beloved Masters security guard Panton Adams passed away from Covid-19 complications on Feb. 1. The Masters community gathered for a memorial on Feb. 11 in honor of his life and legacy.

News Brief: Masters community gathers in celebration of Panton Adams’ life

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
February 11, 2021
Andrew Yang emerged on to the political stage during the Democratic primaries in 2019. He continues to run on the platform of Universal Basic Income and hopes to restore the New York City after COVID-19 shut down businesses and deterred residents.

Yang joins race for mayor of NYC

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
February 5, 2021
News Brief: Masters moves forward with in-person PSAT

News Brief: Masters moves forward with in-person PSAT

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
January 20, 2021
Students learn African history in front of an outline of the continent of Africa.

Forgotten history: Bringing an African Studies course to Masters

Kira Ratan and Hanna Schiciano
January 19, 2021
New Year celebrations will be markedly different as we move from 2020 into 2021. With all that has happened these past twelve months, a new year will hopefully be a turning point in people's mindsets to try and overcome their problems.

The new year won’t get rid of our old problems

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
December 31, 2020
Sarah Fuller, the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game, dons a helmet decal saying, "Play Like a Girl."

Fuller breaks barrier in Power 5 football game debut

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
December 30, 2020
Pro: In-person learning, let's go to school safely

Pro: In-person learning, let’s go to school safely

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
December 16, 2020
A screenshot of the fourth annual Saturday Summit on Social Justice, hosted by The Masters School and Rye Country Day. The summit fostered conversations about racial justice, gender and sexuality, and took place over Zoom.

Masters co-hosts fourth annual Summit on Social Justice virtually

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
November 21, 2020
News Brief: Saturday Summit on Social Justice to take place on Nov. 21

News Brief: Saturday Summit on Social Justice to take place on Nov. 21

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
November 15, 2020
Students across the globe were forced to forego sitting for standardized tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does that mean for students applying to colleges now?

Many colleges move to test-optional amidst extended pandemic

Kira Ratan, Features Lead Editor
November 4, 2020
A Photograph of Claire Horikawa.

Obituary: Remembering Claire Arnod Horikawa

Kira Ratan, Web Editor & Social Media Manager
July 8, 2020
After closing and switching to online learning, Masters’ administration decided to make changes to the daily schedule in order to better accommodate the needs of the community. Some of these changes include later start times, shorter class periods and a longer lunch break.

Remote learning model prompts schedule shift

Kira Ratan, Web Editor & Social Media Manager
June 5, 2020
Screen time levels during quarantine have increased dramatically because of new-found free time and online learning requirements.

Stay-at-home orders lead to soaring screen time levels for students

Kira Ratan, Web Editor & Social Media Manager
April 26, 2020
A google map image of New Rochelle, including the one-mile containment zone around Temple Young Israel of New Rochelle where Coronavirus transmission was at its highest in the area.

Coronavirus Chronicles: Luke Byrnes ’23

Kira Ratan, Web Editor & Social Media Manager
March 15, 2020

For Mondaire Jones, politics is personal

Kira Ratan, Web Editor & Social Media Manager
December 18, 2019
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