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The Chariot

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The Chariot

Basic human rights are for everyone and the 12 Literature and Composition classes explore the importance of these laws.

Learning Outside the Bubble

Kaitlyn Piggott, Print Editor-in-Chief December 16, 2019

Behind the second door to the left in the English hallway, English Teacher Lisa Knudson stands in front of her 12 Literature and Composition class. She pulls out a marker and writes the word “poverty”...

AP students often face more homework causing them to be more stressed.

Are APs Always the Right Way to Go?

Andy DeGrand, Staff Writer December 16, 2019

Advanced Placement is a program created by the College Board that offers college-level curriculum to high school students. AP classes can give college credits to students that do well on the exams in May. With...

Graphic by Gabby DeRose

Applications and Anxiety

Gabby DeRose, Staff Writer December 6, 2019

The start to a new year often means the start to new stresses. College applications are the center of this stress for many seniors. From filling out the Common Application, to applying for The Free Application...

Freshman Ella Koweck works on her iPad given to her by the school.

A New Addition

Rory Knauss, Staff Writer October 29, 2019

Freshmen were thrown a curveball when Troy High gave them iPads for the first time. They were the only grade who received iPads. The school provided all students and teachers of ninth grade classes, with...

Students sit at lunch eating the new cafeteria provided meals.

Sodexo to Chartwells

Andy DeGrand, Staff Writter October 29, 2019

This year, Troy High has changed the lunch food company from Sodexo to Chartwells. Many students have their own opinion on the switch. Last year the food provider was Sodexo, a multi-national food...

Senior Omar Ibrahim holds the deer head at the gold-out game.

Deer Pressure

AJ Kowalak, Staff Writer October 29, 2019

Troy High’s deer head, Canela, is synonymous with many things. When most students hear the name Canela, they may think about the TC Line or their first high school football game in the student section....

Graphic by Kaitlyn Piggott

Is Summer Break Really a Break?

Kaitlyn Piggott, Copy Editor June 13, 2019

With the summer nearing, students are studying for finals, finishing up the last of tests, competing in their last couple of spring games and planning for vacations in the sun. Incoming seniors are prepping...

Senior Noah Smith holds up a photo of Sun Myung Moon, known by his followers as "True Father," and his wife

“Moonies”

Jack Stromberg, Photo Editor May 6, 2019

It’s no understatement to say that our school is the textbook definition of a “melting pot;” it’s home to nearly 2,000 students, all with unique ethnicities, cultures and backgrounds. However,...

More Than Meets The Eye

Jack Stromberg, Photo Editor April 19, 2019

On the morning of January 10, 2018 at approximately 5 a.m., a car pulled into the front driveway of Troy’s Zion Church (located on Livernois, no more than half a mile down the street from the community...

Freshman Harry Snow and his father have walked home from school together every day since Snow was in first grade.

Whatever The Weather, Snow And His Dad Walk Together

Tracy Cabej, Design Editor, In-depth Editor April 17, 2019

When the bell rings after school, unlike most students, freshman Harry Snow meets up with his dad to walk home from school. “It’s nice to have someone to talk to about the tests I have, and what...

Junior and Co-Photo Editor Maddie Holmes makes corrections on a spread during the yearbook lock-in production night.

We See You: Yearbook Staff Finishes Final Deadline

Elisabeth Andrews, Opinion/Co-Copy Editor April 11, 2019

  The Yearbook team has been busy all year working to create the 2018-2019 Gladiator Yearbook for the students and staff of their school. On Friday, March 22 the team got together one last...

Super Staycation

Vivienne Francois, Staff Writer April 9, 2019

Staycation Bucket List:   Start a new show. Go to ‘Dino’s Cookie Bar.’ Go out for a brunch buffet. Have a craft night. Go walking in Rochester. Go se the movie ‘Us.’ ...

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