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Young yet poised boys baseball team looks for development, success in new season

Young yet poised boys baseball team looks for development, success in new season

KYLE CASUCCI, Staff Writer April 5, 2018

Last year featured a devastating loss to Danvers in the Conference Championship. This year debuts a young, ambitious squad looking to capitalize on a drop to Division III. These players are not trying...

A selection of the trophies won by GHSs Drill Team

MCJROTC cadets drill their way to Nationals

SAMANTHA GROSS, Staff Writer February 16, 2018

This past weekend, the Gloucester High School MCJROTC went to Lowell High School for a drill competition and came back with a plethora of trophies. Unarmed Regulation - 4th Unarmed Exhibition -...

The flu and you: what you need to know

The flu and you: what you need to know

KAYLA PENNIMPEDE, Staff Writer February 7, 2018

It has been a century since the flu virus was at its worst, and in the transition from 2017 to 2018, exactly one hundred years later, the virus is making a strong comeback. Health officials believe that...

Cars flooded in the GHS parking lot.

GHS junior helpless as Bomb Cyclone destroys car

ALEXANDER OAKS, Staff Writer, Editor January 8, 2018

For Maria Karol, a student at GHS, last week's gargantuan blizzard and accompanying weather phenomenon were more than just an opportunity for days off from school. As pictures of a flooded GHS circulated...

Senator Elizabeth Warren addresses the crowd inside of GHSs Putney auditorium

Elizabeth Warren holds Town Hall at GHS, preaches empathy

CAROLINE ENOS and ALEXANDER OAKS December 19, 2017

When asked to give three words that GHS students should remember in order to survive today’s tense political climate, Senator Elizabeth Warren immediately responded with a smile. “I only need one-...

Opinion: Overblown West Parish fiasco reeks of hypocrisy

Opinion: Overblown West Parish fiasco reeks of hypocrisy

ALEXANDER OAKS, Editor, Staff Writer October 27, 2017

Last week, drama of a different theater struck Gloucester. On Friday, October 20th, West Parish School hosted a Halloween-themed children’s party, after-hours, for students of the elementary school....

GHS students and faculty, adorned in pink, arrange themselves in a heart shape.

Don’t feel blue, think pink

ALEXANDER OAKS, Staff Writer, Editor October 20, 2017

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to honor and acknowledge this, GHS language teachers  Carol Finacey and Rayanne Menery have spent the last handful of weeks selling pink t-shirts...

Sophomore Cate Delaney assists Junior Jemima Grow

Field hockey team advances to state tournament

DELANEY BENCHOFF, Staff Writer October 20, 2017

Six and a half weeks and twelve games into the fall season, and Gloucester High School remains undefeated. Their 9-0-3 record can stand alone in describing the new year and team. With only four games...

Caroline King defends home turf.

Girls soccer off to a strong start

JESSE ALEXANDER, Staff Writer September 27, 2017

The Gloucester girls soccer team is off to a great start after winning their first four conference games of the season, with only two losses. Senior Captain, Danielle Larrabee, says about the team, “We’ve...

Vocational students huddle around new equipment.

Massachusetts Capital Skills Grant creates opportunities for GHS students

DELANEY BENCHOFF and BRANDON SMITH September 13, 2017

The new 2017-2018 school year presents new hands-on availabilities for all Gloucester High School students. A $499,000 grant request sent from the GHS vocational program to modify and update the vocational...

Hearts adorn the wall outside of the school store.

Sending our hearts to Houston and Florida

MADISON LAING, Staff Writer September 12, 2017

Over the past week, you may have seen hearts on the wall next to the snack shop and in the cafeteria and wondered what they are for. Those hearts are to help those who have been affected by Hurricanes...

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