Tyler Kendall
Reporter
Since Superintendent of Schools David Abbey announced his retirement on Oct. 12, a Superintendent Search Committee has been set up to make a decision regarding his successor. This committee set out to hire a search firm to help conduct the hunt. The committee has urged the community to take an active role in the decision making, too. Several Focus groups and an online survey were made available to all public school faculty, residents and students.
Jack Ludtke
Reporter
Even though Christmas is over and the nation is at work, the Junior Student Coalition is still in the season of giving. From Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, the week before Super Bowl XLVI, the student leaders will run the “Soup-or-Bowl” fundraising campaign. Each English class will compete against each other to see who can collect the most cans for the Fairfield County Food Bank.
Isabel Lawrence
Reporter
The infamous October snowstorm that left many in the dark left some questioning New Canaan’s emergency preparedness. The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is working to make the storm fall out as pain free as possible, utilizing the best possible technology for improved communication throughout the town. The next possible project? New Canaan’s very own AM radio station.
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
John Berger
Reporter
Skyrim has received perfect reviews. Insidegamingdaily.com said, “Quit your job. Divorce your spouse. Give your children up for adoption. Do whatever you need to do to find the time to play Skyrim.” The video game made half a billion dollars within one month of its release in November. Not only that, half of the copies were picked up within the first two days of the original launch.
