Robin Hood: Benjamin Wagner’s Common Application Essay
In the woods, I am Robin Hood. I am free. The master of my own destiny. My face spreads into a grin, and I roll down the hill. Hiding within my imagination, a merry...
Author: Alice Rodi
Religion in the Boy Scouts: James Eiler’s Common Application Essay
The Boy Scouts of America is a dogmatically religious organization. While the organization has changed its stance on LGBT scouts even allowed girls to join, it has never accepted atheists or agnostics. Just last...
Conserving History: James Eiler’s Common Application Essay
My feet pounded against the asphalt as I ran up the hill for the fifth time that hot May morning. As I reached the top, my eyes shifted between the map in my hand...
An Anti-“Common Application Essays” Common Application Essay
I’m a senior, which means I’m currently writing a lot (I mean, a lot) of supplemental and Common Application essays about myself. This is difficult because I, like I’m sure many of you, don’t quite know...
Council Report (10/21/20)
On October 21st, in one of its strongest showings in recent memory, Council passed a bylaw revision and failed two others. After reports, Council moved into a discussion of the Online Only Council Student...
Precedent for Mascot Change Involves… Sloths?
In a Council meeting in May of 1986, a motion was brought to change the Hanover High mascot from the Marauders to the Three-Toed Sloths. Although this motion passed, no historical record of the...
The Environmental Justice Committee: Making Strides Towards a More Socially and Environmentally Conscious HHS
In light of George Floyd’s death, and the widespread call to reevaluate institutionalized racism, a small group of students and teachers from the Environmental club branched off to create the Environmental Justice Committee. Co-created...
14 HHS Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
On September 9th, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of approximately 16,000 National Merit Semifinalists to news media. The following day, fourteen Hanover High students were informed of their status as Semifinalists:...
The Early (Or Absentee!) Bird Gets the Vote
Some may argue that the 2020 election is currently happening. Why is that? In fact, over 4 million voters have already cast ballots for this year’s election, and upwards of 50 million people are...
Lace up for the 5k for Forest!
When Hanover High School closed down in mid-March due to COVID-19, many HHS clubs were put on hold. This setback did not stop two passionate members of Environmental Club, Sonja Peterson (’21) and Charlotte...