Nor’easter wreaks havoc

Sara McCloskey
Managing Editor

April showers have yet to begin, but the March nor’easter brought high winds and plenty of rain this past weekend. New Canaan was declared ‘in a State of Emergency’ on Sunday, and the havoc is still on our streets.

The tree damage has been devastating in most areas. Colin Brown, an Environmental Educator at the New Canaan Nature Center, has been living on site for a year and a half at the Center and has never seen this kind of devastation there. “Around 15 to 20 trees probably fell; six or seven trees blocked the trails,” Mr. Brown said. “The rain wasn’t that bad, it was a normal March or April rain, but the wind was very strong…”

SATs this Saturday

On Saturday the Collegeboard will be administering the SAT Reasoning Test. NCHS is not a testing center for this test, and therefore students are taking the test at either Darien High School, Westhill High School, or Fairfield Ludlowe High School.

The Collegeboard only offers the Reasoning Test on the March test date, so students who wish to take a Subject Test must wait until the May or June test date…

National Honor Society lends support to MDA

Teresa Montaneri
Reporter

This week, the National Honor Society (NHS) will be selling shamrocks for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during lunch. The school got involved with the fundraiser at Mr. Pavia’s suggestion.

”Mr. [James] Lacerenza has family in town and has solicited local schools to support the MDA,” NHS Faculty Advisor Roger Hansell said. ”Whenever a request for community service comes to me, I forward it to the National Honor Society Student President or Vice President. They then contact the membership and organize the fundraiser…”