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The Rapier

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The Rapier

The Student News Site of Central Islip High School

The Rapier

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Chromebook Care
Chromebook Care
Melissa Caceres April 14, 2025

Using a Chromebook helped me to stay on task with my assignments and other things that I had trouble doing before receiving the device. From 7th grade to now, using Chromebooks...

The Sunrise Fire of 1995 in the LI Pine Barrens
Fire in The Pine Barrens
Mathias Macias Mera and Rapier Staff March 25, 2025

The Long Island Pine Barrens are an essential part of our local ecosystem. Once covering over a quarter million acres of land, today the Pine Barrens are preserved into 53...

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Clean Streets Project
Clean Streets Project
Rapier Staff May 14, 2025

The event schedule for the day: 8am-10am: Check-in, shirt pick-up, FREE Applebee's breakfast, equipment pick-up 10am-11am: Buses, vans,...

Job Fair!
Job Fair!
Rapier Staff April 9, 2025

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Rising Art Star
Rising Art Star
Jennifer Vasquez April 30, 2025

Sismay Granados, 18, has recently been awarded multiple honors and featured in multiple exhibitions for her breathtaking artwork. Coming from El Salvador and transferring...

Artist Spotlight: Genry Salvador
Artist Spotlight: Genry Salvador
Rapier Staff March 11, 2025

Statement from featured artist, Genry Salvador: In my youth, I was isolated from others due to a language barrier. As such, I often found myself frustrated as I could not...

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Carecen Visits Central Islip High School
Carecen Visits Central Islip High School
Cindy Hernandez April 11, 2025

Ever since Donald Trump was president during his second term, he made a huge push to increase deportations. One of the biggest parts of this...

Jordin Johnson takes a picture of the staff of The Rapier for the yearbook.
Student Spotlight: Jordin Johnson
Mathias Macias Mera March 27, 2025

Meet Jordin Johnson! She chose to join Yearbook Club this year because, as a senior, she wanted to try something new and wanted to leave her...

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Golf, Anyone?
Golf, Anyone?
Rapier Staff March 11, 2025

Did you know that there is a golf course right here in Central Islip? Gull Haven Golf Club is a 9 hole course that can be played twice for a...

Gratitude Journals
Gratitude Journals
Afanyi Arthur and Emely Bonilla February 7, 2025

A gratitude journal is a special way of writing where people reflect on and document the good things that happen in their lives. This simple...

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Considering the Military?
Considering the Military?
Rapier Staff March 11, 2025

Did you know that you need to take an exam in order to enlist in the military? The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores...

They're Hiring!
They’re Hiring!
James Espinal December 12, 2024

Students looking for jobs are in luck! There is an Aldi opening this week near Target, on Carlton Avenue. They start hiring at the age of 18,...

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