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Math Club: Holiday Meeting

Math Club: Holiday Meeting

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer January 1, 2023
During December the Sayreville War Memorial High School Math Club hosted its 3rd meeting of the year on the 21st. The board members worked hard on organizing the meeting and planning games and events to play. They advertised on Instagram a few days prior to the meeting and also in Google Classroom. Plus they attached flyers around the school and student reps were promoting our club meeting as well. On the 21st the meeting started with an  Escape the Grinch's Hideout to Whoville escape room set up by Rishi Shah and Marissa Mandola with the help and support of the rest of the board.   
Singapore: The Tale of an Incredible Transformation

Singapore: The Tale of an Incredible Transformation

Rushil Garre, Staff Writer December 2, 2022

Most people today know the country of Singapore as a gleaming city-state with grandiose skyscrapers and monuments. It is widely considered to be an ideal vacation spot. However, the island nation wasn't...

Drawing of Macys Day Parade

The Macy’s Day Parade

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer December 2, 2022
What's Thanksgiving without a delicious family feast, sentiments of thankfulness, and dozens of other oversized inflatables floating over Manhattan's streets? Folks, the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been on for about a century now, hosted by Macy's Department Store in New York City.
A Shooting Every Week

A Shooting Every Week

Jasmine Kohli, Staff Writer December 2, 2022

The U.S. has not seen a single week without a mass shooting this year. According to the Gun Violence Archive (a non-profit that tracks gun violence), a mass shooting is a shooting in which at least four...

The Tri-State Gives Diwali the Honor it Deserves

The Tri-State Gives Diwali the Honor it Deserves

Rishi Shah and Rushil Garre November 3, 2022

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated by over 1 billion people worldwide. Along with Hindus, Sikhs and Jains also partake in the observance of the festival. Previously, Diwali was not recognized...

The Official Sayreville War Memorial High School Math Club Logo Created By Rishi Shah

Everything About Math Club

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer November 3, 2022
Math club is a welcoming and collaborative club that anyone can join. It is a fantastic opportunity for participants to hone their logical thinking skills and grasp various sorts of math. Members will not only study new material but will also apply past knowledge from school to fun, challenging activities.

Why You Should Join DECA This School Year

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer October 9, 2022

DECA is a high school business and marketing club that lets you participate in business activities at the regional, state, and worldwide levels against other DECA members over the course of the school...

What’s All The Talk About The Metaverse?

What’s All The Talk About The Metaverse?

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer June 3, 2022
The metaverse is defined as a visually rich virtual world with some degree of realism in which individuals may do things they do in real life like doing such as working, playing, buying, and more importantly interacting with others.
Earth Day Special

Earth Day Special

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer April 29, 2022
Every year on April 22, Earth Day commemorates the 1970 start of the contemporary environmental movement. Earth Day is now generally acknowledged as the world's largest secular celebration, with over a billion people participating each year in a day of action to improve human behavior and generate global, national, and local policy changes for a better planet.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again…

Lauren Ciudad, Staff Writer March 4, 2022

Here we go again! Back on the stage, SWMHS's Theatre Society is excited to bring a production packed with fun musical numbers and all the drama. But, the drama might have been what our students missed...

Happy Holi

Happy Holi

Rishi Shah, Staff Writer March 4, 2022
What is Holi? When is it? How do you celebrate it?
Sayrevilles FBLA takes initiative in their community with Act for Alzheimers

Sayreville’s FBLA takes initiative in their community with Act for Alzheimer’s

Doris Lee, Editor February 4, 2022

Alzheimer's disease (otherwise referred to as senile dementia) is an illness that destroys mental functions and processes, including memory, due to the degeneration of synapses and brain cells. Although...

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