On Thursday, May 27, hundreds of students attended International Night in the cafeteria. Students brought dishes from different cultures to share in addition to putting on musical performances, both of which counted as extra credit in their language classes. Select students also received awards for their language classes.
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World War II Veterans come to NCHS for Memorial Day assembly
Jana Persky and Dan Popper
For those students who have watched the new HBO mini-series The Pacific, the characters and the violent battles of World War II are graphic and realistic. But even more vivid are the stories of the men who actually served in those campaigns, more than a hundred of whom will be coming here tomorrow, Thursday, May 27, for the annual pre-Memorial Day veterans assembly.
The assembly will run from 10:30-12:30, but according to Social Studies Department Chair Richard Webb, it may run a little longer. “This is probably going to the longest assembly yet, so we may be excusing kids from 10-1,” Mr. Webb said.
NCTV wins big at 6th Annual Access Awareness Awards
Every year, the Area Nine Cable Council and Cablevision of Connecticut honor students for their original television productions. Out of 280 student videos submitted for the competition, the students from NCTV walked away with five Educational Access Awareness or “Eddy” awards.
Needtobreathe
Whitney Gulden
We’re going from a hard metal band to a Christian rock band. Ever heard of Needtobreathe? While the song that most recently made them catch my eye was Something Beautiful, they are most well known for a couple of their older songs. Originally from Needtobreathe’s second album The Heat (released in 2007), the song More Time was featured in the 2007 movie P.S. I Love You.
Be prepared to get lost in “Lost”
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…