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The Gillnetter

The Gillnetter

Interview with Rebecca Dowd

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 22, 2020

1. What has remote school taught you about real school? What do you value more about school now that it's been taken away? Is there anything that you like better about remote school? Remote school has...

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR REMAINDER OF YEAR

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 21, 2020

Governor Charlie Baker has announced that Massachusetts school closure has been extended to the end of the year. "At this point in time there is no authoritative guidance with respect to how to operate...

Deep

Deep

MASSIMO MOGETTA April 12, 2020

Donate to the Virtual Food Drive!

Donate to the Virtual Food Drive!

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 10, 2020

The Open Door Food Pantry is playing a vital role in the fight against COVID-19 without a single doctor on staff. As devastating as the disease itself has been in our community, its economic implications...

Everything you need to know about required remote learning

Everything you need to know about required remote learning

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 8, 2020

Today, Wednesday April 8th, marks the beginning of Phase II of the Gloucester Public School District’s remote learning plan. Assignments will now be mandatory and count towards students’ pass/fail...

Pass/fail credit to be awarded for Terms 3 and 4

Pass/fail credit to be awarded for Terms 3 and 4

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 8, 2020

Tuesday, March 22nd, Gloucester High School administration announced that Terms 3 and 4 will be graded on a pass/fail basis. This a departure from the usual system, through which students receive scores...

Chernobyl

Chernobyl

Charles King April 8, 2020

Nuclear power plants are designed to run twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Maintaining a power source that relies on radioactive uranium requires competent...

OMaley  8th grader Willow Barry models a homemade protective mask

How and why you need to start sewing masks

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer, Editor April 7, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to tighten its grasp on our nation, the need for PPE (personal protective equipment) becomes more severe. Medical facilities of all types are seeing an increasing number of Coronavirus...

Puppet

Puppet

Emily Palk April 7, 2020

a puppet on a string fraying on one end   slowly breaking out of society’s confinement no longer a product put out on display   the most authentic we’ve ever been and...

Walking Each Other Home

Walking Each Other Home

Autumn-Marie Silva April 6, 2020

In dusk’s shadow, I recall the warm summer rain crying down in drizzling throes. The droplets became just great enough to drum on my grandmother’s naked head and make her nose scrunch with a kittenish...

Slowly I Float 

Slowly I Float 

Emily Palk April 5, 2020

the clouds envelop me  as i drift through the sky  it’s beautiful up here amongst the clouds  but beauty is all it has to offer it is lonely and cold  isolated  nobody can see you  or hear...

Stuffed bears lift spirits during quarantine

Stuffed bears lift spirits during quarantine

AUTUMN-MARIE SILVA, Staff Writer April 4, 2020

As we come upon our third week of quarantine, it’s likely that many households are becoming hectic as cabin fever fully settles in---especially those with children. However, a community based cure might...

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