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THE SPECTATOR

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THE SPECTATOR

The Student News Site of Berkley High School

THE SPECTATOR

Sightseeing and Saying Goodbye: Senior Spring Break 2025
Sightseeing and Saying Goodbye: Senior Spring Break 2025
Nora Sleeman, Student Life Editor • April 23, 2025

Senior spring break is an iconic week for students to celebrate the end of their high...

Senior year energy in it's purest form
Checked Out, But Still Clocked in
Christina Tubbs, Photo Editor • April 23, 2025

Somewhere between college acceptances and final exams, an entire class of seniors just…stop...

April Fools’ Day: How Berkley Students Celebrate This Day
Talia Wittenberg, Entertainment Editor • April 23, 2025

Whether it’s hidden water balloons or extreme prank calls, April Fools’ Day brings...

The 2025 Berkley Varsity Baseball Team Gears Up For Their Season!
Berkley Varsity Baseball Vs Troy
Jordan Serlin, Sports Editor • April 23, 2025

On April first, the Berkley Bears varsity baseball team kicked off their 2025 campaign. With new coach Todd Dunfield at the helm, the Bears entered...

Florida's star player, Walter Clayton Jr. cuts down the net after they won the national championship.
March Madness Recap: The Upsets And Best Games
Mason Collins, Staff Writer • April 23, 2025

For many sports fans, when they think about the best sports month, they may think of March. This is due to the “madness” of college basketball....

Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson high fiving
The Bad Boys Mentality is Back
Aidan Horowitz, Entertainment Editor • April 23, 2025

For the first time in nine seasons, the Pistons have a winning record. Clinching a spot in the playoffs. The improvement that fans have seen...

Winter is Over- Was Like What we Thought?
Winter is Over- Was Like What we Thought?
Noa Feinberg, Photo Editor • April 23, 2025

In Dec. 2024, I wrote a Berkley Spectator article titled, Fall was Warmer than Usual-Will Winter Follow in it’s footsteps? Now that Winter...

Volunteers picking up garbage during the Stony Creek Earth Day cleanup.
Earth Day: Your Guide to Making a Difference
Sophia Yunker, Social Media Editor • April 23, 2025

Each year on Apr 22, millions of people around the globe come together to celebrate Earth Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about environmental...

A woman has a bad allergy reaction to tree pollen.
How To Survive Spring Allergy Season Guide
Zeinab Erreghaoui, Opinion Editor • April 23, 2025

Spring is finally here; the sun is out, the weather is warming up, and flowers bloom again. But this season isn’t all rainbows and sunshine;...

Sen. Cory Booker standing on the senate floor breaking Sen Thurmond's record from 1957.
Breaking Records on the Floor: Senator Cory Booker’s Filibuster
Sophia Novell-Regester, Sports Editor • April 23, 2025

History was made in March 2025 by the Senator of New Jersey, Cory Booker. Booker took...

The Shut Down of the Department of Education; What Does This Mean for BHS?
The Shut Down of the Department of Education; What Does This Mean for BHS?
Molly Frankel, Managing Editor • April 23, 2025

Recently, the Trump Administration has announced its plan to dismantle the Department...

Proposed plan of new lot on Catalpa across from BHS including the BEAR complex
New Bond Construction Set to Limit Student and Staff Parking
Claudia Smith, Copy Editor • March 20, 2025

Whether it's driving to school or getting dropped off, the upcoming bond construction...

Ranking the Months, Based on Their Sports
Ranking the Months, Based on Their Sports
Cooper Aronoff, News Editor • April 23, 2025

Sports. What a great thing. It is a form of entertainment that can sway one's emotions from extremely thrilled to furious in a matter of seconds....

Columbia University's students engage in a protest
The Elimination of DEI on Campuses: How This Affects Education
Maddie Collins, Managing Editor • April 23, 2025

Federal funding for public universities all across the country is essential in order for them to function. The money goes to bettering the universities,...

All 6 colors of model 4
The Rise of Wearable Tech
Scarlett Buick, Copy Editor • April 23, 2025

My morning routine is what some people might call extensive. Although the first few steps are consistently the same, I try to do something different...

Woody Guthrie
Struck to the Ground By Folk: How A Complete Unkown Sparked a Music Obsession
Violet Karp, Editor In Chief • April 23, 2025

A Complete Unknown hit theatres on Dec. 25, 2024, giving audiences an overview of the complicated life of Bob Dylan. As Dylan would say, this...

Snow White and the Evil Queen standing back-to-back.
Disney’s New Snow White: A Fresh Take or a Controversial Reboot?
Claudia Smith, Copy Editor • April 23, 2025

*This article contains spoilers* The original 1937 version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves made history by setting the stage as the first...

Sunrise on the Reaping: A New Addition to the Hunger Games Series
Sunrise on the Reaping: A New Addition to the Hunger Games Series
Lucy Cohen, Editor In Chief • April 23, 2025

Since the release of the fourth novel in the Hunger Games series, The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes, on November 17, 2023, readers have...