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Reporting the news since 1914

The Blue & Gold
Alex Treanor

Alex Treanor, Public Relations

Alex joined The Blue and Gold her freshman year because she has always enjoyed writing. It provides her with a creative outlet. In addition to The Blue and Gold, Alex plays varsity soccer and loves to cook. Her favorite class was either AP Chemistry or AP Literature, and she plans to major in chemistry in college.

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Senior Beck Janki wrote the front page story in the 2023 spring print edition of The Blue & Gold, which explored the selection of JD Childs as our school's newest president.

Three Seniors Reflect on Their Newspaper Experiences

By Alex Treanor, Beck Janki, and Stella Chambless
May 15, 2024

Over these past four years in The Blue and Gold, I have loved my experience of growing as a writer and learning more about different aspects of our campus. I focused on writing articles about athletic...

Purple Out for Mental Health

Purple Out for Mental Health

By Alex Treanor, Public Relations
Dec 18, 2023

Nearly 19% of high school students have seriously contemplated suicide, according to the Jed Foundation. Nineteen percent! That translates to almost 1 in 5 adolescents, which includes our school peers. Despite...

A recent addition to the English Department, Teacher Brian O'Connor shares his concerns about learning.

Introducing Mr. O’Connor

By Alex Treanor, Public Relations
Sep 28, 2023

New to the English Department last year, Teacher Brian O’Connor helps students become better writers, but he also urges students to embrace mistakes in exchange for growth and development. He disagrees...

Varsity Girls Soccer

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Jun 6, 2023

Historically, our girl’s varsity soccer team has greatly succeeded in state playoffs. It is hard to believe that the team could outperform their state winning run last season, but, with only one more...

Easter Reflections

Easter Reflections

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
May 18, 2023

With a tightly packed year full of extracurricular activities and homework, Easter break is the perfect time to take a break from the world around us and truly rest. Personally, I went to Florida with...

“Full 80” from Girls Varsity Soccer

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Feb 28, 2023

The 2022 reigning state champions are back for another successful season. Our girls varsity soccer team has been crushing their competition early on in this 2023 season. In the annual scrimmage against...

Seeing Our School From a New Perspective

Seeing Our School From a New Perspective

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Nov 10, 2022

While our day-to-day lives often blur together into a boring schedule, some students from other parts of the world find our schedule fascinating. From September 23 to October 2, Marist welcomed over twenty...

Fall Favorites

Fall Favorites

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Oct 13, 2021
Exploring the best parts of the coming season
The cast of "Friends"

Shows to Get You Through the Day

By Alex Treanor, Staff Writer
Apr 17, 2021
Some shows make me laugh and others make me cry, but everyone has their favorite series that they come back to whenever they cannot find anything new to watch, and I know I do.
Putting 2020 Behind Us: Some of the Marist Fam Share Their Resolutions

Putting 2020 Behind Us: Some of the Marist Fam Share Their Resolutions

By Adriana Acevedo and Alex Treanor
Feb 6, 2021
By making your resolutions easy and small, you are more likely to be able to stick to them and accomplish your goals.
B group seniors went all out for their Senior Halloween on Thursday, Oct. 29.

Halloween Night in 2020

By Adriana Acevedo and Alex Treanor
Nov 2, 2020
Halloween. It's the season of costumes, candy, scary movies, and now, a pandemic. No matter your age, trick-or-treating is an enjoyable and fun activity, but it’s tricky to grab a bag of candy from six feet apart. 
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