The Ten Commandments of High School

Kit Clemente & Giuliana Savini

We all know that there are unwritten rules in high school. But by senior year, when all your attention is being focused towards orientation in August, you begin to recognize the ways that you’ve been living your life. As we descend from Mount Sinai, with glowing rays of light emanating from behind our holy heads, we present to you the ten most important of the high school commandments.

The Caffeine Conflict

Gracie Castle
Reporter

In the morning, junior Harriet Prior walks down the hallway with a coffee cup in her hand. After school she walks behind the counter at Zumbach’s. For Harriet, coffee is an essential part of her day. “I drink coffee every single morning. I can’t get through the day without at least one cup or else I crash,” she said.

The best places in town to get holiday drinks

Molly Stine
Reporter

The holiday season brings for New Canaanites gift shopping, house decorating and sledding (weather permitting). But the most anticipated part of the season appears in coffee shops around town. The love of holiday drinks runs deep and as you can imagine, things can get pretty heated (no pun intended) over who makes them the best. NCHS students have evaluated where they think the best spot in town is to get a holiday drink during the season. Whether it’s Zumbach’s, Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, everybody has a personal preference.

My Top 25 Summer Firsts

Gogo Jones
Sports Editor

1) Surfed without a wetsuit (think cheese grater)
2) Ate a quart of Del’s frozen lemonade in one sitting
3) Received an order from swell.com. Tanks aren’t only for girls.
4) Made a skim board ramp with plywood and PVC. Ate it hard.
5) Shared a brewski with my Dad at the Chatham Squire