Survivors turned political activists
Joe Caswell, Features Editor
April 4, 2018
Filed under April, News, Showcase
Amidst the horrors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting of Feb. 14, 2018, many new national voices have emerged, speaking promptly and powerfully about what happened and what needs to be done. These voices the voice of high school students. Two of the most well known voices are from students ...
Turf field in the works
Kyle Simpson, Staff Writer
April 2, 2018
Filed under April, News, Showcase
Back in 2014, the idea of a turf field for Hollis Brookline High School was first proposed after a glaring issue arose: lack of field space and field over-usage. Now, four years later, Hollis and Brookline have finally voted to pass Article One and allow for the creation of a turf field at our high sch...
CSDA Safety Fair
Leila Caplan, Staff Writer
March 29, 2018
On Tuesday, March 6, the Hollis Brookline High School Red Cross Club traveled to C.S.D.A., a Brookline elementary school, in order to host one of their annual safety fairs for the students. The young students learned concepts such as basic first aid, fire safety, water and ice safety, how to respond ...
Where do we go from here?
Liam Grant, A&E Editor
March 23, 2018
Filed under March, News, Showcase
Sometimes it almost seems as if everyday tragedy finds a way to make its mark -- be it close at home or overseas. Waking up early in the morning, cup of coffee in hand, birds singing a new song, blissfully unaware that yet again people have been severely injured, lives have been lost, and families le...
MLB rule change
Sofia Barassi, Assistant Sports Editor
March 21, 2018
Filed under March, News, Showcase, Sports
Do you enjoy watching professional baseball on television? If you're not a huge fan of it, there's a change being made for the start of the 2018 Major League Baseball season that may catch your interest. Many have complained about the length of games, so the MLB imposed a new rule that allows only si...
School trips during February break
Lindsey Wood, staff writer
March 20, 2018
Filed under March, News, Showcase
During February vacation, AP World History students traveled to Greece and Rome to visit ancient landmarks, while Spanish students traveled to Costa Rica for a service trip. Each trip only lasted a quick seven days, but they were trips of a lifetime. Fifty of this year and last year’s AP Worl...
Cooperative school board-on gun violence
Hannah Riseman, Op-Ed Co-Editor
February 28, 2018
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the HBMS Library, the Hollis Brookline Cooperative School Board held a much-anticipated meeting, the main topic of discussion being the recent school shooting in Florida and its impact on Hollis-Brookline schools. The meeting, which began at 6:00 pm, opened by mentioning the Fl...
This years flu epidemic is far from over, get vaccinated!
Leila Caplan, Staff Writer
February 21, 2018
Filed under February, News, Showcase
Kyle Baughman, a healthy 21-year-old from Pennsylvania, got home from work one night feeling out of sorts. He the flu, and because he was not vaccinated, he died a few days later. Baughman went into organ failure after contracting the flu, says Jamie Ducharme of TIME magazine. The flu has not yet rea...
Course registration
Rowan Gingras, Op-Ed Editor
February 20, 2018
Filed under February, News, Showcase
Have you picked from the seemingly-endless list of electives yet? Are you looking forward to spending an evening staring at PowerSchool? Yes, it is that time of year again. From Feb.6-19, course registration for the 2018-2019 school year is open for HBHS students. Course registration is a process in which th...
FIRST Robotics Kickoff 2018
Amanda Berthiaume, Staff Writer
February 1, 2018
Filed under February, News, Showcase
Do you know what the FIRST Robotics 1073 The Force Team is up to now? Recently, they were alerted of the competition game for this year. The game for 2018 is called “FIRST POWER UP,” which is based off the idea of being trapped inside an arcade game. The objective is to gain ownership of the th...
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