CavBlock update
Ella Mouradian, Staff Writer
January 22, 2020
This year, HBHS introduced a new CavBlock system. This system allows students to choose what room and teacher they want for the day. Many students were very opinionated on this new process when it first started, but now that students have been through this new system for two quarters, have their opinio...
HB takes on Saratoga
Amy Pattelena, Staff Writer
January 22, 2020
On Jan. 3, members of the Hollis-Brookline wrestling team traveled to Saratoga, New York for the Saratoga Invitational wrestling meet. The team faced many challenging opponents, and the meet did not end up giving them their expected or desired outcome. The team placed 14th out of the 15 teams that a...
We The People
Peyton Arbogast, Staff Writer
January 21, 2020
We The People is a national competition held every year between high school students throughout the United States. This year, A.P. Government and Politics students from Hollis-Brookline High School had another opportunity to participate in the competition. The competition began with district hearings...
The daunting week of midterms
Megan Strecker, Web Editor
January 21, 2020
With midterms upon us, their value in our modern-day society comes into question. The nearly week-long series of tests have been described as incredibly stressful by American media outlets in recent years. They’ve pinned these tests as a taxing time in a student’s career, where their anxiety is on overdrive and they’re stressed “t...
Superior Midterms Schedule
![These six pages belong to midterm exam prep for one class. This is a semester class, meaning there is only one shot at this midterm since it counts as the final for the class. “[Midterms] wrap up everything we’ve learned,” said Brown.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Superior-Midterm-Schedule_Amanda-Brown_OpEd-475x317.jpg)
Amanda Brown, Op-Ed Editor
January 17, 2020
As one of the most dreaded parts of the year looms ahead, students are feeling the pressure. At Hollis Brookline, midterms occur in mid to late January and last for four days, two exams per day. However, local school Bishop Guertin (BG) runs their midterms a little differently. While the schedules share some ...
More than just Legos
![The children participating in the FIRST® Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.) Expo present their work to viewers. “[The kids] come up to you and present their presentations” said Alex Hill ‘22.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Robotics_Ella_News-475x317.jpg)
Ella Mouradian, Staff Writer
January 17, 2020
On Dec. 15, 2019, the Hollis Brookline High School’s FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) team, called The Force Team or FRC 1073, ran the FIRST® Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.) Expo at Hollis Brookline High School. The event is intended to bring young kids with common interests in engineering and robotics together. FIRST...
The effects of the devastating Australian fires
Elise Dinbergs, Co-A&E Editor
January 15, 2020
Currently, a heart-breaking event is spreading throughout the southern portion of Australia, destroying peoples’ property and animals’ habitats. This all started in Nov. when a tragedy occurred within the country. Lightning struck the states of Victoria and New South Wales, causing a wildfire to br...
The 24 hour success
![The participating students at the end of the festival come out on stage to bow and receive a generous applause from the audience. “The cool thing about the [show] is that you can do it three or four different times and have a completely different role every single time, it’s good for perception switches and there’s a lot of stuff [ that the students] can do,” said Producer Matthew Barbosa.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/24-Hour-Play_News_Lauren-Hunt-475x317.jpeg)
Lauren Hunt, Staff Writer
January 15, 2020
The final HB 24 hour play festival of the school year happened on January 4. With three shows total rounding out to about fifteen minutes each, those who participated this year are proud of the exceptional turn out. In case you’re new to the whole idea: the 24-Hour Play Festival involves a group of s...
Game Results – Tuesday 1/14
Sports, Writer
January 15, 2020
Results from Tuesday-January 14th : The Girls Basketball team improved to 6-0 with a 56-23 win over ConVal. Elisabeth Stapelfeld had 19 points, Christina Balsamo had 13, and Amanda Goclowski had 10 points. Elizabeth Bonnette had 13 rebounds. The JV's won 45- 8. The Boys Basket...
The Friendly Face In the Counseling Office
Hannah Escandon, Staff Writer
January 15, 2020
The first person students and teachers see as they walk into the counseling office is the friendly face behind the desk, secretary Brenda Wilkins. Most people see secretary Brenda Wilkins at her desk, on her computer, answering the phone, writing passes or talking to students. What many people don’t know i...
![A piece of amber holds the skeleton of the smallest dinosaur ever discovered. The fossil was discovered in Northern Myanmar in March. “This [fossil] was so pristine and so well-preserved, this thing was super perfect,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at China’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/OtherNews_MilesKeefe_News_Ready-300x200.jpg)
![Here at HBHS, this is a typical homework assignment from an AP level class. The amount of homework a student has can have disastrous effects on their health and sleep schedule. “Kids shouldn’t be given more than two hours of homework a day, [preferably] one hour a day outside of school,” said Christina Ellis.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Hw_Elise-Dinbergs_OpEd-300x225.jpg)
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