By Mrs. Bowen and Miss Brown (Faculty Advisors) As this academic year of 2019-2020 comes to a close online at CATS Academy Boston, we wanted to to express our gratitude and thanks to all of our CATS Courier newspaper writers, especially to our graduating seniors! The students who write for the paper all year give generously of their time, ideas and creativity to produce the … Continue reading Thank You and Congratulations to Our Seniors!
By Alex Shevtsova (Lead Reporter) My first year at CATS, a former senior said to me, “Culture fair is the best thing that happens in the school!” My senior year, I am the one who explains to new students: “Culture fair is the best thing that happens in the school!” Around five years ago, the Culture Club at CATS came up with the idea for … Continue reading Culture Fair 2020: 23 Countries in 1 CATS!
By Claire Luong (Lead Reporter) Our second TEDx CATS Academy Boston, an annual event in which students share their inspirational ideas, thoughts, and opinions, was a success. On February 13, 2020, eleven students took the stage to give their speeches in front of almost 70 people. With such a diverse community here at CATS, each of the students’ speeches brought something unique to the event. … Continue reading Second TEDx CATS Academy Boston!
By Khai Phan (Lead Reporter) The Scholars Program, headed by Mr. O’Donnell, is a program at CATS Academy Boston that gives a select number of academically high-achieving students the opportunity to go on road trips around Boston and the greater New England areas to visit all sorts of great universities, museums, concerts, and more. As one of the students in The Scholar Program, I went … Continue reading Scholars Trip to the Berkshires
By Anna Duong (Lead Reporter) Lunar New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in many Asian countries. On this day, people honor the start of the year according to the lunar calendar. There are twelve animals representing the calendar, one for each year. This year, 2020, we are all celebrating the Year of the Rat. As is tradition in many Asian countries, families gather … Continue reading Lunar New Year: Celebrating the Year of the Rat at CATS
By Jenn Lee (Lead Reporter) On January 7, 2020, the Community Service Club organized a sockball fight (like a snowball fight, but with socks!) to celebrate the winter season, welcome both new and returning students for the second semester, and collect sock donations for Father Bill’s Homeless Shelter. Similar to last year’s sockball fight, The Community Service Club raised money, which then went towards buying … Continue reading Sockball Fight for Charity!
By DoHa Nguyen (Lead Reporter) CATS Senior DoHa Nguyen shares some tips for Model United Nations (MUN) beginner delegates. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Delegate Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12th annual MUN Conference (MIT MUNC XII) and served as the Chairman of the Danang Youth Model United Nations 2019 Conference (DYMUN’19), one of Indochina’s largest MUN conferences. At an MUN … Continue reading The Guru’s Guide to Model United Nations
By Tina Le (Reporter) Love. It is difficult to define this special word, especially on Valentine’s Day. Luckily, the Community Service Club helped CATS celebrate the many meanings of love on Valentine’s Day this year. Through their Valentine card event, the Club gave students the opportunity to express their love and gratitude to the many important people in their lives, including significant others, friends, classmates, … Continue reading Valentine’s Day at CATS: Love is in the Air
By Martina Ibrahim (Contributor) I have always considered myself an adrenaline junkie, perhaps an adventure-thirsty free-spirit. Based on my own conclusion of myself, the moment I laid my eyes on the novel Wild, written by Cheryl Strayed, I knew I could not resist the opportunity to read about one woman’s journey of self-discovery as she trekked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The story behind the … Continue reading Book Review: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild
By Seath Mottin (Reporter) In the month of November, Americans celebrate Native American Heritage Month. The purpose of honoring Native Americans in this way is to take time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of indigenous people and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people to society and to the development of America. The first people arrived on the American … Continue reading November: National Native American Heritage Month
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