February break was a week that seemed to last a day. I spent the early portion of my time off in Washington, D.C., where I visited my sister, who is currently attending college in the area, and I managed to get a good feel for college life. Despite the company of my hyper-active and hyper-sensitive [...]
Spin. Sweat. Support: SHS For Haiti organized a spinning class at Soul Cycle on Saturday, March 19 to raise money for Haiti relief (Photos Chloe Kaufman).
The SHS Track team hosted a Walk/Run-A-Thon and bake sale on Saturday, March 19 at the SHS track to raise money for the Red Cross’s relief efforts in Japan (photos Chloe Kaufman).
For the last five years the dry humor and entertaining characters of The Office have kept America laughing. But what the roughly seven million viewers who watch NBC’s hit show each week may not know is that the characters on this popular show originally had British accents. The Office, which aired in Great Britain in [...]
Sprained ankles, broken arms, concussions, and other countless injuries have prevented high school athletes from playing for up to an entire season. SHS is no exception, as students suffer injuries in many different sports and are forced to halt their playing and take time to recover. Most coaches agree that while there are many ways [...]
American Studies students went to Washington D.C. on a class trip with Social Studies teachers Thomas Maguire, Margaret Favretti, and Katharine Krahl, and English teachers Sue Silver, Pamela Kroll, and Stephen Mounkhall on March 10-11 (photo courtesy Margaret Favretti).
Voyager ouvre les portes de l’ avenir. Although many SHS students have no idea what this means, those who participated in the French exchange over February break certainly do. For two weeks, 16 SHS students journeyed to France, where they visited a variety of cities such as Arles, Nîmes, Roussillon, Nice, Monaco, Eze and Aix-En-Provence. [...]
Drum roll. The moment had finally arrived. For 65 members of the SHS Wind Ensemble, February break trumpeted the arrival of their long-awaited trip to Barcelona and Las Palmas. The group, led by music teacher and trip director, Jason Noble, performed in both cities, took a master class, and had an opportunity to see the [...]
¡Bienvenidos a España! Welcome to Spain: the birthplace of Picasso, Goya, Gaudi, and Velázquez. For eight days of February break, 28 SHS students, led by art teachers Dr. Eve Eisenstadt, Dr. Nadine Gordon and Lisa Yokana, toured Barcelona, Granada, Córdoba, Madrid, and Toledo, absorbing Spanish art, history, language, and culture. In Barcelona, the tour focused [...]
With one glance out the window, a vast, mountainous landscape surrounded by glistening blue-green water unfolds before your eyes. You turn to wake up the friend seated next to you. After an eight-and-a-half-hour flight, you are itching to get off the plane. The dream of being in Italy with all your friends has finally become [...]