Ready to Row?
Nora Miller, A&E Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under November, Showcase, Sports
On Oct. 28, the Hollis Brookline High School Crew team competed at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga Springs, NY. Students rowed against teams from all across North America in races with as many as 85 boats participating. HB traveled to Saratoga Springs the night before, sleeping over at a hote...
Upcoming auditions for the All State Music Festival
Avery Desruisseau, Staff Writer
November 8, 2018
Filed under A & E, November, Showcase
Auditions for the much anticipated All State Music Festival, attended by the best of Hollis Brookline vocalists every year, are coming up this month. The festival consists of a concert later in the year, where anyone can purchase a ticket and watch the talented singers do their thing! Matthew Bar...
Poetry Out Loud: recitations and up-and-comers
Jackson Hinkle, Staff Writer
November 7, 2018
Filed under A & E, November, Showcase
Some might think that poetry recitation is old-fashioned, but in Hollis Brookline High School’s English classes, the practice is being continued and rejuvenated. On Dec. 18, students will compete in HBHS’s Poetry Out Loud competition, reciting a poem of their choice in front of a panel of judges. ...
Treb Day shoots by
Alec MacEachen, News Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under Features, November, Showcase
Friday, Oct. 26, marked the launch day for the trebuchets built by all three physics classes offered at Hollis Brookline High School: physics: conceptual, physics: problems and principles (P&P) and AP physics. Trebuchet Day, often called Treb Day, is an all-day event that segways into the HBHS Hall...
HB Athletics fighting hunger
Nora Miller, A&E Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under November
This fall, sports teams at Hollis Brookline High School participated in the NH Tackles Hunger food drive. Starting after the football game against Sanborn on Oct. 5, the Cavaliers collected various non-perishables from students and spectators at games for about two weeks on behalf of local food banks w...
Red Cross Club Perseveres Despite Blood Drive Difficulties
Isaac Wimmer, Op-Ed Editor
November 29, 2017
On Nov. 15, the Red Cross Club held their annual blood drive in the mini-gym, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in hopes of receiving lots of donated blood for the American Red Cross to distribute where necessary. The club members themselves helped to check donors in and out of the mini-gym and worked with...
Fun-tastic English electives
Emily Mitchell, Staff Writer
November 28, 2017
Filed under Features, November, Showcase
There are lots of fun semester-long classes to take if someone enjoys English; some focus more on different styles of writing, while others dissect different film elements. Each elective differs from the others in their own style--what you learn and what you get out of it. Some electives in the HBHS ...
Can this year’s HB Math Team live up to the hype?
Scott VanCoughnett, Features Editor
November 27, 2017
Filed under Features, November, Showcase
Hollis Brookline’s Math Team has been a league-wide powerhouse for years and years. Opposing teams in the past used to cower in fear when they heard they were attending a meet with HB. This season isn’t quite the same for the Cavaliers’ mathletes, but they have a lot of great competitors. With ...
Tut tut looks like rain
Joseph Schunemann, A&E Editor
November 26, 2017
Filed under Features, November, Showcase
The Earth is a changing place; nature moves this way and that and it’s not always human nature to keep up with it. In New Hampshire, we experience weather much stranger than most, with weather your regular run of the mill man couldn’t predict. In reality, climatologists have seen these events coming f...
The war on trees
Patrick Grimes, Humor Editor
November 25, 2017
Filed under Features, November
Wind and trees: rivals for as long as anyone can remember. For millennia, they have waged countless wars, leaving all in the crossfire. The 29th of October marked the first battle in what’s sure to be a hellish war this autumn and winter. The wind is sure to embark on several campaigns to ensure tha...
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