Abigail Neugeboren Reporter In honor of National Poetry Month, students who are interested in sharing their work will gather in the Wagner room at 7
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Author Conor Grennan brings insight and encouragement to English students
Tyler Kendall Editor-in-Chief Conor Grennan, cofounder of Next Generation Nepal (NGN), visited NCHS on Thurs. Feb. 27 to speak about his book, Little Princes.
New Teachers: English Department
By Sarah Maddox Reporter This year, NCHS is undergoing changes largely focusing on school-wide security as well as technology use. However, perhaps the largest change
David vs. Sparknotes
Junior Connor Gress tries his best to keep up with school reading, although sometimes he is tempted by internet sites that claim to provide supplemental help to difficult literature. “When we were assigned Huckleberry Finn in my American Studies class, I found it to be very hard to understand because of the different language in the book,” Connor said.
Page meets stage
Giuliana Savini
Editor in Chief
Poetry can move–it has not found its eternal resting place on the pages of high school English curricula. Its rhythm can flex, its stanzas can shift, and it can transcend its printed medium. But when lines that once travelled across a page are carried on the back of a soundwave, do they change? Is a poem any different when analyzed under a meticulous eye or heard from the mouth of some velvet-voiced speaker? Regardless of the vehicle of delivery, poetry is meant to be enjoyed. And enjoying poetry means different things for all of us: a poem may simply bring you a singular moment of clarity and happiness, or on a grander scale, closer to the truths you seek. So, what exactly happens when poetry moves from the page to the stage?