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GHS alum harnesses the sun to power Vocational Department

GHS alum harnesses the sun to power Vocational Department

FINN WALL, Staff Writer February 12, 2023

In the search for clean and renewable energy, the GHS vocational department has made a big step towards a greener future. Working with the Cazeault Solar and Home Company, the entire shop is installing...

Our Climate Future is Here: Tuvalu Becomes World’s First Digital Nation

Our Climate Future is Here: Tuvalu Becomes World’s First Digital Nation

FINN WALL, Staff Writer January 17, 2023

Climate change is nothing short of an existential crisis for the world. Affecting nearly everything humans are involved in, caused by a myriad of issues, and requiring near-total global cooperation, progress...

Lisa Marie Presley dead at 54 

Lisa Marie Presley dead at 54 

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor January 13, 2023

On January 12, Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, has died after experiencing cardiac arrest at age 54. It was reported on Thursday that the Los Angeles sheriff’s office...

Lula is back, and faces a starkly divided Brazil

Lula is back, and faces a starkly divided Brazil

FINN WALL, Staff Writer December 22, 2022

Two months ago, Brazilians cast their vote for who would become their next president, in what would become the closest election in all of Brazilian history. And in it, the future of 200 million people,...

Massive breakthrough in nuclear fusion shows future of energy

Massive breakthrough in nuclear fusion shows future of energy

FINN WALL, Staff Writer December 16, 2022

Last Tuesday, the US Department of Energy officially announced a breakthrough in science, one that could change the way we look at energy forever—the first successful fusion energy test that gave out...

GHS students fundraise for Action Against Hunger

GHS students fundraise for Action Against Hunger

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor December 15, 2022

Students in Mr. Francis’s Global Issues class embarked on a fundraising campaign for Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization with the goal of ending world hunger. Hunger affects 828...

Have a heart: Donate blood.

Have a heart: Donate blood.

ANNIKA NYBORG, Staff Writer December 1, 2022

Gloucester High School and American Red Cross are teaming up for the blood drive this December 9th. GHS staff and students are eligible to donate blood. The drive will be set up in the field house and...

Gloucester playwright seeks student contributors

Gloucester playwright seeks student contributors

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia Editor November 29, 2022

Do you like to write? Or are you passionate about Gloucester’s history? If so, put your knowledge to good use and help compose a play about Gloucester’s 400 years of history.  Gloucester native,...

The cast of Clue utilizes the 8 doors in the set designed by Tyler Weed.

‘Clue: On Stage,’ a Complex Technical Endeavor

CLARA DEL VECCHIO, News Editor November 28, 2022

The GHS fall play, ‘Clue: On Stage,’ which ran from Thursday the 17th to Saturday the 19th, proved a unique challenge for the theater program in terms of technical design. The murder mystery is set...

Junior Kelsy Frontiero takes the ISideWith political quiz

The results are in: GHS students span political spectrum

FINN WALL, Staff Writer November 21, 2022

With midterm season in full swing, many students at GHS are trying to follow along with political campaigns, election cycles, and national and local issues. But for many students, there is a question-...

Racial equity inclusion club hosts Culture Celebration

Racial equity inclusion club hosts Culture Celebration

SHEILA MEDRANO, Staff Writer November 17, 2022

Come on down to Gloucester High School Culture Night to appreciate and celebrate the many cultures here in Gloucester.  The Racial Equity and Inclusion club has put together a wonderful night to commemorate...

Jeff Bezos to donate fortune to charities

Jeff Bezos to donate fortune to charities

SOFIA ORLANDO, Multimedia editor November 15, 2022

Jeff Bezos, founder of online shopping empire Amazon, has stated he wishes to give most of his $124 million net worth to charity during his lifetime.  Bezos has stated that most of his earnings will...

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