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The Polygon

The Student Newspaper of Poly Prep Country Day School

The Polygon

The Student Newspaper of Poly Prep Country Day School

The Polygon

Seeking Help: The Students’ Guide to Reporting Abuse

One in four girls and one in six boys younger than 18 have been sexually assaulted, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center....

Unplugged from the Digital World: Poly Enforces A Phone-Free Year

From texts, to tweets, to TikTok notifications, our phones have become vessels of distraction and overstimulation. As the summer months slowly...

Poly’s Scheduling Dilemma

In the last few weeks, when summer begins to come to a close and the new school year impends, students all over look forward to receiving their...

New Poly Policies Kick Off New School Year

After a rise in concerns regarding AI usage, student attendance, timeliness with schoolwork, and the overflowing of assemblies, Poly is introducing...

Fresh Faces & New Ideas

As the school year begins, you’ll notice some new faces around Dyker Heights. Though they may look unfamiliar, Poly Prep Country Day School’s...

Poly Community Responds to the Israel-Hamas War
Poly Community Responds to the Israel-Hamas War
Dov Weinstein Elul and Lucas Basham November 2, 2023

The Poly community has acted in a number of ways to support and educate students about the Israel-Hamas war following deadly attacks in early October. The entire community received emails from the history department and Interim Head of School John Rankin over the long weekend of the initial attacks....

Seeking Help: The Students’ Guide to Reporting Abuse
Carolina Lisk, Head Layout Editor • October 22, 2024

One in four girls and one in six boys younger than 18 have been sexually assaulted, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center....

Ms. Meeks and her Unique Acrobatic Talent
Ms. Meeks and her Unique Acrobatic Talent
Lila Daniels, Managing editor • October 22, 2024

Perri Meeks, one of Poly’s six Upper School deans, has a newfound passion for a circus act called lyra. On September 9, Meeks began a twelve-week...

Eighth Grader Saves the Day
Eighth Grader Saves the Day
Charlotte Arzouian, MIDDLE SCHOOL EDITOR • June 23, 2024

“I turned around and just heard something,” recalled 8th grade English teacher Arnelle Williams. Even though the incident occurred just over...

On the Campaign Trail With Staten Island Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo
On the Campaign Trail With Staten Island Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo
Rose Filippazzo, Contributing Writer • October 20, 2024

Sam Pirozzolo is the Assemblyman for District 63, which encompasses Richmond Country in Staten Island. His office would be difficult to distinguish...

Civics Day: What Was Successful and What Wasn’t?
Civics Day: What Was Successful and What Wasn’t?

Civics is the study of the privileges and obligations that citizens of...

An Inside Look at Poly’s  Democracy and Disinformation Class
An Inside Look at Poly’s Democracy and Disinformation Class

Democracy and Disinformation is a single-semester computer science course...

History Talks: An Underappreciated Educator
History Talks: An Underappreciated Educator

A valuable and rare resource at Poly has been dismissed by many students...

The Bubble
The Bubble
Jack Rootenberg, Contributing Writer • October 22, 2024

By now, many of you have probably noticed that the bubble is under construction. Like myself, you also might have been wondering why. The bubble...

SPORTS RECAP: W’s All Around

Girls’ Lacrosse: On Friday, May 3, Poly's Girls’ Lacrosse team delivered...

Predicting the NBA Playoffs
Predicting the NBA Playoffs

The NBA Playoffs have reached the conference finals and haven’t disappointed...

Twenty-Four Senior Athletes on the Path to Collegiate Excellence
Twenty-Four Senior Athletes on the Path to Collegiate Excellence

The class of 2024’s student-athletes have been impressive, to say the...

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Chasing Victories and Warm Weather: Spring Sports Recap

Boys’ Tennis The Poly Boys’ Tennis team began their season on Monday,...

It Ends With Us: A Story About Putting Yourself First
It Ends With Us: A Story About Putting Yourself First
Talia Barro-Parsoff and Lulu Adefris-Yaxley October 22, 2024

It Ends With Us brought Colleen Hoover's 2016 novel to the big screen. For viewers who previously were readers, Lily Bloom's relationship with...

Spirit Captain’s Collaborating With the Arts: A Letter to the Poly Arts Community
Spirit Captain’s Collaborating With the Arts: A Letter to the Poly Arts Community
Lucia Zaremba, Editor-In-Cheif • October 22, 2024

2024-2025 Spirit Captains  Lucia Zaremba  Emilia Fusaro Athan Hatzigeorgiou Gordon Hoffman As a member of the 2024-2025 Spirit...

Bernardo Ruiz: Creating Documentaries Through a Personal Lens
IZZY LEYTON, FEAUTURES EDITOR • June 11, 2024

“I am most interested in people’s stories,” said documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz during his visit to Poly on April 30 in the Richard...

The Last Sip: Final Coffee House of the Year
CHLOE GUEDES SMITH, LAYOUT EDITOR • June 11, 2024

The final Coffeehouse of the year, held on May 6, was a major hit. It featured an array of performances including singing, drawing, poetry,...

Serving Sleeping Beauty: The 2024 Met Gala
OLIVIA SPERLING, CONTRIBUTING WRITER • June 11, 2024

What Is the Met Gala? The Met Gala, formally named the Costume Institute Benefit, is an annual fundraising event held to support the Metropolitan...

A Blurred Line Between Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation
A Blurred Line Between Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation
ELEANOR BROWN, FEAUTURES EDITOR • June 23, 2024

In the midst of the pandemic, nestled in the Hudson Valley, my family launched  “Quarantine Wars.” In a Master Chef-inspired fashion, we...

DEIB Block Schedule: Why It’s Unpopular and What We Can Do
DEIB Block Schedule: Why It’s Unpopular and What We Can Do
DOV WEINSTEIN ELUL, LAYOUT EDITOR • June 23, 2024

Over the last few years, Poly’s DEIB program has undergone radical change. One of the most notable developments is the strict enforcement of...

The Next Generation of Voters: Are They Ready?
The Next Generation of Voters: Are They Ready?
Lila Daniels, Features Editor • May 13, 2024

2024 is a pivotal year for politics, and the impressionable new adults who can vote for the first time could be a deciding factor in the fate...

What is Your Starbucks Order?
What is Your Starbucks Order?
Ella Klingensmith, Contributing Writer • May 12, 2024

Along with hundreds of other middle schoolers, my eighth-grade self took great pleasure in the after-school ritual of meeting friends at Starbucks....

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Winston Spits it Out (Again): The Goal of Ed-chew-cation
Jared Winston, Director of Student Life • May 12, 2024

As we returned to campus in the immediate wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, enforcing the ban on gum felt hyper-particular. You were coping with...