Shedding light on student trends and culture at the high school.
Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor
On April 24 the republican presidential candidates courted the vote of students when Connecticut hosted its round of the Republican Presidential Primaries. However, turnout for the primaries in New Canaan was extremely low, clocking in at only 13 percent. These numbers suggests little interest in the primaries, let alone the presidential race as a whole. So the question arises, do students in the high school care about this election?
Tyler Kendall
Features Editor
Second semester senior Phoebe Wilks can be seen walking around school with a Disney princess backpack slung over her shoulder. Phoebe is one of the countless students who decided to enter senior year not only sporting, but embracing this childish style. “My princess backpack brings me back to being a little kid. It’s my last year of high school, so it’s sort of how I hold on to being a child before I morph into an adult,” she said.
Isabelle Herde
Reporter
“When school first started, I didn’t think junior year would be as bad as people say, but within the first month I realized that they were right,” junior Molly Joyce said.
Seniors are posting their college acceptances on Facebook as juniors refresh Naviance for the thousandth time, checking their odds of getting into the college of their dreams.
Kit Clemente
Reporter
Every Wednesday, junior Molly Stine teaches third graders as a Walter Schalk instructor. Every moment is bittersweet, knowing that when she moves onto college she will miss the program and all it has offered. Other NCHS students are less dejected about moving on, as some admitted to participating in certain activities or taking certain classes solely to build their resumes.
Sara Levine
Features Editor
When walking into the local Walmart, it’s hard not to notice the pre-cut vegetable aisles, pre-made dinner refrigerators, and even large fast food chains within the superstore. Because made-to-go-food is accessible to us at all hours of the day, many choose to eat these convenient and easy meals.
