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Math teacher, Gurpreet ‘Guppi’ Berger, stands atop the Davidson Fire Department’s Engine 1 during Spartan Day 2023. She uses the fire hose to spray students with water on the Community School of Davidson field during the outdoor activities.

Cranking it up then signing it off

Community School of Davidson’s year-end high school traditions arrive on the calendar
Macy Balmat, Student Life Editor, Opinions Editor
May 19, 2025
The activities begin even before classes end and continue until the final student leaves for the summer and seniors graduate. From final advisory senior send-offs, senior golf, senior flex week (that even includes seniors spending the day in caps and gowns at the lower school), pranks, final theater and music performances, powder puff then Spartan Day, there is literally something for everyone.
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As both AP and EOC exams get underway, the Community School of Davidson (CSD) high school morphs into a different academically structured creature.

“Where, oh where, is my class meeting?”

As both AP and EOC exams get underway, the Community School of Davidson (CSD) high school morphs into a different academically structured creature
Dylan Sherman, Copy Editor, Deputy Sports Editor
May 12, 2025
In the month of May, most if not all of the students at CSD are forced to change their ways at school, whether it is where they sit at lunch, access to their lockers, or where their classes meet each day.
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VIDEO: CSD’s Fresh Take Conference 2025 Introduction and Overview

Macy Balmat, Student Life Editor, Opinions Editor
May 4, 2025

Journalist Macy Balmat interviews administrators and teachers as she introduces viewers to CSD's long running "Teachers for Teachers" Fresh Take Conference in this student created and produced news piece.

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CSD’s Europe ‘25 travelers share a smile at the Charlotte Douglas international Airport. Across eleven days, the group visited 5 different cities and countries in Europe, including Dublin, Wales, London, Paris, and Amsterdam.

CSD’s Europe ‘25 trip takes flight

A group of CSD upperclassmen student travelers and chaperones return from the adventure of a lifetime
Callie Hobbs, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Visual Media Manager
May 3, 2025

When the Community School of Davidson’s (CSD) Europe ‘25 travelers reunited with their families in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport during the late afternoon hours of Friday, April 18, 2025,...

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Community School of Davidson Senior Assassin player Mia Kirsch holds her water gun which is decorated with care bears stickers and stars. In Senior Assassin, players use water guns to eliminate their targets.

Eliminated

Senior Assassin (Round 1) wraps up
Mia Kirsch, A & E Editor, Podcast Editor
April 2, 2025
Senior Assassin is a recent, school non-affiliated senior tradition, a phenomenon that is both making national headlines and is consuming a substantial amount of high school seniors’ time, energy and dedication.
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CSD students Anya Jhingran (‘26), Taylor Stevens (‘26), Anna Liz Turner (‘25), MK Michael (‘26) and Lizzie Kees (‘25) stand on the stage at UNC Chapel Hill’s Student Union building after receiving their awards. The conference consisted of more than 800 participants from varying North Carolina schools.

MUNCH XXV and CSD’s triple sweep

For the first time ever five Community School of Davidson students won three different awards at UNC Chapel Hill’s 25th annual Model United Nations conference
Kate Saussele
March 12, 2025
“I am so proud of all of these Model UN students. They worked so hard prior to the weekend, learning about their assigned countries or roles, learning debate skills, practicing parliamentary procedure, researching their committee topics and writing position papers on issues,” Autumn Michael, CSD’s Model UN teacher, said. “It is so exciting to finally see all of this hard work pay off.”
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A closeup of the White House taken near Lafayette Square during the summer of 2024. On January 12, 2025, President Donald Trump returned here for his second non-consecutive term. He is the second President to serve such a term after President Grover Cleveland.

Trump the phoenix

Rising again and returning, a summary of the first month of President Trump’s second term
Evan Mulligan, News Editor, Staff Writer
February 24, 2025

On January 12, 2025, President Donald Trump returned to office for his second non-consecutive term. He is the second President to serve such a term after President Grover Cleveland. After a victory...

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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

While Guided Learning Labs have always been reserved for freshmen and Choice Learning Labs for upperclassmen, a new administrative policy reorganizes them based on academic performance and grading. Students and teachers are working through the changes.
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 Success Center for...

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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

As a new presidential administration weighs a possible national security risk against the popular app’s usage, high school students keep scrolling
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 drive to school, she opens...

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Like a teacher’s desk contains drawers of information and materials, a president’s Cabinet contains their closest advisors. As the next president takes office, confirming nominations (however controversial) is a top priority.

The Cabinet and the drawers

A look inside President Trump’s new controversial Cabinet nominees and understanding the significance of it all
Evan Mulligan, News Editor, Staff Writer
January 13, 2025

On November 5, 2024, former President Donald Trump did something that had only been done one other time in history. After winning every swing state and all Republican states in a landslide, Trump won the...

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Information overload can come from a variety of places. And that can be good and bad. So bad, in fact, that Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” their 2024 Word of the Year.

Oxford Dictionary declares “brain rot” the Word of the Year

On December 2, 2024, Oxford Dictionary declared “brain rot” the Word of the Year. Two Community School of Davidson high school English teachers share their thoughts on the selection.
Liam Bradley, Features Editor, News Editor
December 20, 2024
To paraphrase, the Oxford Dictionary defines “brain rot” as “the subsequent negative impact consuming low-quality content on social media and the internet is perceived to have, individually or societally.”
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Shortly after returning from Thanksgiving break, each member of the Class of ‘25 received a gift bag marking the halfway point of their final year of high school. Parents and volunteers prepared each bag with love and care. What happens after that just added to the sweet memories.

The Class of ‘25 officially snacks for the first time

Continuing a pre-existing tradition, CSD seniors enjoy a surprise gift bag from parents and volunteers
Callie Hobbs, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Visual Media Manager
December 5, 2024

The Community School of Davidson (CSD) has a tradition of having a senior snack at some point near the halfway mark of the academic calendar. Although this tradition has been happening for the past several...

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