World Language Week
Mitch Dreyer, Staff Writer
April 11, 2018
Filed under April, Features, Showcase
National World Language Month is a month to recognize and appreciate all the cultures and languages around the world. It took place in March and the world language department at Hollis Brookline celebrated it from March 12 to March 22 with many activities during Cav Block. Candice Hancock, foods teacher,...
The disorganization of Despicable Me
Rowan Gingras, Op-Ed Co-Editor
March 27, 2018
For months, the sophomore Student Council brainstormed spirit week ideas with a goal of figuring out several prospective themes. After all ideas were cast, there was only one thing left to do: take a popular vote. Student council members walked into Sophomore CavBlocks to conduct a survey for several...
Clement Sherwood, 2018 State Champion
Emmie White, News Editor
March 20, 2018
Filed under Features, March, Showcase, Sports
Following four fantastic seasons on the HBHS varsity wrestling team, Clement Sherwood ‘18 closed his high school career with a big win at the state meet on Feb. 17. Hollis Brookline joined 12 other Division II teams at ConVal in the third week of February to close their season. Sherwood, a team ...
Musk Continues to Dazzle World, HB Students
Joe Caswell, Features Editor
March 15, 2018
Filed under Features, February
On Tuesday Feb. 6, the SpaceX team, through the help of NASA’s famous Cape Canaveral launch pad, successfully launched their Falcon Heavy rocket along with a personal item of Elon Musk’s into outer space. The rocket, now the most powerful ever created by a scale of two, towers 230 feet into the...
Fantastic Franzini
Nick Shepard, Staff Writer
March 12, 2018
The Hollis-Brookline music department has seen long lists of extraordinarily talented students in the past decade. One of them is multi-instrumentalist, composer, and musical visionary, Nick Franzini ‘18. Franzini, or better known by most people as ‘Zini’, has been involved in a number of m...
Who is Dave Umstead?
Liam Grant, A&E Editor
March 7, 2018
Filed under Features, March, Showcase
Behind the set of the rather recognizably characteristic doors of room 329 is one of HB’s friendliest faces. Whether you’ve had David Umstead as a teacher or not, it is likely you know how well respected he is throughout the school. His students have nothing but extremely high praise for a man that is f...
Personal Finance, who is prepared?
Hannah Riseman, Op-Ed Editor
March 6, 2018
Filed under Features, March, Showcase
The United States is notorious for having an education system that does not adequately prepare students for the future, especially where personal finance is concerned. The question is, are personal finance students more prepared to handle real-world financial situations than students who have not take...
Student athletes get recognized
Sofia Barassi, Assistant Sports Editor
February 23, 2018
Filed under Features, February, Showcase
On Feb. 5, 2018, 20 scholar athletes from Hollis Brookline High School attended the NHIAA/NHADA (New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association/New Hampshire Athletic Director Association) recognition ceremony in Concord, New Hampshire for their outstanding grades and athletics. Students to...
Nick Shepard accepted at Berklee
Lexie Vachon, Staff Writer
February 7, 2018
Filed under Features, February, Showcase
This past fall, Nick Sheppard 18’ auditioned at Berklee, one of, if not the biggest independent colleges of contemporary music today. This is a very competitive school with an acceptance rate of only 34%. Sheppard has dreamed of going to this school all through high school, and he finally got th...
Searching for middle ground: educational reform
Patrick Bloniasz, Co-Editor in Chief
February 6, 2018
Filed under Features, Opinion, Showcase
What does it mean to be successful in school? Educational curriculum and, by extension, grading policies, have existed in many different forms as the years have gone by. One of those educational methods for grading and instruction is to structure school around what are referred to as “competencies,...
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