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The Pirate's Eye

The Student News Site of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

The Pirate's Eye

Haleema Hameed Aslam ('27), Bianka Blay Amihere ('26) and Samantha Liu ('28) posing in front of a vending machine.
New vending machines
Thisyaa Kodaganti ('29)

     Here’s a riddle: we’re large, rectangular, and  successful entrepreneurs. We’ll take your money, and give you a treat; so come...

Eva Bernheisel ('29) and Emma Barrandon ('29) on their phones.
Silencing cell phones
Vidhi Kapoor ('27) and Aarna Saran ('28)

     As you enter Room 95, a few students are chatting - but most are on their phone doing the usual quick check, some are speed replying...

Rep. Mikie Sherill
Mikie Sherrill’s journey to NJ politics
Vidhi Kapoor ('27)

     A former navy officer, prosecutor and a mom of four kids, Mikie Sherrill was sworn in as  the first female Democratic Governor of...

Polishing with talent!
Vidhi Kapoor ('27)

     The trend of wearing press-on nails is popular among high school students. Artificial nails are one of the most fashionable accessories...

Dia Jha (‘27) piercing through Jahnavi Annambhotla (‘28) on stage
Facing your dragons: ‘She Kills Monsters’
Zairah Riyas ('28)

The stage lights dim, the audience’s chatter fades and suddenly, the walls of the playhouse stage transform again into a world of fairies,...

Security guards Mr. Kelvin Marzan, Ms. Cecilia Cartmill and Mr. Lloyd Oertel.
Senior privilege and responsibility
Vedant Trivedi ('26), Editor-in-Chief

     When the lunch bell rings, many seniors stream toward the exits with backpacks on and keys in hand. Some head to nearby fast-food spots,...

Senior lunch spots
Aditya Chakrabarti (, Senior News Editor • June 11, 2026

Leaving school for lunch is a senior privilege. The Pirates Eye conducted a poll to find out the top five senior lunch spots. Underclassmen have...

Music for a cause: a review of "Help 2"
Music for a cause: a review of “Help 2”
Zairah Riyas ('28), News Editor • June 11, 2026

Music has always been a vehicle and voice for change, but rarely does a single album carry as much positive impact as the collaborative charity...

Dr. King’s quote in Commons 1.
Dr. King’s legacy
Tejas Ramdasi and Ishani Bhar February 27, 2026

In commons one, full of bright flyers, posters and a pair T.V. screens, a banner hangs under the mezzanine with words from Martin Luther King,...

Re: Break the shell, keep the book
Sobhika Sampath

To the Editor: Sobhika Sampath When we are children, we are impressionable and only subject to read or watch the literature/film that our...

Re: “Should high schools have nap time?” (Dec. 21, 2021)
Raghav Kodiyalam, 2024

To the Editor: Shefali Saxena Having a designated "nap time" during our school time will prove more problematic than useful towards our general...

Re: “Pirate Pick: Dean Lourenco sprints to the top” (Dec. 21, 2021)
Armaan Seth, 2024

To the Editor: Danny McElroy 5:03, that is Dean’s mile time. Seeing Dean with the sprinters at track practice and seeing how unpredictably...

Listen to Levi, Lindsay, Nick, Darren and Radhika on this week's episode of the Unbuttered Baguette podcast to hear them discuss pringles, TV and commonly hated foods. Podcast Link
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