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Seeking Sustainability

Seeking Sustainability

By Juliet Powell, Staff Writer
Nov 6, 2024

Marist achieved 1st rank in the United States in the National Green School Ranking 2024. Presented by Green Mentors, this recognition highlights our school's efforts in areas of sustainability such as...

The activity fair is an event where students of all grade levels can discover their interests.

Class of 2030 Find Their Way at the Activity Fair

By Cecilia Stemper, Staff Writer
Nov 2, 2024

At the beginning of the term, 132 seventh graders joined clubs to become involved with our community. Each club hosted a table at the activity fair set up for students to learn, ask questions, and sign...

Summer internships expose rising seniors to various work environments to better facilitate their college and career choices.

Class of 2025 Takes on Summer Internships

By Emma Schramm, Staff Writer
Oct 25, 2024

Over the summer of 2024, members of the class of 2025 participated in a variety of internships in order to experience fields of study that interested them and to help begin making decisions about their...

German exchange students take in Stone Mountain during their several days of the their visit to Atlanta Marist.

German Exchange 2024

By Caroline Palmer, Staff Writer
May 28, 2024

From March 18 to April 2, our school hosted its 40th German student exchange. Seventeen students from the Marist School in Füstenzell, Germany visited our campus to experience American life and culture. This...

Few students realize until they start to apply to colleges that our school has a team of counselors entirely devoted to making a student's transition to college as smooth as possible.

A Marist Student’s Best Tool

By Beck Janki, Editor
May 21, 2024

College is a topic talked about to no end in our school community. This is partly because our school's identity as a college preparatory school and also the student body’s way of embracing forward thinking. With...

Something Rotten is a play that takes our contemporary obsession with fame back to the Elizabethan Renaissance, where two struggling playwrights try to outdo William Shakespeare.

Something Rotten? Not a Chance!

By Ella Nussbaum, Staff Writer
May 15, 2024

Put on beautifully by the Marist cast members, directors, tech crew, and teachers, Something Rotten, written by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, was performed in Woodruff Auditorium from March 21...

Members of the Gardening class harvest the last few carrots from the fall planting. Soon, the spring planting will take place and the cycle will begin anew.

Spring Has Finally Sprung!

By Ella Weber, Staff Writer
May 15, 2024

Spring has finally sprung this year, and with it, gardeners all across the Northern Hemisphere are starting to plant fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, and more in their gardens. Our very own garden...

One Centro Hispano Marista family gathers around a recent graduate for a photo.

Meet Centro Hispano Marista

By Reese Sullivan, Staff Writer
Apr 4, 2024

For around 2 hours on Tuesday nights, Marist teachers volunteer for a program called Centro Hispano Marista to help adult Hispanic and Latino students earn their GEDs. A Provincial of the Society of...

William Mastella and Kaitlyn Escayg prepare for the upcoming Carrollton tournament, which took place in November 2023.

Speech & Debate Wins State — Once Again

By Reese Sullivan, Staff Writer
Apr 4, 2024

The debate team has done it again by bringing home another state championship title. This victory marks the fourth consecutive season that our school has brought home a state championship. Unlike other...

A New Club at Our School: The AAPI Affinity Club

A New Club at Our School: The AAPI Affinity Club

By Megan Latham, Staff Writer
Mar 25, 2024

Our school introduced five new clubs this year. One of those clubs is the Asian and Pacific Island Affinity Group or the AAPI Club. The AAPI Club is for people who want to learn about different Asian...

America: The Conference included visual art pieces like this one as well as presentations from members of the sophomore class.

Sophomores Share Patriotic Ideas at America: The Conference 2024

By Emma Schramm, Staff Writer
Mar 18, 2024

On February 9, 2024, the sophomore class came together on the second floor of Ivy Street Center to participate in this year's America: The Conference. The conference is an all-day annual event held...

Fortnite is one of the hottest games around. Just ask any member of the video game playing community.

Fortnite Amongst the Marist Community

By Nic Lancelotta
Jan 29, 2024

Fortnite is a video game started by Tim Sweeney and Mark Rein in 2018 and is very popular today. Fortnite has many different game modes, but the main one is battle royale. Players can choose a character...

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