By Grace McDermott Before lunch, before dismissal, Tuesday Mass, Friday Mass, morning broadcast – we prayed often at my Catholic elementary school. Our faith was an ever-constant presence in our lives […]
Commentary: In CPS We Trust
Freshmen’s First Sweetness Day a Great Experience
Last Friday was freshmen’s first experience with the annual Sweetness Day.
A (Wo)man’s World: Tackling The Gender Gap in STEM Careers
By Julianna Ritzu An average ACT score of 30, a selective enrollment cutoff score of 896 out of 900, and a course catalog that includes 26 Advanced Placement classes. Payton’s statistics look […]
Opinion: Want to be a Big Fish or Little Fish?
By Sam Algas Opinion Writer No matter how you frame it, we go to a unique high school. Whether it be the location, the student body, the teachers, or the classes we […]
Editorial: Why mental health at Payton is an oxymoron
Staff Editorial May was Mental Health Awareness month, but this has certainly not been a mental health awareness year. The “pressure-cooker” environment at Payton has long compelled students to cram APs into […]
Payton Freshmen: Be More Than an 896
The success around Payton continues to glorify the numerical and statistical achievement of its students. The admitted class of 2020 has yielded an entrance exam score of 896 […]
Falling short in the classroom
As now widely reported, Chicago Public Schools has gone through with mid-year layoffs due to the district facing a hundred million dollar budget deficit. With the anticipation earlier this year being […]
