The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

Sunshine Protection Act Tries to Change Florida’s Clock.

John Nunez April 16, 2019

  Three Florida lawmakers are trying to make daylight saving time a year round affair with the “Sunshine Protection Act”. If the act passes, it would mean that Floridians would no longer...

Ms. Wallace wins Rookie Teacher of the year

Ms. Wallace wins Rookie Teacher of the year

David Brothers, Online Editor April 3, 2019

Ms. Wallace is originally from Baltimore MD, where she began her teaching career before moving to Florida two years ago. She found a place at Krop teaching Economics with Financial Literacy and AP Macroeconomics. ...

Krop Hosts Art Competition for Students!

Galit Roffe, Staff Writer April 1, 2019

Gerald Sprayregen is an an award winning poet who has published several books and has exhibited his art in the NBA Hall of Fame. He is the founder of the Sprayregen Family Foundation inc., the foundation...

AP Contract for the 2019-2020 school year

AP Contract for the 2019-2020 school year

Teo Resnik, Sports Editor February 25, 2019

     In the 2019-2020 school year, for a student to take an AP class, he or she must request the class and their parents must sign the Dr. Michael M. Krop SHS Advanced Placement Contract. On this contract,...

Trump’s approval rating shoots down after government shutdown

Trump’s approval rating shoots down after government shutdown

Federico Waldman, Opinion Editor February 22, 2019

     The government shutdown, which lasted over a month, left thousands of Americans without pay and temporarily unemployed. Americans stopped showing up to work, threatening the nation’s...

HONORING SEVENTEEN: Krop held a vigil after school last year, honoring the lives lost in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas tragedy. Above, 17 Krop students and teachers hold candles representing each victim.

365 days later: what has been done since the MSD tragedy ?

Mackenzie Dillon, Spread Editor February 22, 2019

     Feb.14 marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history: the Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre in Parkland, Florida. This tragedy unleashed an avalanche...

Whos who in the 2020 presidential election

Who’s who in the 2020 presidential election

Maya Poler, Staff Writer February 22, 2019

     The 2020 presidential election has no scarcity of Democratic candidates, with seven left-wing contenders, while the only Republican candidate is President Donald Trump, running for reelection. President...

Student Cooperation creates international relations course

Agustin Zelikson, Staff Writer February 22, 2019

     On Feb. 5 administration replaced World Cultural Geography with International Relations, following a petition from the students and teachers requesting the change. In addition to AP...

Diversity Days

Diversity Days

Cecilia Edelberg, Staff Writer February 22, 2019

     With over 2,500 students, it is no secret that Krop has one of the most diverse student bodies in the region. To embrace these differences, the Student Government Association’s (SGA)...

Krop’s Model United Nation represents Angola in Ivy League Conference

Cecilia Edelburg, Staff Writer February 22, 2019

     On January 29th, 2019, 15 students from Michael Krop Senior High School attended the Ivy League Model United Nations conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.      Model United...

Choose Kind Campaign

Kevin Bauernfeind, Online Content Editor April 26, 2018

On the week of April 9th Krop held the "Choose Kind Campaign"

Scott Fried: Kindness Week

Kevin Bauernfeind, Online Content Editor April 12, 2018

On April 10, students attended an assembly hosted by Inspirational Speaker Scott Fried about self-worth and being #enough

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