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The Trail - The Student News Site of McIntosh High School

How McIntosh students are affected by Israel-Hamas war
Connor Lafontant and Gabriel Adams Dec 20, 2024

Editor's Note: The Trail reached out to several Jewish students for comment, and were offered anonymity. All declined to be interviewed as part...

Helping to set up the snack cart Brian Lin (10) takes inventory, sets up the display and restocks snacks. Photo by Camilia O'Connell.
FBLA Snack Shack provides students opportunity to be business owners
Jayden Wadlington, Staff • Dec 16, 2024

The Future Business Leaders of America [FBLA], the club's mission is to inspire and prepare young students to become community-minded business...

Graphic illustration created in Canva by Luke Soule
Weekly news roundup
Anthony Capobianco, Ellie Shelton, Jozlynn Smith, Jayden Wadlington, and Anthony Capobianco Dec 13, 2024

International What is the Assad Regime: Bashar Al-Assad was a political leader in Syria who became president of Syria in the year 2000, but...

Photo of Italy and Greece trip poster in McIntosh hallway. Photo by Grace Lovejoy.
McIntosh students invited to go to Italy and Greece trip in 2026
Grace Lovejoy, Editor-in-Chief • Dec 13, 2024

McIntosh Students are invited to participate in a trip to Italy and Greece sponsored by WorldStrides on May 26, 2026 to June 4, 2026. Students...

Jessica Nauerts car after the collision with the deer while driving back home from work. Photo submitted by Jessica Smith.
Deer season affects drivers throughout Peachtree City
Jozlynn Smith, Staff • Dec 11, 2024

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a list of leading causes of death in the U.S., road injuries are the third...

Image of a covered fire alarm in the school building. Photo by Nyla Kerr.
Unplanned fire alarm described as “poor decision”
Nyla Kërr, News Editor • Dec 11, 2024

On Mon., Dec. 9, the fire alarm went off near the end of C lunch, which ends at 12:34 PM. Students evacuated the building and were called back...

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Photo of the Week
Amelia Angier batting at home plate at the Dutchtown game on Aug.16 Photo by Noa Amos
Kulture kuration: Black and white
Kulture kuration: Black and white
Maddie Hines, Multimedia • Dec 18, 2024
Red, blue, and a lot to do: presidential pardons & power plays
Red, blue, and a lot to do: presidential pardons & power plays
CJ Boxhill and Ava Flores Dec 16, 2024
TrailMIX: Holiday Edition
TrailMIX: Holiday Edition
Ryan LeVan, Multimedia • Dec 16, 2024
Listening to her opponents Principal "Obamas" in the first amendment simulation.
Trail’s photo editor participated in WJMC summer journalism program
Rhyan Murphy, Staff • Nov 22, 2024

Last fall, Camilla O’Connell, the photo editor for both the Legend yearbook and McIntosh Trail's photo editor, was invited to participate in...

Students deal with high levels of stress with the amount of things they need to do. Graphic illustration created in Canva by Jozlynn Smith
AP: advanced pressure
Jozlynn Smith, Staff • Nov 20, 2024

Students are handling more than what parents and other people can see. They are juggling school, hobbies, their mental health, extracurriculars...

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Graphic created in Canva by Anthony Capobianco
REVIEW: Agatha All Along: episodic series review
Anthony Capobianco, Multimedia Editor • Nov 13, 2024

Quick Review Agatha all Along is one of my favorite Marvel shows of all time. Its direction and cinematography is amazing, the writing is great, the actors...

Screenshot of John Brehm's poem "Layabout." Screenshot by Ashlee Lefever.
Ancient echos in modern minds: youthful reverence in John Brehms’ Layabout
Ashlee Lefever, Staff • Nov 12, 2024

The poem Layabout by John Brehm uses a first person point of view to convey how the youth still finds admiration and inspiration in ancient history but...

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A picture of a plate of Kalpakci's thanksgiving dinner. Graphic made in Canva by Yasemin Kalpakci.
Thanksgiving recipes: is it okay to experiment?
Yasemin Kalpakci and Maddie Hines Dec 6, 2024

Graphic made in canva by Robin Smith using art made by Rhyan Murphy
OPINION: AI programmers are stealing art from artists
Robin Smith, Staff • Dec 5, 2024

AI is harming artists and harms the way people think about art. Social media has several people calling themselves artists, but really using...

Graphic created in Canva by Grace Lovejoy.
Weekly sports roundup
CJ Boxhill, Allie Hartman, Cari Heinonen, and Gabriel Adams Dec 13, 2024

This week, in McIntosh athletics, games, tournaments and tryouts are ahead. Basketball: This week, the varsity teams have a total of six...

Girls Cross Country running the track during a September practice. Photo by Mikayla Santiago
Girls’ Cross Country races to second place state finish
Connor Lafontant, Staff • Dec 10, 2024

For the second consecutive year, the McIntosh Varsity Girls finished second at the 5A state Championship. On Fri., Nov. 8, for the 2024 State...

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Graphic created in Canva by Grace Lovejoy.
Trail Eats: La Hacienda
What in the World, a monthly column covering politics and human nature. Graphic created in Canva by Ellie Shelton.
What in the World: politics and pondering
Ellie Shelton, Staff • Nov 22, 2024

“What in the World” is a monthly column where I go over world events and connect them to one overarching theme, so that I may ramble on about...

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