Serra Oral
Blogs Editor
For the past six years, every spring has brought a new season of ABC’s hit TV show, Lost, but Sunday May 23, we begin to say goodbye to it with its series finale. On Saturday March 23, there was a re-airing of the two hour pilot and a special showing of Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost at 12:00 a.m. Tonight at 7:00 there will be a two-hour Lost retrospective, Lost: The Final Journey. Then from 9:00 to 11:30 will be the anticipated series finale…
Category: Featured
Senior cereal eating contest makes spectacle in lounge
Danielle Sorcher and Olivia Marcus
Features Editor and Reporter
During A period on Tuesday, May 19th, an informally planned event could be heard echoing throughout the halls of the school. The source of the commotion was found in the lounge, where senior boys were having a cereal eating contest. The terms of the competition were simple: whoever finished their box of cereal first, won…
New members inducted into National Honor Society
Last night, on Tuesday, May 18, fifty-five juniors were formally recognized as members of the National Honor Society (NHS) in an induction ceremony that took place in the Wagner Room. At the event, Superintendent David Abbey, Principal Tony Pavia, and the New Canaan NHS Chapter Advisor Roger Hansell, along with senior NHS members Aubreigh Guynn, Victoria Fairchild, Emily Milano, and Anne-Kelly Rhudy spoke to students and parents.
The inductees listed alphabetically are:
Biology students visit the Bronx Zoo
On Monday, April 26th fifty-four biology students went on a field trip to The Bronx Zoo in New York City. During their tour, the group visited the Sea Lion Pool, Big Bears exhibit, Himalayan Highlands exhibit, Tiger Mountain,the Monkey House, the Mouse House, the World of Birds exhibit, the World of Reptiles exhibit, the Madagascar! exhibit, the Congo Gorilla forest, and the African Plains exhibit.
New options aim to combat senioritis
Emily Greene and Catherine Chiocchi
News Editor and Arts Editor
Senior year. That crucial milestone. It’s a time to deepen maturity, self-awareness, and personal passions — and at times it can seem like a social vacation akin to that of Ferris Bueller.
After college applications are finished, many seniors contract “senioritis,” because they see little academic worth in the rest of the school year. Why, these seniors ask, should they still even be in school?
Some state legislators have been asking the same question. Earlier this year, Republican Senator Chris Buttars of Utah proposed a plan to eliminate senior year for students who have already earned enough credits to graduate as a part of a statewide budget cutting effort. After receiving considerable backlash from the public, he revised his plan, making senior year optional instead.
Could this idea eventually become a reality? For students who choose to graduate early, it already is…