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The Media Center sign has long welcomed freshmen to Guided Learning Labs, a structured setting to study during free blocks. Now known as the Academic Success Center, the area is an intervention for students from all grades referred by their teacher for missing assignments, attendance issues or the need to work on classwork or homework.
CSD’s Learning Labs receive a makeover
Dylan Sherman, Copy Editor, Deputy Sports Editor • February 10, 2025

For current and former ninth grade students at the Community School of Davidson (CSD), having a free block during the school day has always meant reporting to the school’s Academic...

CSD seniors (from left) Jenni Lewman, Julia Vecchiarello and Madeline McKinley display their phones, two of whom have TikTok downloaded and one who has the app deleted and can no longer download it. The past month has been a turbulent one for TikTok users. The app briefly shut down but is now back, at least for the short term.
For now, TikTok keeps ticking
Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor • January 22, 2025

Community School of Davidson (CSD) student, Madeline McKinley’s (‘25), alarm goes off at 6 a.m. every weekday. Before stepping out of bed to get dressed, pack her lunch and...

Sports
From the original Hornets teal and pinstripe through the Bobcats black and orange with a racing checkerboard to the more current “Buzz City” look, changing jerseys mean changes in attitude, too.
The power of a basketball jersey
Brandon Amaya, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer • February 17, 2025

The Charlotte Hornets have had a lot of different jerseys in their 35 years of being an NBA franchise. From their first jerseys being instant classics to some of the worst in the league (and everything in between), the energy...

Event participants of all ages begin the 2024 “The Sweet Fun Run” at CSD’s Spartan Park. The event welcomes participants of all ages to run, walk or roll four laps on the track enjoying a sweet treat in between each one. (Photo courtesy of The Sweet Fun Run club.)
Registration opens for third annual “The Sweet Fun Run,” a family-friendly charity event at Spartan Park
Conner Shelton, Sports Editor, Podcast Editor • February 12, 2025

During the 2022 academic year, two Community School of Davidson (CSD) freshmen had the idea of starting a family friendly fundraiser that combined eating and running while building school spirit. After taking a Sports in Society...

Opinions
A severely damaged boardwalk in Clearwater, Florida, following a November 2024 hurricane serves as a reminder that the scars of climate change are lasting. Gen-Z can do something about it.
Against climate doomerism
Evan Mulligan, News Editor, Staff Writer • January 26, 2025
Overall, while climate change is set to drastically impact the futures of all members of Gen-Z in ways that are getting worse by the day, there is hope. To escape this, we must build a viable future beyond climate collapse, all while rejecting the notion that we are doomed.
The Parham Park trail, which runs along Lake Norman for approximately half a mile starting at Lake Park Drive, is a beautiful trail with many places to stop and see some of the natural beauty of Davidson.
Opinion – Heading into the Davidson woods can lead to self-discovery
Evan Mulligan, News Editor, Staff Writer • December 1, 2024

Davidson, North Carolina, never particularly struck me as a place with many opportunities for hiking and being out in nature. When most people think about Davidson, they think...

Features
Change is a force that is constantly moving around everybody all the time. Although the word has its own denotation, or literal meaning when searched, it can evoke a variety of different feelings and emotions for people in different situations. The choice then becomes how to deal with it.
Change, it’s the one constant in high school
Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor • January 29, 2025
In this team researched and written feature, edited by Kate Saussele, CSD’s Journalism staff digs into what the term means for the student body and shares everything from examples and horror stories to statistics, tips and suggestions with the hope of helping readers make change (and everything that comes with it) a friend.
The last time Charlotte, NC, received measurable snowfall was roughly the four inches that covered the city in January 2022 (left). January 2024, by contrast, was windy and snowless (right). As temperatures are climbing year-round, CSD students and Charlotte residents are becoming skeptical about the next time they will see a winter with measurable amounts of snow.
Snow Miser vs. Heat Miser: how climate change has altered perception of the holiday season
Kate Saussele, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor • December 19, 2024

For many kids, nothing beats the surprise of opening their curtains on a chilly winter morning to see a bright blanket of snow covering streets,...

A & E
Journalist Avery Nardone listens to a playlist of music that shaped 2024 for CSD. Students anticipate if 2025 will ride the wave of 2024’s success. (Photo by Addison Nardone.)
CSD Spartans reflect on the music of 2024
Avery Nardone, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer • February 5, 2025

Whether it is a soft jazz melody in a restaurant, an overplayed pop hit on the radio, the ice cream truck, house music in a club or that tune...

Writer, Jaelyn Nguyen’s, collection of manga, manhwa and light novels sit on a shelf at her home. Some manga displayed are “Mieruko-chan” and “Phantom Tales of the Night.” Light novels include “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas” and “The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.” These titles and writing styles are popular East Asian alternatives to traditional Western novels.
Understanding the differences regarding types of novels, graphic novels and animation in East Asia 
Jaelyn Nguyen, A&E Editor, Staff Writer • January 21, 2025

Community School of Davidson (CSD) AP Literature student, Ella McDavitt (‘25), opens “1984,” a traditional western novel, during scheduled...

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Student Life
Weights on a workout mat represent the 79% of people whose New Year’s resolutions are related to health matters. While the motivation and fresh start of January 1 might work for some, it is always telling to see how many stick with their resolutions once January ends and other dates come and go, too.
One month into the new year, do students still keep up with their resolutions and are they even worth it?
Callie Hobbs, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Visual Media Manager • February 5, 2025

It’s New Year’s Day 2025 and, predictably, the parking lots of all the area gyms around the Community School of Davidson (CSD) are overflowing. For...

While the Huntersville, North Carolina, DMV may seem like your standard, run-of-the-mill building on the outside, to some license seekers, including CSD students, the building is more akin to a portal to Hell.
DMV disasters
Macy Balmat, Student Life Editor, Opinions Editor • January 8, 2025
While the Huntersville, North Carolina DMV may seem like your standard, run-of-the-mill building on the outside, to some the building is more akin to a portal to Hell.
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