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The Gillnetter

The student news site of Gloucester High School in Gloucester, MA

The Gillnetter

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Franklin dreams of opening a restaurant one day that would bring his home culture to  Gloucester.

Breaking Barriers: Franklin’s Dream

RUBY MCELHENNY, Features Editor March 15, 2025

A buttery smell wafts out of the kitchen from spaghetti and clams cooking on the stove. Shouts of cooks and servers fill the kitchen, hurrying everyone along to get food out to customers. Dirty plates...

Gloucester High School's culturally rich student body has a variety of stories to tell. Yet many go untold as they are hidden behind a language barrier.

Breaking Barriers: What we can learn from the multilingual students of Gloucester High

RUBY MCELHENNY, Staff Writer March 3, 2025

While many of us struggle to master one language --English-- Gloucester High School sophomore Rihanna Leina has nearly learned four. A native Haitian Creole speaker, she’s also fluent in Spanish and...

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