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School News
Summer Wilson
Dec 62 min read
Staff Secret Santa
Secret Santa, also known as Secret Snowflake, has been an annual tradition for many years at Newtown High School. Staff members, non...
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Addison Plummer
Dec 63 min read
Toxic Stress
Most people deal with stress in their daily lives, but it seems that the pressure on high school students in recent years has...
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Charlotte Grasso
Dec 63 min read
"Letters to Sala" NHS Production
The Newtown High School Drama program presented Letters to Sala on November 14-17th. Letters To Sala is a play about a young girl...
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Global Events
Recent Viruses
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has come and gone, other infectious diseases have been reported across the country. Cases of the avian...
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Climate Change Around Us
Connecticut has been facing its driest two month period since 1905, with low rainfall leading to severe drought conditions in some areas...
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Cabinet Appointments
As Donald Trump had been elected to be the 46th President of the United States, he began to make his Cabinet picks throughout November....
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Opinions & Editorials
The Turkey Trot from an Inside Perspective
On Thanksgiving morning, while the majority of the country was fast asleep, I was gearing up to face off against my family in a 5k that...
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Opinion on Diddy
Sean Combs, more widely known as P Diddy, is an embarrassment to artists and celebrities as a whole. With his bottles of baby oil and...
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Too Many Streaming Services
The average American household has 4-6 different TV and streaming service subscriptions. This means that the average U.S. citizen is...
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Sports & Athletics
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul
After Mike Tyson was defeated by Jake Paul in 8 rounds, chaos erupted. After winning the first two rounds, Tyson lost the last 6, leading...
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College Football
The college football regular season has ended. For the first time ever, there will be a 12-team playoff for NCAA Division 1 FBS college...
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The Playoffs
This NFL season has been one to remember. Multiple teams have surprised us with their successes, while others have failed to meet their...
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Arts & Culture
Unrecognized Holidays
Christmas and Hanukkah are often the holidays we think of being most celebrated in the winter. But in fact, there are many more...
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Toxic Stress
Most people deal with stress in their daily lives, but it seems that the pressure on high school students in recent years has...
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New Year's Traditions
New Year’s is a holiday with many traditions and superstitions. With the earliest known record of the holiday dating back to 2000 BCE, it...
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Technology and The Future
Moo Deng
The Thai words Moo Den, meaning bouncing pork, have recently taken on a new meaning as the name of a baby pygmy hippopotamus. This hippo...
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AI Attention
Artificial intelligence is being paid a lot of attention right now. AI has been around in an archaic sense since the late 50’s, but its...
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Text Me!
Bumble, the online dating platform where women were initially in control, is now opening the door to men starting conversations on the...
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