Recently Mrs. Gibbons, an art teacher, challenged her 10-12th grade Fashion class to modernize fashion from throughout the decades. Students were assigned a decade and had to research the type of clothing...
November 1st and 2nd, the East Islip High School drama club put on the play 12 Angry Jurors, where the audience got an inside look at a tense jury room for a murder trial. The play was directed by Mrs....
Theater.
I don’t know about you, but me personally I absolutely love theater. I’ve been doing it since seventh grade and now I am used to things like long rehearsals, tech weeks, costume fittings,...
In March, the Fashion 2 class took a twist on fashion and used teachers as their croquis. A croquis is a human form template that fashion designers use to create clothing.
The fashion class had to...
The first time I read Watchmen was ten years ago. It was my first year teaching and a student recommended it and later gave me his personal copy to keep. It meant so much to me then and its even more special because I can share the experience with another student a decade later. I’m excited to be there to hear about Jack’s reaction to what is arguably the best graphic novel ever written.
Musicals are an iconic staple of any American public high school’s drama department, especially here in East Islip. The East Islip High School’s music department has put on some amazing shows including...
I finished Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, a duology written by Leigh Bardugo around the time school started. Saying that these books are creatively written is an understatement. Each one is filled...
Stephen King has always been hailed as the king of horror. The majority of King's published works are horror novels or have been marketed to fit such a description. From recognizable works like It and Salem's...
