Students learn to balance school, sports, and scoliosis

Kit Clemente
Reporter
When sophomore Liz Gordon was diagnosed with scoliosis, she learned she would have to alter her daily routines to accommodate her treatment course, and help put an end to her back pains.
Many others, like Liz, have to accommodate to life with scoliosis. According to Boston Brace, one in every 1,000 children between ages 3-5 develops scoliosis, and girls especially are affected, as the condition is more prevalent among females.

Say yes to recycling your prom dress this season

Isabel Lawrence
Reporter

On Mar. 19-23, the Post Prom Committee will be collecting gently used, clean, formal dresses in front of the main office from 7:30 am-2:15 pm to be donated to the Christian Community Action in Norwalk. However, New Canaan students in need of a prom dress will have first priority to the selection of dresses.

Breakout band to release new EP spring of 2012

Bryn Pennetti
Reporter

Recording and editing from the comfort of their homes, Seniors Jamie Fairchild, along with Peter Murphy and Norwalk Community College Freshman Stefan Broski, sit at a Mac as they touch up sound tracks and tweak solo parts. In a process that takes weeks, the three students rely on their ears to lead them in the right direction.

A read it and LOL guide to weekdays

I’d rather eat the seafood gumbo our school offered last week than be told by my mom to get up on Monday mornings. I’m not even sure how to describe the oppressive misery of getting out from Sunday nights cocoon and entering a week full of short-answer questions, finding theta and learning about how our forefathers schemed harder in Philadelphia than French Montana at a video shoot- but it sucks. Mondays mean no hot water, no sunshine, and porridge for every meal. But count your blessings- Mondays are better than Tuesdays.

Welcome to the waiting room

Yesterday morning my Mom called me to inform me that a letter from Hobart and William Smith College, my top choice, was sitting on the kitchen counter.

Obviously my first reaction was, “IS IT BIG OR SMALL?!”

Everyone knows that receiving a thick envelope from a college has always been an indication of acceptance, while a skinny envelope normally means that fate was not on your side.