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All content by Bridget Cook

Shaker Is Yours – For The Time Being

Bridget Cook
June 12, 2014

One Little Word

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
May 1, 2014
Freshmen Andre Pettis, Luxus Flowers and Nadia DiGeorgia walk with junior Maeve Cook through the high school halls on a Project Support scavenger hunt March 15.

Project Support Unifies Students

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
May 1, 2014

New Stages 32 Showcases Talent, Originality, Unity

Julia Scharfstein, Bridget Cook and Clara Medalie
March 20, 2014
Don't Worry, You Have Time

Don’t Worry, You Have Time

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
March 11, 2014

The Toll of Twitter

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
March 4, 2014
Gold Key-With Age

Shaker Artists Score Big Again at Scholastics

Clara Medalie and Bridget Cook
February 27, 2014
On thinspo-themed Tumblr pages and other pro-anorexic websites, images such as this one are frightfully common. Paired with forceful and at times self-depricating quotes, the pictures stress a desperate need to be skinny whatever the consequences.

Promoting A Look of Danger

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
February 25, 2014
Goma Nepal is currently a senior at Brush High School. She regularly attends English as a second language classes and noticed that American students are more likely to help each other than students at her old school in Nepal.

Forging a New Life Across the Globe

Clara Medalie and Bridget Cook
February 25, 2014

The Asking Olympics: Why Can’t Girls Go For the Gold More Often?

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
February 20, 2014
Administrative Assistant Myriam Neil's desk in the main office displays the schedule for the high school's language table. All students are welcome. The only requirement is that the designated language is spoken throughout the lunch period.

[Photo] Neil Breaks Down Language Barriers, One Lunch Period at a Time

Bridget Cook and Clara Medalie, Spotlight Editors
December 10, 2013
Over the course of three weeks, I viewed all of the films pictured above. Documentaries have a way of being highly inspiring at first, but in the long run fading into the background.

Documentaries: Preserving The Initial Ambition

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
November 13, 2013

Wiemer Brings the World To Her Classroom

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
November 6, 2013

Shiloh Hit the Shaker Ground Running

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
March 26, 2013

Girls Shave Heads to Raise Awareness for Pediatric Cancer

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
March 15, 2013

Packed With Books, Papers and Pain

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
January 15, 2013

Wireless Makes Its Way To School

Bridget Cook, Spotlight Editor
September 20, 2012

Conferences No Longer Individualized

Bridget Cook, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2012
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