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Perry goes Puritan

Perry goes Puritan

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor April 1, 2023

Last week, English teacher Mrs. Cynthia Perry shared shocking news to the GHS community: next school year Perry will not be returning to her classroom here at GHS. Instead, she will be teaching at her...

(from left) MTA President Max Page, GAEP President Monica Madruga, GTA President Rachel Rex, MTA Vice President Deb McCarthy, Malden Educators Association President Deb Gesualdo, Brookline Educators Union President Jessica Wender-Shubow show their support for Gloucesters ESPs at a rally on Monday.

Teachers show support for Gloucester’s ESPs

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor March 28, 2023

On March 27, Gloucester teachers, and supporters from schools across the North Shore, came to rally with GHS’s Educational Paraprofessionals. At the event, members of The Gloucester Teachers Association...

NHS class of 2023 secretary, Eliana Cracchiolo, leads new inductees in the NHS pledge.

NHS inducts 62 members

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor March 24, 2023

Last night, 62 students at Gloucester High School were inducted into the National Honor Society. Vice President of the NHS class of 2022-2023, Camilla Wilkins-Bowens, gave the annual report, and revealed...

GHS Health Center wants your feedback

GHS Health Center wants your feedback

SHEILA MEDRANO, Staff Writer March 22, 2023

The Health Center staff is encouraging everyone who has ever been in their care to take the survey linked below so they can get some feedback. They also want your opinion if you have never been to the...

from left: Jessica Harvey, Isla Black, Veila Wrinn pose with Blacks award at DECA state competiton.

GHS freshman Isla Black advances to DECA Nationals

ANNIKA NYBORG, Staff Writer March 16, 2023

Gloucester High School DECA attended DECA's State Development Career and Development Conference last week. Freshman Isla Black placed second in the FCE, Financial Consulting Event, and has advanced to...

Photographers Aidan Kull and Vanessa Torres at the Through the Students Lense exhibit featuring the work of Gloucester High School Students

GHS students featured in Marblehead Arts Association exhibit

ARI PRIEST, Staff Writer March 16, 2023

“Through The Student's Lens” is an art exhibit being featured at the Marblehead Arts Association. The exhibition is focused on how seven student photographers from five local North Shore High Schools...

Power of Play returns after 3 year hiatus

“Power of Play” returns after 3 year hiatus

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor March 13, 2023

Looking for a fun way to spend the day?  On Sunday, March 26, Gloucester High School will be hosting Gloucester Education Foundation’s “Power of Play,” a free event for families and children...

Jazz for a Cure Fundraiser on March 10th

Jazz for a Cure Fundraiser on March 10th

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor March 9, 2023

On Friday, local bands will be performing in the GHS auditorium at 7pm, along with student singers to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  “The goal is to start a tradition of...

Have A-Positive experience: donate blood

Have A-Positive experience: donate blood

ANNIKA NYBORG, Staff Writer March 8, 2023

It's that time of the year again! The American Red Cross will be back at GHS on March 17th. The blood drive will be in the field house and will run the entire school day.  All GHS students and staff are...

Willow Barry, Elijah Sarrouf, Treely Dowd, and Malia Andrews pose with their awards, and the judges.

GHS Theater takes Shakespeare to METG DramaFest

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor March 6, 2023

On Saturday, the GHS Theater Program performed Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the METG Theater Celebration Festival. Also known as "DramaFest", the celebration is an annual competition...

Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

AP African American Studies no longer offered in Florida

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor February 17, 2023

Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, has taken issue with the curriculum of the AP African American Studies course, and the state has now rejected the course as a whole, and no longer offers it to students....

The cafeteria where GHS students were instructed to lock down.

Swatting hoax hits Gloucester High School

AURELIA HARRISON, Features and Opinions Editor February 16, 2023

Yesterday, Gloucester police received an anonymous call that there was an armed intruder present at Gloucester High School. The police were at the school within minutes, and officers began searching the...

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