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New Dawson Midterm Leave Students Dispirited

Tristan Yardley, Writer October 21, 2025

Dawson students are displeased with the school's implementation of first semester "finals" this school year. For the first time at Dawson there will be a more final type assessment for all classes at the...

New Phone Policy Strikes Controversy (2024)

Adam Fitzgerald, Writer October 21, 2025

"I would love it if we could ban phones at school" - US Academic However unpopular among students, as Mr. Lopez explains, the scientific data shows significant benefits in the new phone policy. That is...

Thieves Strike Dawson Buses (2024)

Sawyer Zeldner, Writer October 21, 2025

Over the summer, Dawson School faced major disruptions as vandals targeted five school buses, stealing critical parts and potentially up to 100 gallons of gas. Ms. Sheri, Dawson's head of transportation,...

Dawson’s digital infrastructure: The servers which Dawson runs on are above the computer screen.

The Dawson Server Crash: What Happened?

Jadon Jacobs, Writer September 26, 2025

On Monday, September 15, Dawson IT staff were doing routine updates, when something catastrophic happened: One of Dawson's main servers crashed, and many different computer related errors arose around...

Community Education: An AI Discussion

Luke VanMiddlesworth, Writer September 26, 2025

Last week many questions were raised after the recent community education. The meeting took place in the theatre on Thursday and aimed to educate students on AI usage.   It was led by a spokesperson...

Pregame photo - Pony Puff 2024 Junior Team

Pony Puff Plays Again

Teagan Slaton, Writer September 26, 2025

Today, September 26th, after Dawson fest, the high school classes will face off in a traditional powderpuff game nicknamed ‘pony puff’ by creator Kenna Scheer(‘26)   The tradition of powder...

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How Has Dawson Responded to the Rise of AI?

Owen Harsh, Writer September 12, 2025

With the growing prominence of AI in the modern day, Dawson will now be incorporating a new AI program called Flint into its curriculum to address concerns about AI in its AI policy. Jeff Ellenbogen, creator...

Week One, Strike One

Scar Kohler, Writer September 12, 2025

A poster is found on the door of the Learning Commons, displaying a picture of food in a take-out container that was left on a bookshelf.  On it were inscribed the words, “Week One and We Already Have...

LC Conference Room Closures – Why?

Canon Montgomery, Writer December 13, 2024

Librarians have made conference rooms reservations only and are close to banning food in the learning commons (LC) because students haven't been cleaning up after themselves.   Librarians Ms....

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