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Thad Fulmer demonstrates his meditation techniques

The path to higher perception

DANIELLE DENMAN, Staff Writer, Editor April 5, 2019

Gloucester High School has welcomed the concept of meditation and learning to the school, with its new Meditation Club leading the way. The club meets every Thursday, after school in Mr. Roy’s room,...

Abby Cook, Thea Cunningham, and Willow Barry celebrate a successful meet with a leap.  Gloucester came in 7th out of 13 teams. 

As Sam Cook said, “None of our swimmers got last place, that’s a win in my book!!”

GHS swim team makes major improvements this season

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer February 15, 2019

People participate in high school athletics for all sorts of reasons.  Some search for an outlet for their competitive energy. Some need an excuse to stay in shape.  Students join to make friends, and...

Time to hit the books!

Midterm Survival Guide

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer January 10, 2019

It’s that time of year again -- midterm season. Trying to force four months worth of information from seven classes into your head, all for one hour-and-a-half exam which will make up ten percent of...

What’s your screen time?

What’s your screen time?

ELINOR KETELHOHN, Staff Writer January 4, 2019

The Gillnetter surveyed students across all grade levels at Gloucester High School, asking the following question: how much time did you spend on your phone yesterday?  Subjects were prompted to check...

Chalk Art by Mila Barry

School Choice: Behind the Budget

MILA BARRY, Staff Writer December 21, 2018

In the education system, as in any institution, money dictates function.   Funds are laid out, split and spent, carefully allotted to ensure fairness between districts and within school communities....

Auto students are restoring these 1956 Ford pickup trucks

Auto students restore 1956 Ford pickups

TAYLOR PARKER, Staff Writer December 12, 2018

The GHS auto shop is constantly bringing cars in and out of the shop, doing jobs, and learning to move quicker by working smarter instead harder.  Recently, students in the program got the chance to work...

Jim Unis: the new Physical Education teacher at GHS

Unis comes home to “give back”

JESSE ALEXANDER, Staff Writer September 19, 2018

Gloucester High School alumnus, and Hall of Famer, Jim Unis has a simple answer for those who ask why he’s returned to his former high school to teach Physical Education. “I love this city, I love...

Taylor Parker works on a piece of equipment in the Auto Shop

Parker shows women can excel in Auto shop

WILLA BROSNIHAN, Staff Writer September 18, 2018

When Gloucester High School first introduced their vocational programs, funded by John Hays Hammond Jr., they were seniors-only and segregated by gender. Cooking classes were for girls and “instruction...

GHS will continue to flood due to sea level rise, climate change

GHS will continue to flood due to sea level rise, climate change

CAROLINE ENOS and GIANNA CABRAL April 11, 2018

Gloucester High School’s student parking lot and New Balance Newell Stadium -- along with other main roadways, homes, and businesses in Gloucester -- have flooded twice this winter. According to the...

GHS students take initiative on climate change research in Gloucester

GHS students take initiative on climate change research in Gloucester

BRANDON SMITH, Staff Writer March 19, 2018

With the pattern of recent climate change events, future floods and further destruction are inevitable. Knowing this, Gloucester High School science teacher Rachel Rex is conducting a project to inform...

Austin Monell works on his drone project

Monell engineers the future in GHS Robotics

DANIELLE DENMAN, Staff Writer March 12, 2018

What’s your passion? For GHS junior Austin Monell, it is robotic engineering. Monell has made a home in Kurt Lichtenwald’s classroom. You can find him working in his space in class, at lunch, and...

Senior Dominic Romeo (center) works on an engine with other auto students

Auto shop offers services for locals, opportunities for students

JOE KIBANGO, Staff Writer February 6, 2018

Jack Porter is enjoying another year of teaching students the skills they will need to be successful in the auto business if they chose to pursue it. Porter has been leading the program for 10 years, guiding...

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