Baking with Susanna: Honey Cake
Susanna Kemp, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2017
It’s a Jewish tradition to dip apples in honey or eat honey cake on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, to represent the beginning of a sweet year. This week is not only the beginning of the Jewish new year, but also just the second full week of school. School may be more hectic than sweet for we seni...
This year’s retiring teachers
June 21, 2017
Two teachers are retiring this year: dance and yoga teacher Kathleen Exar and health and fitness teacher Roberta Skoff. Read about their time at the high school and watch videos of their students and colleagues speaking about them below.
Robotics team wins competitions and community outreach award
Rachel Myers, Arts Layout Editor
June 19, 2017
At the beginning of every January, the robotics team is given an assignment for their competition, and the clock starts ticking. They have six weeks to build a robot. The Nutrons Robotics team of Brookline High School, Boston Latin School and Revere High School recently won their subdivision com...
Review: An Evening with Nik Walker
June 13, 2017
Filed under Arts, Performance Reviews, Showcase
The excited chatter of Hamilton fans could be heard throughout the auditorium. People of all ages, both families and individual students, anxiously waited for the anticipated alumni to speak. The overwhelming response to the event was evident, as the tickets sold within hours and the auditorium consi...
SENIORS: Where will you be in your next chapter of life?
June 5, 2017
Filed under Senior spread 2017, Showcase
ARIZONA Arizona State University - Henry Jean CALIFORNIA Occidental College - Sam Feingold-Gardner (Bachelors/Masters Program) University of California Los Angeles - Karun Mahadevan (Honors Program) University of California Santa Cruz - Duncan Mitchison-Field (Honors Program) University of Redlands - Me...
Students pursue passions after high school graduation
June 5, 2017
Filed under Senior spread 2017, Showcase
Once the four eventful years of high school are completed, there are certainly many things a graduating senior can pursue. At Brookline High, most continue their education at a 4-year university, but many decide to take a different path. According to Senior Ione Madsen-Hardy, she knew she wanted to ta...
Post-graduate students voyage outside of the country
Bertina Xue, Layout Managing Editor
June 5, 2017
Filed under Senior spread 2017, Showcase
Four-year colleges. Two-year colleges. Gap years. Work. Army. Upon graduation, students have many options as to what their next step in life will be. For some students, embarking on a journey to a new country is their option of choice. According to senior Elena Stotts-Lee, she committed to Trinity C...
First generation college students: the road to a higher education
Maya Morris, Visuals managing editor
June 5, 2017
Filed under Senior spread 2017, Showcase
Marquis Miller, Dean College What were you passionate about in high school? I was passionate about football. I played football since I was seven. When I was younger, it was mainly for fun and practice, but when I got to the high school I knew I had to dedicate myself to my teammates and the season,...
Special feature: Ndanu Mutisya
Haley Bayne, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 5, 2017
Filed under Senior spread 2017, Showcase
Over the past 27 years, over 7,000 students nationwide have been awarded full four-year scholarships from the Posse Foundation. This year, senior Ndanu Mustisya was one of them. The Posse Foundation seeks public school students with “extraordinary academic and leadership potential,” according ...
Música y Cultura 2017
Jamie Martinez and Sascha Wolf-Sorokin
June 3, 2017
The auditorium shook with the powerful beating of the drums and strumming of guitars. The strong voices of the combined choruses sang an arrangement of traditional Puerto Rican bombas. This was the beginning of the annual music and dance performances in Música y Cultura. The Música y Cultura assembly, which has be...
Students display capstone EPIC projects
Lauren Mahoney, Sports Writing Editor
June 1, 2017
As the temperature climbs and seniors make plans for graduation, a new reality hits many seniors: senioritis. After four year in the same building, classes can feel monotonous and seniors tend to lose motivation to stay engaged. The Experiential, Project-based, Innovative Capstone [EPIC] course aims to...
Arts
Baking with Susanna: Honey Cake
Susanna Kemp, Co-Editor-in-Chief
It’s a Jewish tradition to dip apples in honey or eat honey cake on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, to represent the beginning of a sweet year. This week is not only the ...
September 18, 2017
Review: An Evening with Nik Walker
June 13, 2017
Baking with Susanna: trail mix cookies
June 10, 2017
June 3, 2017
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100 Years of JFK
The Headlines of the Kennedy Years
Leon Yang, Co-Editor-in-Chief
We went to the archives to find headlines from old issues of our newspaper to see what stories were written during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. A few notable st...
June 15, 2017
Remembering Kennedy: Residents’ Stories
June 15, 2017
Kennedy advocated for the appreciation of art
June 14, 2017
JFK Presidential Library preserves legacy
June 14, 2017
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