Shedding light on student trends and culture at the high school.
Bryn Pennetti
Reporter
Since elementary school, rumors about school lunches have spread from mentions of rubber hot dogs to 400 calorie cookies. But do students actually know what’s in their grab-and-go cafeteria foods?
The NCHS cafeteria serves varied breakfast and lunch foods ranging from ice cream to prepared sandwiches. Though every day the cafeteria is crowded with hungry teens, the most students tend to know about the food is the name and what condiments can go with it.
Sophomore Jim Bush* first used smokeless tobacco during the summer before his freshman year in high school. By second semester, Jim was purchasing his own smokeless tobacco from local gas stations and vendors and bringing it to school every day. Now, Jim says he is addicted and uses smokeless tobacco upwards of eight to nine times a day, regardless of whether he is in class.
Lizzy Burke and Monica Nair
Reporters
This year, on November 18th, Breaking Dawn broke 200 million dollars in box office sales and reached the title of the fifth-biggest opening weekend of all time. Such numbers make students wonder just how these series achieve their series appeal. A popular event for series fanatics is attending the midnight premiere.
Sara Levine
Features Editor
In a competitive town like New Canaan, parents are determined for their kids to excel in every way possible. As a result, while most likely not as extreme, some students claim that they’re familiar with the “tiger” form of parenting.
Emilie Kushner
Reporter
The warm-hued leaves of fall dot the trees that stately line the long narrow streets of New Canaan. The downtown, with stores like Garelick and Herbs, Togs, and Zumbachs, add to the New England ambiance of serenity, and local originality is apparent in the brisk autumn wind.
