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  • 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

  • Editorial- The forgotten majority: How in-person learning amplifies remote learning’s inequities

    Editorial- The forgotten majority: How in-person learning amplifies remote learning’s inequities

    By The Paw Print Editorial Board~ The return to in-person learning amid COVID variants, a CTU walkout, and CPS student protest brings inequities and challenges, especially for minority and low-income students. Read more

  • Maggie rallies during the new badminton season 

    By Vivian Kaleta, Copy Editor Maggie Tsyganova (far right) with her badminton teammates.  As the spring sports season begins many teams have started practicing including Payton’s badminton team. Maggie Tsyganova is one of this year’s Varsity Payton badminton players. Before discovering badminton, Maggie was an active tennis player, but after she an introduction during her… Read more

  • Paw Print game review- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

    By Cameron Smith, Staff Writer Graphic design by Tej Shah About Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Sonic the Hedgehog, collectively referred to as “Sonic ‘06,” is a 3D action-adventure platformer game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was released on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 game systems on November 14, 2006 and… Read more

  • A digital class of 2021

    By Alexis Park, Copy Editor Quizlet and Google graduating from WPCP. Read more