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The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

The student news site of Hollis Brookline High School

The CavChron

Kirby chosen as Teacher of the Month

Kirby chosen as Teacher of the Month

Emily Raymond, Staff Writer April 6, 2015

At the beginning of March, social studies teacher Kathy Kirby learned she had been chosen by Hollis Brookline High School’s Pay-it-Forward club, HB the Change. Her door was decorated with inspirational...

The team gets ready for districts.

The FORCE must be with them

Michaela Dinman, Contributor April 3, 2015

The Hollis-Brookline High School Robotics team, The Force Team 1073, departed for their second and final regional competition at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts after school on March 26,...

Destination Imagination team in their previous competition.

Destination Imagination

Sophia Bruzik, Staff Writer March 27, 2015

Improv may not be a commonly thought of high school organization, but for a select number of creative students from HBHS, it is an oasis. Destination Imagination is an organization that students can partake...

New face in the Front Office: Mrs. Canavan

New face in the Front Office: Mrs. Canavan

Jeremy Anderson, Staff Writer March 12, 2015

Betsy Canavan is the new part-time substitute secretary in the main office at Hollis Brookline High School.  She will be substituting until the last day of school. Canavan decided to work here because...

While stome students oppose the change of tradition, some believe that the color of gowns are obsolete.

Grad Gown Showdown

Julie Christie, Editor in Chief March 4, 2015

Forget the dress, we’re talking about graduation gowns now. In past years, the tradition at Hollis Brookline graduation ceremonies has been for girls to wear white gowns and boys to wear blue gowns....

Advisers Jennifer Staub and Lin Illingworth advise students to "stretch" themselves and their creativity for the Senior Seminar Project.

New horizons for Class of 2016

Emma Dougherty, Assistant News Editor February 19, 2015

As the 2015-2016 school year is slated to start in the fall, so too is the pilot year of Hollis-Brookline High School’s Senior Seminar initiative. “[The senior seminar project is an] opportunity...

Among other activities in the library, Heaton created over a hundred valentines for students to take. There are only fourteen left.

Love from the library

Molly McAndrews, Contributor February 13, 2015

With Valentine’s Day a mere blink of an eye away, there’s excitement in the air. Hollis Brookline High School’s librarian, Christine Heaton, took this opportunity to incorporate festive and fun Valentine...

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