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How to find love at Payton
By Isabelle Ravanas, Editor-In-Chief Certain clubs at Payton provided Valentine’s Day services to Payton lovebirds, however, below are tips to take matters into your own hands. Though Valentine’s Day has come and gone once again, we at Paw Print believe that there are opportunities to find romance in the school even when it isn’t brimming Read more
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LSC meeting updates: January 18, 2021 6-8 PM
By Megha Khemka, Copy Editor Overall: Essential Updates Access to Moody Field for Payton use Semester 2 brings new position to Payton staff: Director of Student Engagement. Attendance across Payton and CPS has dropped, and some KN95 masks and rapid tests have been received for faculty. Masks are also arriving for all students. Candidate review Read more
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LSC meeting updates: December 13, 2021: 6-8 PM
By Megha Khemka, Copy Editor Overall: Essential Updates Campus safety measures have been increased, including school security and a push for vaccinations Concerns about student well-being center around math department grading, belonging and social health, and success for diverse learners Principal selection surveys sent out, candidate review to begin in February Principal Updates: Campus safety Read more
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LSC meeting updates: November 16, 2021: 6-8 PM
By Megha Khemka, Copy Editor Overall: Essential Updates Student performance is on track for the first quarter; concerns include attendance and grades in specific subject areas. Students and staff have created next steps for the math department survey and grading. Principal selection process will begin soon. Fundraising in the fall has been successful. Principal Updates: Read more
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How does the CTU work?
By Megha Khemka, Copy Editor The Chicago Teachers Union has been representing teachers, staff, and other employees in the US’s 3rd largest school district for nearly 85 years. On Tuesday evening, January 4, the Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates voted to move to online learning. However, the measure was not official until hours later, Read more
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Paw Print game review – Pokemon Legends: Arceus
By Cameron Smith, Staff Writer The characters look over a Hokusai-inspired red mountain called Mt. Coronet. About Pokemon Legends: Arceus Pokemon Legends: Arceus is an action-adventure RPG game developed by GAME FREAK and published by Nintendo and the Pokemon Company. It is the first-ever spin-off of the Pokemon video game franchise based on Pokemon Diamond Read more
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Equity, adolescence, and family: three of Dr. Ansari’s passions
By Isabelle Ravanas, Editor-in-Chief With the start of the 2021-22 school year came the start of a new administration and with it Dr. Ansari as Assistant Principal. Dr. Ansari is a Chicago girl at heart. From growing up in Rogers Park and the surrounding Chicagoland area to completing her bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in Read more
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Review: Adele’s new album, “30”
By Anna Calkins, Staff Writer After six years of radio silence, Adele has released a thrilling new album. Here’s the rundown on all the new songs. Adele’s long-awaited comeback album, “30,” dropped on November 19th, six years after the release of her last album, “25”. The new album got a lot of attention on social Read more
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A reflection on Payton’s finals grading policy: adopting a new plan
By Ella Schaffer, Staff Writer During the remote learning school year of 2020-2021, Walter Payton’s finals policy stated that final exams and projects couldn’t lower a student’s overall letter grade. Teachers that administered a unit exam, or other end-of-unit assessment instead of a final also had to provide students with the possibility of retaking such Read more
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Student-led organization plans to lead student walkout Friday
By: Vivian Kaleta and Bridget Galibois, Copy Editors This Friday, students from across Chicago Public Schools are planning to participate in a Walk Out organized by Chi-Rads, an organization of CPS high schoolers. According to Chi-Rads, the intention behind the walk out is to have student voices heard regarding negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: CTU members approve the COVID-19 agreement reached with CPS
By Vivian Kaleta, Copy Editor After five days of closed schools due to a dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, CPS students returned back to school on Wednesday, January 12. According to the school district, no schools moved to school-wide remote learning today but in some schools individual classrooms switched to Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: Schedule updates for student return to class
By: Megha Khemka, Copy Editor/LSC Correspondent Tuesday marked the last day of school closures in the recent dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union over student and teacher safety and district-wide COVID procedures. Payton students return on Wednesday, January 12th, for a seminar day, and all freshmen take the PSAT test as Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: Students set to return to class on Wednesday
By: Aaron Faier, Editor-in-Chief The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have appeared to reach a tentative deal to bring students back into classrooms. As negotiations continued throughout the afternoon, there was optimism that a deal would be reached between the Union and the school district. Earlier a car caravan in the Loop was Read more
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Letter to the School Community from faculty
The Payton Faculty wrote a letter to the school community about the shutdown and teachers’ viewpoint. Read it for more details. Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: Update on current status of District shutdown
By Isabelle Ravanas, Editor-in-Chief After two days of cancelled classes, the Payton community was let know that class on Friday, Jan. 7 would be cancelled due to the current impasse between the CTU and CPS. As Omicron levels are on the rise, school districts across the country adjusted their protocols to mitigate the spread of Read more
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BREAKING NEWS: CTU’s attempt to work remotely would mean no classes Wednesday
By Megha Khemka, Correspondent The Chicago Teachers Union will vote on Jan. 4 to switch to online learning in response to the current spike in COVID cases throughout the country. If CTU decides on remote learning, school will be canceled for Wednesday. In a meeting at 4:30 PM today, CTU’s House of Delegates voted not Read more
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