The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

HB takes on Large Group

HB takes on Large Group

Natalie Lewis, Staff Writer April 14, 2016

On Saturday, March 19, Hollis Brookline’s concert band and wind ensemble traveled to Bow High School to compete in the annual NHMEA Large Group Festival.   The festival hosted schools from...

Robotics travels to Boston University

Robotics travels to Boston University

Ben Lombardi, Staff Writer April 8, 2016

Last weekend, Hollis Brookline High School’s FIRST Robotics team led by twelve mentors and about fifty students traveled to Boston University for their second season competition. What is so impressive...

Round one promposals: the chaperones

Round one promposals: the chaperones

Rachel Marquis, Staff Writer April 8, 2016

In the midst of spring sports, the musical, and various other HB happenings, a very special question was popped to a number of teachers here at school. No--no engagements happened, but several chaperones...

The perfect score

The perfect score

Emma Dougherty, News Editor April 1, 2016

AP Testing. Two words that most upperclassmen dread while looking forward to the coming May and the eventual end of the school year. The endless study sessions, expensive AP prep material, and repetitive...

STEM Fair

STEM Fair

Sarah MacEachen, Print Editor March 30, 2016

  On March 28, 2016, the Hollis Brookline Middle School hosted their first annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fair for students from K-6. Companies such as BAE Systems,...

Paint the walls down

Paint the walls down

Tristan Machon, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

Our Interior decorating class definitely stands out, even among the other electives at HBHS. While completing their regular assignments, which the students do in class, they also have the option take on...

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Freshmen Cavblocks: silence required

Sam Bell, Staff Writer March 17, 2016

On September 8, 2015 the new and returning students flocking into HBHS were surprised to discover the updated version of freshman Cavblock. The administration came to the conclusion that all freshman Cavblocks...

Testing the waters

Testing the waters

Bret Belden, Copy Editor March 17, 2016

Juniors in New Hampshire collectively took the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT) last Thursday in school, which is unique in itself. Previously, those seeking to take the SAT needed to pay a College Board...

One of the competitors for the best chili contest.

A soup-er cool competition

Nicole Poitras, A&E Editor March 10, 2016

On Sunday February 21, the Brookline Event Center hosted the town’s second annual Chili-Soup-Chowder Cook-Off. Popular Brookline restaurants and local entrepreneurs came to the event armed with vats...

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A Scholastic success

Nicole Poitras, A&E Editor February 25, 2016

For many kids, writing assignments are just that: assignments. But the extraordinary talents of a group of sophomores turned their writing into so much more.   The works of Patrick Bloniasz,...

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