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For the CSD Spartans football team, it might seem like the weather has more to do with the schedule anything else this season. Hurricane Helene joins a thunder and lightning storm game postponement in a season that so far has been anything but normal.
Hut, hut, hurricane
Conner Shelton, Sports Editor, Podcast Editor • September 27, 2024

When hurricane Helene came ashore Thursday night, September 26th, as the biggest storm ever to hit Florida’s “Big Bend” area, CSD’s football game against Mountain Island...

In both a busy national and state election season, teen voters making time to understand poll numbers and the issues may help decide elections.
Polls, issues and teen voters
Evan Mulligan, News Editor, Staff Writer • September 22, 2024

On July 21, 2024, when President Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to take the Democratic ticket, the presidential race...

Fantasy football fanatics, Ben Gallagher (‘25), and Dylan Sherman (‘28), share notes and data prior to NFL’s week four slate of games. On one of three major platforms, players must build their weekly starting lineup from their draft roster. Winning, and losing week to week often comes down to a certain receiver, or quarterback, kicker, or defense having a breakout game.
Fantasy football season kicks off
Dylan Sherman, Copy Editor, Deputy Sports Editor • October 7, 2024

It’s week 1 of the NFL season and the first game on Thursday night  is a matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. It has been 218 days since the last football game ended and for those who play fantasy...

Junior, Sam Mack’s (‘26) jersey and pads sitting outside the gym mean one thing, fall sports are back. With more than 150 athletes competing across nearly a half dozen sports, fall Spartans head into battle.
Fall sports back in action
Brandon Amaya, Dylan Sherman, and Conner Shelton September 23, 2024

With the new school year comes a new fall sports season.The CSD Spartans compete in the Catawba Shores Conference (Class 1A and 2A) of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). All the Spartans who are involved...

Cheyenne, a jumping horse, grazes in a field. With the Kentucky Derby just passing, something that is fresh on everyone's mind is horse racing. But there is a side to horse racing that many work hard to keep hidden. There is a sad truth behind the abuse and horror of horse racing.
EDITORIAL - Horse racing kills
Isabel Sands, Podcast Editor and Arts & Entertainment Editor • May 20, 2024

On May 4, 2024, nearly two dozen horses squeezed into a starting gate, their jockeys at the ready. At the sound of the starter’s gun, the horses came to life and began their...

Oh dear duck, where have you gone? The Instagram trend that dominated the beginning of the year house, well, sunk.
The demise of the duck
Evan Mulligan, News Editor and Staff Writer • May 14, 2024

Remember the beginning of this school year, when the Instagram account known as '@csd_duck' was all the rage? Whatever happened to that? I, for one, was wondering so I did a...

CSD students are learning to balance cell phone use with the school’s new policy. Students can only use their phones during jumpstart (a 10 minute activity break following two daily early morning classes), class transitions, lunch and before and after the arrival and dismissal bells ring. Another way of putting it is that cell phones are firmly outlawed during instructional periods.
“No Cells Bell To Bell” policy goes live
Liam Bradley, Features Editor, News Editor • October 15, 2024
Giving the policy a chance might not only lead to a better and more well-rounded high school educational experience, it could also help students gain life skills they can take with them to college or wherever life may lead after graduation.
CSD’s entire class of 2025 celebrates the start of the year during the annual Senior Sunrise on August 14, 2024. This new tradition invites seniors to come together early in the morning on first day of school, rekindle friendships  and enter the building before anyone else. (Image used courtesy of CSD Student Life.)
Excited, bittersweet and hopeful: CSD’s class of ‘25 seniors open doors for the new year
Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor • September 13, 2024

The songs “Landslide,” “Scott Street,” and “Where’d All the Time Go?” ring throughout headphones and earbuds as Community School...

From left to right: David Colvard (‘28) and Max Thompson (‘28), two members of the Technical Theatre class, work on building a set piece for HADESTOWN.
Building HADESTOWN: A behind-the-scenes look at bringing CSD’s production to life
Spencer Foy, A&E Editor, Staff Writer • September 16, 2024

HADESTOWN, the upcoming production from Community School of Davidson’s (CSD) own Theater Department, is the result of months of hard work and...

in a seven day span in early 2024, Kanye, 21 Savage and Yeat all released rap albums popular with high school listeners.
Three rap albums set 2024’s musical tone for high school listeners
Cade Lacy, Student Life Editor and Staff Writer • April 11, 2024

Rap has always been a popular high school music genre from old school times of Ice Cube and Biggie to modern day rappers like Kanye and Yeat,...

Attention CSD Student Artists!
Whether you're a photographer, poet, woodworker, sculptor, cartoonist, painter, doodler, dancer or anything artsy in between, if you like being creative, this is the place for you! Spartan Creativity Corner is an online gallery of awesomeness where your creative work can be collectively shared and enjoyed by all. So how do you do it? Just send an email and a picture (or video) of your creation to [email protected] and the Journalism class will do the rest. 
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Akhilan Kumaran (‘26) shows sophomore JT Peterson (‘27) an AACA shirt and tells him about the club. The idea for this new club came after three classmates bonded in AP Government class and decided other students might benefit, too.
Club culture adds to student learning
Elena Cunningham and Macy Balmat October 7, 2024
“We just started out helping each other outside of class, in class, and then we wanted to spread that across the school,” Akhilan Kumaran said.
Back to school playlist ‘24 - ‘25
Mia Kirsch, A & E Editor, Podcast Editor • September 13, 2024

Back to school means new classes, new opportunities, new friends and an awesome new playlist. CSD’s student journalist, Mia Kirsch (‘25),...