Monthly Archive: December 2011

Swimmers at their first Hanover meet. Photo courtesy of Sarah Aronson

Marauders Start Season Swimmingly

By Sandy Yu Hanover High has had a proud tradition of excellence in both academics and athletics. This holds true for one of Hanover’s newest (relatively speaking) sports: swimming. The Hanover Swim Team was...

Gym Class for All

By Matt Wood Standing on a wooden platform perched high in the trees during a gym class freshman year, I am terrified, yet excited. I jump off and speed down the long zip-line through...

The teenage brain works best during specific hours of the day. Photo courtesy of interestingfactsblog.blogspot.com

Curing the Teenage Caffeine Addiction

By Eben Holbrook According to Psychology Today, studies show that the teenage mind is most active between the hours of 2pm and 9pm. To get all we can out of our education, shouldn’t we...

The Boys Hockey team. Photo courtesy of John Montgomery

Winter Sports Preview

By Tomas La Porta Drago and Chi Zhang BOYS HOCKEY Coach: Dick Dodds Captains: Christian Wolter, Peter Bensen Who’s Back: Seniors—Christian Wolter, Ryan Brigham, Sun Ho Ma, Connor Gordon. Juniors—Mike Yukica, Peter Bensen, James...

Photo courtesy of Sasada Yu

An Interview With Sasada Yu

Interview by James Wolfe Could you tell us a bit about where you come from? I am from Wuhan, in south-central China. Many people here ask me, “What is it, a city or a...

Council Update

By Gabe Brison-Trezise Council has had some rousing discussions in the past few weeks about matters ranging from granting ninth graders off-campus privileges to changing the start time of school. In what will be...

Mrs. Gillespie speaks at Graduation 2011. Photo courtesy of Commencement Photos, Inc.

Mrs. Gillespie Announces Retirement

By Paul Hurford Deborah Gillespie, the principal of Hanover High School, is retiring at the end of the school year. She is leaving because she and her husband are going to spend more time...