Emily Brand
Reporter
Ever see underclassmen walking around with hockey helmets, or with swim caps and goggles on in school? Let’s be honest-who doesn’t like to see the freshmen suffer? Having to do pranks and challenges inside and outside of school are all part of the initiation and hazing traditions.
Taylor du Pont & Emilie Kushner
Associate Multimedia Editor
“I’ll be right there.”
The infamous text [above] was involved in many car crashes, a result of texting while driving. Such a simple habit has become an epidemic, causing about 6,000 deaths each year. The question remains: can it be stopped?
Although texting while driving is illegal in the United States, the American Automobile Association found that nearly 50 percent of teens admitted to resorting to it at one point or another. Here at NCHS, many upperclassmen drivers also admitted to taking part in the dangerous and deadly activity.
Video by Taylor du Pont, Emilie Kushner & Giuliana Savini
Danielle Sorcher & Elizabeth Kilbride
Special Reports Director & Opinions Editor
Here at good old NCHS, classrooms are full of shenanigans. But the question posed to students and faculty alike was: how much do kids really get away with? From multitasking in class (yes, that means finishing that lab in period three English) to bad days and cell phone usage, here’s what students are up to and teachers are noticing…
Emily Wood
Reporter
When Hurricane Irene stormed through New Canaan on Aug. 27 and left most of the town without power, it forced the Board of Education to postpone the first day of the school year until after Labor Day. The Board then sought to find ways to modify the school calendar. The board met three times before finally approving a modification suggested by the NCPS
Lily Kazemi
News Editor
The first day of school is always a challenge, whether you’re finding where your new classes, attempting to memorize your new schedule down, or meeting your new and mysterious teachers. Now, however, they don’t have to be so mysterious; keep on reading for inside interviews with the staff’s newest members!
