Science Classes Unite for College Lecture

December 6, 2013

Hawthorne High School students in three different sciences classes attended a live webcast presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) on December 5, 2013.  Students in AP Biology, Genetics, and Anatomy and Physiology classes took advantage of the high school’s technology that enables... Read more »

Appreciating Our Military Families

Ruqaiyah ElSaawy, Staff Writer
December 5, 2013

Hawthorne High School’s Library Media Center is commemorating Military Family Appreciation Month through a Wall of Honor, which presents the pictures and information of military members, showing respect for the people who serve this country, and allowing the family of these military members to display... Read more »

New York City Field Trip for the Creative Writing Club

December 4, 2013

The Hawthorne High School Creative Writing Club visited the New York Public Library on December 4, 2013. The students took a guided tour of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Beaux-Arts landmark on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street that houses some 15 million items, among them priceless medieval manuscripts,... Read more »

Private Eye Visits HHS

Jessica Terrizzi, Contributor
December 3, 2013

The Criminal Justice classes went on an in-school field trip on November 22, 2013, to listen to Private Investigator Brian Creter speak about his profession. Creter is a Senior Investigator in the Threat Assessment and Management Division of Gavin De Becker and Associates, a private security firm in... Read more »

2013-2014 Wrestling Preview

Olivia Meier, Staff Writer
November 27, 2013

One of the much-anticipated sports this upcoming winter season is wrestling. With ith new head coach Joe Mazzacca and the absence of the Ramos brothers, Replacing Head Coach Robert Pasquale,  Coach Mazzacca is not new to wrestling. He has been an assistant coach at HHS for eight years. “Now, to... Read more »

HHS Trip to Italy

Luis Mendoza, Staff Writer
November 20, 2013

Hawthorne High School is planning to say ‘ciao’ to a select group of deserving students who are going to Italy in April of 2014. HHS teachers and senior class advisors John DiLonardo and Marisa Margarucci are planning the trip for students in the Italian Club, AP Italian class, and Media Arts III... Read more »

Opinions on New Schedule

Olivia Meier , Staff Writer
November 15, 2013

For the 2013-2014 school year, Hawthorne High School has introduced the rotating modified drop schedule. In this new schedule, there are only six periods a day, everyone has a common lunch, and the periods rotate day by day. For almost two months now, this schedule has been in effect. Everyone has an... Read more »

Social Media: Who’s Reading Your Posts?

Nina Nadirashvili, Contributor
November 14, 2013

As technology significantly progresses each year, so do the ways of communicating and sharing, thus creating a question of whether schools should have any say in what takes place on students’ home screens. With social media, such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc., it has become much harder to monitor... Read more »

Christie Comes Out On Top

Sarah Kearsley, Staff Writer
November 13, 2013

Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie was reelected on November 5, 2013 taking over 60 percent of the votes against Democratic candidate Barbara Buono. Republican Christie is notorious for his blunt and “in your face” style of governing. During his time in office, he has implemented many controversial... Read more »

“Fall into Pink” Homecoming Dance

Natalie Tousignant , Staff Writer
November 11, 2013

This year’s homecoming dance, held on October 18, 2013, was a great success. The theme of the dance, which was “Fall into Pink,” calling for a pink apparel dress code, which put a fresh spin on a Hawthorne High School tradition. Student Council Recording Secretary, Paige Stroh, noted, “People... Read more »