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The Student Perspective 200 Feet above the Hudson River

THE HALDANE OUTLOOK

The student perspective from 200 feet above the Hudson River
The Student Perspective 200 Feet above the Hudson River

THE HALDANE OUTLOOK

The Student Perspective 200 Feet above the Hudson River

THE HALDANE OUTLOOK

Opinion

Breaching Trans Students’ Privacy Threatens Their Safety

By Keira Shanahan, Editor-in-Chief April 7, 2025

Around 5000 to 3000 BC, there existed the Gala priests of Mesopotamia, worshipers of the Sumerian goddess Inanna who were believed by scholars to be transgender and gender-nonconforming. During the Delhi...

Under ICE's Searchlight

Under ICE’s Searchlight

By Zohra Kapoor, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

Let me get this straight: I love my country. I am proud to be a birthright citizen. I eat hot dogs and wear red, white, and blue wholeheartedly. I sing my heart out to our national anthem, and I love to...

We Must Create a Culture of Conservation

We Must Create a Culture of Conservation

By Sofia Kelly, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

People use the buzzword “Sixth Mass Extinction” not just because they want to make a quick buck from you to save tigers in Bangladesh, but because, in many ways, it's profoundly true. One million species...

Selected results of a survey of Haldane High School students.

Haldane Should Revisit its Sexual Education Program

By Keira Shanahan, Editor-in-Chief April 7, 2025

The Outlook Vol. 1 Issue 2 editorial discussed the exclusion of sexual education from New York Health education standards and how Haldane could improve its own approach to sex ed. This Issue, we invited...

A collection of Haldane boys eat lunch together in the High School hallway on Monday, March 10.

Cliques at Haldane?

By Gabriela Perilli, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

From Mean Girls to The Breakfast Club to Heathers, the concept of exaggerated cliques rule our modern perceptions of high school. These movies may be dramatized, but perhaps they aren’t so far off. Though...

Letters to the Editor

April 7, 2025

Thank you for your informative and insightful editorial, ‘Sexual Health Should be Standard,’’ regarding sex education in NYS public schools. You shine a light on a topic that is indeed uncomfortable...

The front page of the student-run Haldane school newspaper, "The Haldane Weekly" Vol. 2 No. 26, April 8, 1938. (courtesy The Putnam History Museum)

From the Haldane Archives

April 7, 2025

EDITORIAL by Elizabeth Constantino The exciting happenings in European politics within the past few weeks, the breakdown of democracy and ever increasing number of dictatorships draws our attention...

Sexual Health Should be Standard

Sexual Health Should be Standard

By Keira Shanahan, Editor-in-Chief January 19, 2025

Novels, bookmarks, poetry collections...and contraception? That’s right-- Split Rock Books is now selling emergency contraception, also known as Plan B. Owners Heidi Shira Bender and her husband Michael...

History teacher, Kaitlyn Secor begins the polling for Haldane Students' mock election held in November.

Election Elicits Strong Student Responses

By Keira Shanahan, Editor-in-Chief January 19, 2025

November was the culmination of an intense political climate, and the importance of the 2024 election was not lost on Haldane. In the days leading up to the vote, history teachers Jackie McGrath and Kaitlyn...

Student Opinions on the Fjord Trail - Survey

Student Opinions on the Fjord Trail – Survey

By Lincoln Wayland, Managing Editor January 19, 2025

In Part One of what will be a two part series on this topic, students were invited to fill out a Google Form about the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, a proposed development project that would connect the...

Dress Coded! Breaking every rule of the Haldane Dress Code in one outfit. Concept by Henry Foley-Hedlund.

Dress Code Opinions

By Gabriela Perilli, Contributing Writer January 19, 2025

From choosing what to eat for breakfast to deciding where to go to college, students make countless decisions throughout their day. According to PBS News, it is estimated that a person will make an average...

MLK Jr.

Why MLK Day Should Still be Important to Us

By Rain Lee, Originals Editor January 19, 2025

As we approach January 20, Martin Luther King Jr Day, we should all look back to his work during the Black liberation movement and recognize his continued relevance. His nonviolent approach to civil injustice...

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