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The new snack shop menu features more healthful options

The Snack Shack is back

CAROLINE MUNIZ, Staff Writer February 13, 2019

Students who are tired of the endless line at the vending machine may be happy to learn the snack shop has reopened. After nearly a year of negotiating, the school committee will allow the shop to be...

New lunch tray made from recycled paper

New compostable lunch trays increase cost

WILLA BROSNIHAN, Staff Writer February 11, 2019

On January 1st, a ban on plastic bags and polystyrene serving-containers proposed by Councilor at Large Melissa Cox took effect in restaurants, supermarkets, and businesses across Gloucester. Because the...

One Billion Rising fights violence against women

One Billion Rising fights violence against women

WILLA BROSNIHAN, Staff Writer February 8, 2019

This Valentines Day, the activist organization One Billion Rising is holding the 6th annual One Billion Rising event at city hall in support of survivors of gendered violence. The event will be held in...

Open Door to host food drive, anticipates high need during shutdown

Open Door to host food drive, anticipates high need during shutdown

DANIELLE DENMAN January 18, 2019

In the United States alone, forty percent of all food is wasted. Yet, in Gloucester, one in six families utilize the Open Door Food Pantry. This Saturday, January 19th, the tenth annual Open Door food...

Art by Fisher LeVasseur

Local officials organize aid for Coast Guard families affected by shutdown

FISHER LEVASSEUR, Staff Writer January 17, 2019

The longest government shutdown in history has entered its twenty-fifth day with no end in sight. The drastic effects of the shutdown are being felt all throughout the country especially within the families...

GHS DECA students pose before heading to the competition

Sixteen DECA students move on to States

JESSE ALEXANDER, Staff Writer, Editor January 11, 2019

Sixteen students from Gloucester High School placed at the DECA District competition held at Endicott College on Thursday.  These students will move on to the state competition which will be on March...

Lavender sachets handmade by Youth Advisory Council

Stress relieving sachets arrive in time for mid-terms

DANIELLE DENMAN, Staff Writer, Editor January 9, 2019

This month, the GHS Youth Advisory Council will be distributing free lavender sachet bags to the entire student body and faculty in time for midterm testing. The bags will be filled with ingredients...

Got lost books?

Got lost books?

CAROLINE MUNIZ, Staff Writer January 3, 2019

In order to encourage seniors to start looking for their library books now, Ms. Teixeira has created a new plan for seniors with obligations to the library. Any senior with a lost library book can...

GHS field house where racially charged graffiti was found and promptly removed

GHS addresses racially charged graffiti

ALEXANDER OAKS, WILLA BROSNIHAN, and JESSE ALEXANDER December 21, 2018

On Thursday, December 20th, “racially charged graffiti, including the n-word”, was found on the middle partition in GHS’ Benjamin A. Smith Field House. The vandalism was discovered by a member of...

GHS students work with a community mentor

Summer internships open to GHS students

WILLA BROSNIHAN, Staff Writer December 14, 2018

LEAP for Education is once again partnering with Gloucester High School to provide free six-week internship opportunities for students next summer. Last year, fourteen participants worked with The...

ROTC cadets stand in formation

JROTC wins big at Pennsylvania meet

ZAILA DORT, Contributor December 12, 2018

This past Saturday, GHS’s Marine Corps JROTC Drill and Rifle Team went to Reading, Pennsylvania for a JROTC meet. There were drill teams, shooting teams, and PT teams present, all competing for trophies...

Gillnetter staffers attend Harvard journalism conference

Gillnetter staffers attend Harvard journalism conference

DANIELLE DENMAN and ELINOR KETELHOHN December 11, 2018

On December 1st, GloucesterHigh School students attended the Harvard Crimson’s Fall 2018 Journalism Conference. Five Gillnetter staff writers, Elinor Ketelhohn, Danielle Denman, Willa Brosnihan, Catherine...

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