Shedding light on student trends and culture at the high school.
Lizzy Burke & Tyler Kendall
Features Editors
Movies such as The Notebook and Grease have influenced generations’ thoughts about relationships over summer vacation, showing the romantic and carefree aspects of love outside of school.
For some students, summer lovin’ isn’t always as perfect as the movies. “I was gone for most of the summer and my boyfriend was at home, which made it hard for us to be together,” junior Sara Wilson said. “The break from school was certainly a challenge for us.”
Lizzy Burke
Features Editor
Summer is a time for travel, and for many students a time to go abroad. Teen programs have become more common in recent years, where students travel with a group like ARCC or Overland to international locations and experience the culture. “The one thing I gained most was confidence,” sophomore Devin Selvala said of her trip to Barcelona. “I dove in head first and ended up having a blast.”
Tyler Kendall
Features Editor
Sophomore Kala Berg was born in Argentina and has been surrounded by the Spanish language ever since she was a young girl. “As a kid my parents spoke it around me, so I have always grown up in a Spanish speaking household,” she said.
Lizzy Burke
Features Editor
Sara is one of the hundreds of students who are constantly navigating around the strict parking laws here at the high school. Segregated parking is not a new trend for New Canaan High School, but recently there have been many complaints about the severe punishment and conflict it presents.
This year, to fill courses more effectively, class registration was, for the first time, online. Not only did students have more time to select classes through their PowerSchool accounts, introduced last year for online access to grades and attendance, the administration and guidance department now have more accurate computerized data to better facilitate student demand.
