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  • Paw Print’s wins at the 2022 McCormick and Chicago Scholastic Press Association City Journalism Awards

    By Bridget Galibois, Copy Editor The Payton building, as seen on the first day of school for the 2021-2022 school year. On Thursday April 7, the day before students went on spring break, the Payton Paw Print was recognized at the City Journalism Awards. The Paw Print won awards for best overall website design, best… Read more

  • Queer Students Alliance at Payton: past, present, and future

    By Nora Sun, Tech Editor  Queer Students Alliance (QSA) is a Payton club and enrichment sponsored by Mx. Guizzetti that is dedicated to providing a safe space for queer students at Payton. Over 40 club members meet every Friday to embrace their identities. Responsible for many initiatives for change within the larger Payton community, including… Read more

  • Breaking News: LSC votes on new principal; Dr. Shabazz-Anderson will stay four more years at Payton

    By Isabelle Ravanas, Editor-in-Chief This morning, Thursday May 5, at 7, the Payton Local School Council (LSC) met to finalize principal selection. In a narrow vote–LSC principal selections require at least 7 votes–of 7 to 4 Dr. Shabazz-Anderson, Payton’s current Interim Principal, was elected to remain at Payton on a 4-year contract. All LSC teacher… Read more

  • Breaking News: LSC moves forward with two candidates in principalship process

    By Isabelle Ravanas, Editor-in-Chief Last night, Tuesday May 3, Payton’s Local School Council (LSC) met from 5 to 8 after school to determine next steps in the selection process for Payton’s next principal.  After an over three-hour meeting, the LSC narrowed down the current principalship candidates from three to two prospects. Community members were encouraged by… Read more

  • Candidate forum rundown

    Candidate forum rundown

    By Megha Khemka, Isabelle Ravanas, and Bridget Galibois During the Principal Candidate Forums held on Apr. 27, Payton’s principal candidates answered questions submitted by members of the community regarding how they would approach the position. Here are some of their responses. Candidate Dr. Fareeda Shabazz-Anderson Mr. Adam Stucky Mr. Daniel Kuzma Current position – Interim… Read more

  • Meet Payton’s Principal Candidates

    By: Bridget Galibois, Megha Khemka and Vivian Kaleta Mr. Adam Stucky: Coming from Lincoln Park Prioritizing Advocacy Experience: Mr. Stucky has held the position of Assistant Principal at Lincoln Park High School since June 2020. As Assistant Principal, Stucky primarily serves to create a positive climate and culture within the school, strengthen the instructional core,… Read more

  • The boys are not back in the band

    By Anna Calkins, Staff writer National interest in band programs has been declining. Why, and what does this look like at Payton? Payton’s winter band concert. More than 90% of high schools in the United States offer band courses to their students. A much smaller percentage, about 35%, offer orchestra courses. However, enrollment in these… Read more

  • Does lifting the mask mandate reveal racial divides at Payton?

    By Anna Yang, Staff Writer  Please keep in mind that the above pie chart does not take into account the racial makeup of the school and is solely based on our survey taken of randomly-chosen students during enrichment. On the Monday of March 14, 2022, CPS lifted the mask mandate on Chicago schools. In the… Read more

  • Day in the Life: What do PawPrint editors do during a day off?

    Spring sports beginning, Quarter 3 drawing to a close, and AP exams less than two months away; the school year is in full swing. The day off provides time for students to take care of what is often neglected during the end-of-year push, and our editors run errands, meet up with friends, and spend time… Read more

  • Little Village–art & activism

    By Mia Mendoza This column is part of a series on Chicago neighborhoods represented at Walter Payton College Prep. This column hopes to showcase the activism, art, and community present across the city and across Payton’s hallways.  Adorning the gates of a Little Village community garden, a painting reads, “Somos lxs semillerxs de justicia” which… Read more

  • Mr. Evans on travel, respect, and being a security officer

    By Henry Nicewick and Marek Cherian, Staff Writers Meet Mr. Derrick Evans, a security guard at Payton and a key staff member that keeps the school up-and-running on a daily basis. Paw Print: How long have you been a security officer? Mr. Evans: That’s a good question. I worked at a prison for 20 years,… Read more

  • Dual Enrollment Calculus: What to know

    Ella Schaffer, Staff Writer The Payton math department is offering a new math class for the 2022-2023 school year: “Dual Enrollment Calculus.” In the past, Payton has only offered two calculus classes: AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC. Both the AP and Dual Enrollment Calculus classes allow students to obtain college credit although not… Read more

  • April Fools’ Day Edition

    This a collection of satirical articles to celebrate our favorite holiday! WPCP News Corp. completes takeover of PawPrintMedia LLC By: Peter Peterson, Business Correspondent Payton’s two premier news sources (sorry PNN) are now one. Instagram sensation WPCP News Corp. successfully bought out PawPrintMedia LLC Thursday after years of gunning for the struggling newspaper. The process,… Read more

  • What classes should you consider for next year?

    By Lily Suskind and Zoe Schnack, Contributors Course selections are amidst us, so Paw Print wanted to provide some resources to help you choose your classes for the upcoming school year. We obviously recommend taking Newspaper, but what about other advice? Be sure to balance honors and AP classes, and if you have the opportunity,… Read more

  • Students give feedback on new CPS schedule with earlier start date; juniors say “two thumbs down”

    By Nora Sun, Editor CPS has proposed a controversial new schedule with several major changes. According to this schedule, schools will start on Aug. 22, a week earlier than the August 30 start day from this year. Schools will also end a week earlier on June 7, also a week earlier than usual. The first… Read more

  • Day in the Life: Starting with “Sweetness”

    Rather than having a seminar day, most Payton students were off from school this Wednesday while 11th graders participated in mandatory SAT testing. To get a sense of how people used their first holiday since February 21 (Presidents’ Day), we asked each of our editors who weren’t testing to document their day, starting with breakfast.… Read more