Peter Phelan is a senior at Monroe-Woodbury and a lead writer for The Wire News. In school, his favorite subjects are math and English, and in addition to Newspaper, he participates in Mock Trial as Co-President. Outside of school, he enjoys talking with friends, taking walks through the woods in his backyard, and playing soccer. He watches a lot of TV, with Better Call Saul and Bojack Horseman as his personal favorite shows. At home, he has a bearded dragon named Rey as a pet. After high school, Peter wants to attend college out of state to major in business, before going into Law School to become an attorney. Once he has a stable job, he wants to try his hand at a variety of hobbies, including filmmaking and creative writing.
Squid Game is Netflix’s new South Korean hit series: it is dark, political, shocking, and a perfect amount of imperfection.
Revolving around 456 debt-ridden entrants in a deadly competition with the...
Students are logging into Google Meets for several hours every day. Here are some tips to make your Meet experience better.
When waking up for your first class in the morning, avoid rolling out of bed...
You’ve finally finished reading A Tale of Two Cities for English, when your teacher speaks those fateful words: “Now, we’ll begin working on a group project.” It's a situation that all high schoolers...
Turning pajamas inside out. Putting ice cubes in the toilet. Feverishly checking Ben Noll’s Twitter page for updates. Will remote learning make these traditions a relic of the past?
A traditional...
By the time the 2019-20 school year ends, students and teachers at Monroe-Woodbury will have completed nearly three months of remote learning. The transition into remote learning, propelled by the COVID-19...
I became interested in watching the movie "Blindspotting" because the actor/rapper Daveed Diggs co-wrote and starred in it. I became a fan of Daveed after I listened to the albums he produced with...
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State, holds daily press conferences during which he updates the public on the status of COVID-19 in New York State. Typically, Cuomo gives a presentation with the aid...
In his downtime, you can find him panning for gold, taking aerial videos with his drone, or exploring the New Zealand countryside. It’s not surprising then that some people think meteorologist Ben Noll...
In his sophomore film The Lighthouse (2019), Robert Eggers once again proves himself as a visually groundbreaking director with a distinct style and an obvious passion for his work.
Egger’s debut...
With graduation in a few weeks, a small percentage of students at the high school are working to obtain a comprehensive diploma.
The Comprehensive Diploma is a diploma that students can earn by meeting...
Parent-teacher conferences took place at Monroe-Woodbury High School on March 19, 21, and 28.
Conferences provide a chance for parents to interact with teachers and for teachers to discuss academic...
