Find out what’s going on at NCHS.
Kate Howard & Lily Kazemi
News Editors
On Mar. 19, after a national search, Chair of the New Canaan Board of Education Hazel Hobbs announced the unanimous selection of Dr. Mary Kolek as the new Superintendent of the New Canaan Public Schools (NCPS). Effective July 1, Dr. Kolek will be the first female superintendent for this district.
Lily Kazemi
News Editor
In order to draw attention to the revised Core Values, Beliefs and Learning Expectations poster, the library designed a contest in which participants must identify the 14 students and 10 faculty members depicted on the poster. This contest, open to both students and staff, will end Apr. 30 and all submissions with the 24 correct identities will then be entered into a raffle for a $50 Amazon gift certificate. A form to fill out the answers is located on the library’s homepage.
Taylor du Pont
Associate Media Editor
The charity driven and education promoting organization, Free the Children strives to empower youths to free the Earth’s population of the cycle of poverty. Locally, Free the Children clubs have been organized as schools such as NCHS, Saxe Middle sChool, South School and Saint Lukes.
Free the Children members carry water back to the village in Kenya. Photo Contributed by Abbie Stone
“The goal of free the children is to empower youth to change the world,” junior Liza Swindell said. “They work 50% locally and 50% globally to help with such things as sustainable development, health care and education.”
Lizzy Burke
Reporter
On Sunday, Mar. 18, students, parents and volunteers gathered at the high school gym for the annual Pura Vida Dodgeball Tournament. The Pura Vida club, who dedicates their time to raising awareness for starving children in impoverished countries such as Ghana and Costa Rica, saw a turn-out of 52 kids at the event.
Emily Brand and Isabel Lawrence
Reporters
On Sunday, Mar. 26, NCHS will host the annual scholarship drive where students go door to door to raise money for scholarships that will send their classmates to college. While all contributions, including those from businesses and families, are appreciated, student involvement can make or break the program. To get involved, students can sign up at a table in the cafeteria from Mar. 20-24. A ‘pep-rally’ will also be held on the 24th and is meant to encourage kids to come out and help raise more money each year.
