Police Club visits court

Whitney Gulden
Reporter

On Tuesday, May 25, eleven members of the Police Club went to the Stamford Courthouse to go behind the scenes of the judicial system.

There, club members were given a tour by the courthouse Elite Marshall Sapienza and lawyer Mark Durkin, where the students saw holding cells where criminals are brought before trial, the public story law library, and the juvenile clerk’s office.

Between touring, the students exercised their right of access to the judicial system by sitting in on the proceedings of two active cases.

Synchronized swimmers perform in NYC for TLC summer promotion

Taylor Dunstan

Reporter

On Tuesday, May 25, junior Marina Hoffman and freshman Rebecca Trinklein traveled to New York City in order to participate in a promotion for TLC’s new summer line-up. As members of the New Canaan YMCA Aquianas Synchronized Swimming Team, Marina and Rebecca, along with four of their teammates, had to opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a TLC camera and thousands of people passing through the city in a tank that was located on the back of a truck.

Live electronic band D-Numbers holds concert and workshop

Charlie Dorf
Arts and Entertainment Editor

Since the invention of the commercially produced synthesizer in the 1960’s, electronic music has expanded exponentially, from the new wave dance pop of Depeche Mode and New Order to more contemporary artists like Daft Punk and Girl Talk. Today, Friday, May 28, the live electronic band D-Numbers will be holding a concert/workshop in the auditorium during A and B periods.

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.