This Thursday, Jan. 28th, a group of seniors will take the National Assessment of Education Progress Exam (NAEP). According to Assistant Principal Ari Rothman, the exam is often referred to as “the nation’s report card.” The exam is run by the U.S. Department of Education, and its results are used to collect data on a national basis. This year, seniors will take a writing assessment.
Year: 2010
Playwright contest submissions due Friday
Catherine Chiocchi
Arts Editor
Each year the Drama Department holds Dramafest, a contest for aspiring playwrights. Students submit 20-minute plays based on a predetermined theme. This year’s theme is “a way out.” The top four are produced, cast, and directed by students.
This year the Drama Department chose to team up with Hartford Stage’s Write On contest…
Relieving midterm stress with candles, Starbucks, and Xbox
Lucia Molina
Reporter
Cramming information you learned at the beginning of the semester, drinking coffee to stay awake, and burning candles to alleviate the stress means it’s to take midterm exams. Midterms land in the middle of the school year, always catching the student body by surprise. With so many chapters to reread, math problems to go over, and history to review in such little time…
Make your own inspiration!
Kelly Saiz
Making an inspiration board is so much fun because you can characterize your individual ideas into something that you can admire everyday. If I have trouble getting dressed, I know that I can always take a look at my style board to get my blood flowing.
An inspiration board doesn’t have to just be about fashion. It could be about music, people, beauty, or the places you’ve been and want to go. That’s what I love about it— you can do whatever you want…
Planning for some summer
Siddharth Deshpande
Reporter
In the midst of a cold winter, most people eagerly await the onset of summer but are far from planning what they actually plan to do over the two-month vacation. However, students interested in pursuing summer programs and jobs this year need to start planning for their activities now, as deadlines for applications to summer opportunities are quickly approaching.
According to Ms. Susan Carroll, coordinator of the College and Career Center the deadlines for applications to summer programs may be due sooner than we think…