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New Balance Newell Stadium and the student parking lot flooded during Fridays high tide at 11:15

GHS field and parking lot flood again, new roof leaking

CAROLINE ENOS, Staff Writer, Editor March 2, 2018

Gloucester High’s New Balance Newell Stadium and student parking lot is experiencing severe flooding for the second time in two months. Before January's "Bomb Cyclone," the field hadn't flooded...

Summer internships provide opportunity to GHS students

Summer internships provide opportunity to GHS students

JESSE ALEXANDER, Staff Writer March 1, 2018

Interested in a six week paid internship?  LEAP for Education is offering one this summer. The jobs offered usually run for four days, or 15 hours a week. The employers offer very flexible schedules,...

Markers Water Fishing Flag Boats Red Boat Sea

Boating course offered to students

SARAH WHITMORE, Staff Writer February 28, 2018

Do you want to be able to drive a boat in any state? Unlike getting your driver’s license, you only need to be twelve years old to earn a nationally as well as coast guard approved United States Power...

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 -...

Fish Tales offers unique storytelling experience for students

Fish Tales offers unique storytelling experience for students

BRANDON SMITH, Staff Writer February 14, 2018

What’s your story? Is it funny, inspirational, entertaining, or heartbreaking? Do you want to share it, but don’t know how? Then “Fish Tales” is for you. The Gloucester Writers Center is actively...

The Youth Advisory Council wrote every GHS students name on hearts hanging on the cafeteria for Valentines Day

YAC lets every student feel loved this Valentine’s Day

KAYLA PENNIMPEDE, Staff Writer February 13, 2018

Every day before Valentine’s day, students will walk into the cafeteria to see hearts with hundreds of names written on them. Youth Advisory Council  members worked together to write the names of every...

(from left)  Sam Groleau , Kelsey Lowthers, Ivan Demarjian, Logan Wieckowski, Owen Hardy, and Rose Degrange practice scales during music class

New music class offered at GHS

WILLA BROSNIHAN, Staff Writer February 12, 2018

If you’re a student at GHS, chances are you’re familiar with The Docksiders, our acclaimed jazz band. Music at GHS is an important part of our school culture. Next year, there will be more opportunities...

GHS Interact club poses with adviser Michael Perreault for a group photo at annual Polar Plunge.

GHS Interact club raises more than $800 for Polio

SARAH WHITMORE, Staff Writer February 8, 2018

This past Saturday, Rotary members around the North Shore gathered together to plunge into the Atlantic in order to raise money and bring awareness to Polio.   Among the several groups that gathered...

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...

GHS Interact Club plunges for a cause

GHS Interact Club plunges for a cause

JESSE ALEXANDER, Staff Writer February 1, 2018

With snowy sand and frozen water, how could anyone resist taking a swim this new year? The Gloucester Rotary Club’s Polar Plunge began in 2011 by former president, Josh Arnold. This Saturday, February...

German has been cut from GHS as a result of a personnel issue, according to adminstration

GHS says auf wiedersehen to German class

CAROLINE ENOS, Staff Writer, Editor January 30, 2018

After a century-long run at GHS, German has been cut from the language department due to a “personnel issue,” according to GHS Principal James Cook. “We would have kept it going if we had a teacher,”...

Environmental club brings composting to the cafeteria

Environmental club brings composting to the cafeteria

SARAH WHITMORE, Staff Writer January 29, 2018

The environmental club is starting off the new year right with composting at school lunch. After a gap in collection in an effort to create a more environmentally conscious student body, the club has begun...

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