Are Caffeinated Drinks A Good Option For Students?
Ella Mouradian, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
New drinks line the racks of the Hollis Brookline High School cafeteria fridges in an abundance of vibrant colors. Students have been enjoying these new delicious drinks since the start of the school year. However, one of these drinks is not like anything the school has offered before. The brand new ...
Should music programs have a home in high schools?
Elise Dinbergs, Co-A&E Editor
November 4, 2019
At HBHS, band and choir classes are available along with electives such as Music Theory, Guitar and Improv. This allows students to bring out their creative side on their own, even if they don’t want to participate in an ensemble. Given the choice, students are encouraged to use the right side of their ...
Wouldn’t That Be A Treat
Quinten Wimmer, Staff Writer
November 2, 2019
Halloween falls on October 31, making every year a mystery as to what day of the week our spooky holiday will fall on. Unfortunately for the class of 2020, Halloween fell on a school night every single year, of this class’s entire high school career. Making it hard for students to fully enjoy the hol...
Too Old To Trick Or Treat?
![Residents of Hollis and Brookline take time out of their day to put up some grand decorations to encourage the Halloween spirit. Unfortunately, some pesky high schoolers have torn down some of these decorations over the years, leaving those who took the time to put them up very discouraged. “You get the kids that throw eggs at the houses, throw eggs at cars. You have kids take [decorations] from people’s yards and put it in the middle of the road,” said Officer Bob Pelletier.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/TJ-McKenna_Too-Old-To-Trick-Or-Treat_Featurejpeg-475x316.jpeg)
TJ McKenna, Asst. Sports Editor
October 30, 2019
Let’s take ourselves back a few years, back to one of the biggest days of elementary school: Halloween. We dressed up as our favorite fictional characters and paraded around the school, showing off our costumes to all the parents as they took an unnecessary amount of pictures as we eagerly anticipa...
No good news
Abi Blasi, Sports Editor
October 23, 2019
With all that goes on in the news it can be hard to see the good in the world, especially for students who know that the events that happen may affect them the most. Things like gun violence, terrorist attacks and global warming can feel like impending doom for today's teens, but how is the news real...
The best way to study for the SATs
Hannah Escadon, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019
On Oct. 16 the Hollis Brookline High School sophomores and juniors took the PSAT, preparing them to start thinking about studying for the SATs. There are a variety of ways to start studying, from different programs you can do, to quizzing yourself on a website. For incoming students next year who are new ...
Private School… Is it Worth It?
Amy Pattelena, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019
Many private schools claim to offer a “better education” to prospective students; however, public schools have shown that they can give private schools a run for their money. The National Assessment of Educational Progress released a recent report on student test scores at public and private ...
A new green addition to HBHS
Morgan Broadhurst, Staff Writer
October 11, 2019
Excitement builds within athletes at Hollis Brookline High School as construction continues to move along on the new turf field. The long await for a satisfactory playing field will soon be here, but the other portion of students not participating in sports are left impeded. After many protracted town meetings in regar...
The Truth About Straight Pride
![“Maybe we get to a place where we don’t even need [pride parades] anyway,” says Balfour. But until we reach that point, legitimate pride parades are a great way to support members of the LGBTQ+ community and spread the ‘love is love’ message in a healthy, fun and colorful way.](https://cavchronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-truth-about-straight-pride_Stoll_OpEd-475x356.jpg)
Emma Stoll, Features Editor
October 7, 2019
It’s August 31, 2019. Around 200 people are gathered in Boston’s Copley Square, sporting a wide assortment of bright outfits, flashy signs and pre-prepared chants. They’re about to march in Boston’s first straight pride parade that will end in City Hall Plaza. This isn’t a scene unfamiliar...
How Biased Reporting Blurs The Truth and Public Opinion
Harry Bates, Asst. Head Editor
September 4, 2019
Living in the “Fake News Era" has transformed the once pleasurable experience of ingesting daily news into a cumbersome burden of deep analysis and constant double-takes. No longer is there a mutual trust between the Press and the general public. Facts are now debated more than ever for their accura...
![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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