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

Showing the spirit: Penny Wars

Showing the spirit: Penny Wars

Stephanie Buchanan and Nicole Poitras April 15, 2016

Penny Wars is a unique concept for a great cause. The annual competition for copper is a battle between each grade to see who can collect the most money. The catch is that the only donations that count...

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...

Emily Babcock 16, Nicola Chomiak 16, and history teacher Trevor Duval.

Issue heard ’round the world

Sophia Bruzik, StuCo Correspondent March 30, 2016

On Tuesday March 22, at 7a.m. in Belgium (3a.m. in the U.S.), twin blasts hit Zaventem airport, where eleven people were killed. Around an hour later, another bomb exploded in Maelbeek metro station, leaving...

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,...

The snow fall on a spring day in NH.

Second day of Spring: Snow day?

Teresa Randlett, Editor-in-Chief March 25, 2016

Mother Nature continued to surprise the residents of southern New Hampshire this past Monday, even on a day classified to be the second day of Spring. On March 21st, instead of springtime sunshine, snow...

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...

POL contestant Hayden Kubishta 17.

POL contestant: the next stanza

Sarah MacEachen, Print Editor March 18, 2016

Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide poetry recitation competition for high school students. Participating classes of all grade levels at HB assigned each student to memorize a poem from PoetryOutLoud.org...

Load More Stories