Logan Phillips Senor Editor In 2006, the Rams reached the pinnacle of the sports world in a phenomenal 17-8, FCIAC Championship run. Since then, the
Year: 2011
Perkins Testing
McCabe Hemmers
Reporter
Every year, several students who take career and tech education classes are chosen to take the annual Connecticut Career and Technical Education assessments, commonly known as “The Perkins test.” The name is actually misconceived by many but has been part of NCHS ever since the program started.
Department head, Jim Zambarano, has been part of the program for the past eight years. “The test has always been part of New Canaan High School ever since I’ve joined, but last year was the first year students can take the test online.”
Relationships ‘lured’ closer by fishing
Sara McCloskey
Editor-in-Chief
Many children experience fishing at a young age alongside a family member. A few students have continued this pastime in their high school years with friends.
Some, like senior Jack Church, picked up fishing while vacation with family in Florida. “I was on vacation when I was younger, around five years old, and I went out with my Dad for four hours,” he said. ”We didn’t catch anything, but since then we’ve always gone fishing on vacations – fresh water and salt water, we’d try it out.”
Glee Recap: “Rumours” plague the Glee clubbers
Lily Kazemi Reporter Last Tuesday on Glee, the New Directions took a stab at one of my all-time favorite bands, Fleetwood Mac, as a way
Students and staff seek consistently reliable teacher evaluation
While public schools across the nation are being forced by President Obama’s Race to the Top program to evaluate teachers through student achievement, New Canaan High School students, teachers and administrators remain adamant that student test scores alone do not accurately assess teaching skills.