New Schedule Synopsis: Pleasant But Not Perfect
After trials of block scheduling last year at HHS, the administration had adapted it to become a lasting system. In addition to new block periods, which meet for an hour and a half every...
Monthly Archive: November 2021
“Star Wars: Visions” Review
I have been waiting for this. Star Wars: Visions was announced in the winter of 2020, and I’ve been looking forward to it the second I heard the premise. It’s a series of animated...
The NH “Divisive Concepts” Law
Last year there was a lot of concern over New Hampshire Bill 544 which intended to stop public schools from teaching “divisive concepts.” Opponents claimed that the bill was an effort to limit teachers’...
Line 3: Climate, Culture, and Just Transition
An act of genocide involves violent and purposeful destruction of life; it implies that some lives, or forms of life, are more valuable than others. Although we normally think about genocidal acts as emerging...
New Teacher Profile: Ms. Megan Sass
Megan Sass has been working as a school psychologist for her entire career. From Mascenic Regional, to Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative, and now to Hanover, she has been working with young people for over twenty...
Devious Licks Divide School
The entrance to the third-floor men’s bathroom stood out in an otherwise unremarkable hall, its entrance barred by a mesh of yellow caution tape, upside-down trash cans, and paper signs as a result of...
1st Quarter Council Report
This year Council hit the ground running, allocating money to clubs, passing a motion that funds a Driver’s Ed scholarship, and buying two new Weber grills from a small business in town to replace...
Mascot Vote Compromised by Unoriginal Designs
In March, the New Mascot Selection and Implementation Committee was formed. Co-chaired by Kavi Patel (‘24), Josh Stearns (‘24), and Mr. Hirschhorn, the committee worked to create a mascot selection process that was fair...
Not Standup: A Comedy of Errors
Do you have plans this Thursday, Friday, or Saturday? If not, you do now: the Hanover High School Footlighters are putting on a show! A classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity: A Comedy of...
The Case for Honors Social Studies
I am a senior at Hanover High School. Most of my time here has been spoken for; I have taken most of the classes I either wished to or had to take, and...