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Celia Hans and Mikaela Rosen, the two coordinators of the blood drive, stand by a New York Blood Drive sign.

Blood drive doubles number of donations

by Cathlyn Hirschfeld, Staff Writer October 8, 2015

The high school achieved a record number of blood donations this year during its annual blood drive. 60 units of blood were donated to the New Jersey Blood Services on Wednesday, September 30 at Glen...

Mr. Garland, teacher assistant and previously in the FBI, walks the halls of Glen Rock High School.

Former FBI agent becomes teacher assistant

by Sophie Ferreri, Staff Writer October 7, 2015

Before he could become a teacher assistant, Mr. Ryan Garland had to turn in his secret agent gadgets. Then, he became a new kind of hero. Garland grew up in Kansas City and earned a scholarship to...

Cat Merkle is the newly elected freshman class president.

New freshman class president elected

by Kate Casey, Staff Writer October 7, 2015

Catherine Merkle was elected as the Class of 2019 president on Wednesday, Sept. 30th, the day after the freshmen voted for class officers at their class breakfast. She ran against Tara Daschil. For...

Air conditioning debate heats up

Air conditioning debate heats up

by Caroline Griffin, Staff Writer October 7, 2015

The lack of air-conditioning in the four elementary schools has been a pressing topic for years. In early September, a second grade teacher at Richard E. Byrd School passed out due to the heat in her...

Glen Rock skier standing at the top of Madonna Mountain (3,640 feet), part of the Smugglers Notch Ski Area in Northern Vermont.

Ski club trip gets lift

by Ryan Morley, Staff Writer October 5, 2015

The Ski Club plans to change the location of its annual trip this year to a ski resort in Vermont. In the past, the trip had been a day trip to Belleayre Mountain in New York’s Catskill Range. This...

All of the Theater Companys performances this year will take place in the GRHS auditorium.

The Theatre Company finds perfect match

by Patricia Whyte, Staff Writer October 5, 2015

For the fall show this year, the Theatre Company, led by teacher Ms. Juliet McKinley,  has selected The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder. “I always pick a show that will challenge the students in our...

Ms. Yu is the new Mandarin Chinese teacher.

文華中國: New Chinese language course enters curriculum

by Githmie Goonatilleke, Senior Staff Writer October 5, 2015

According to statistics from ethnologue, the Chinese language is one of the most spoken languages in the world with approximately 1,197,000,000 speakers. Glen Rock will help those statistics this year...

New choir teacher, Rachel Beeksma, joined the GRHS faculty this year.

Glen Rock welcomes new choir teacher

by Anna Barton, Staff Writer October 3, 2015

A new choir teacher joined the high school staff this September, filling in the vacated position of former teacher, Ms. Phyllis Sneyers. Ms. Rachel Beeksma is originally from Escanaba, Michigan. She...

Sink hole on stadium field to be filled

Sink hole on stadium field to be filled

by Lee Hasselmann, Staff Writer October 1, 2015

A sink hole was discovered on the high school’s stadium field last night. The sizable sink in the turf was caused by a drainage collapse which occurred while installing the field lights. The hole...

The garbage dumpsters outside of the Sports Lobby serve as the pickup location for the schools waste.

You recycled, but did you really?

by Lilia Wood, Editor-in-Chief October 1, 2015

Each classroom and hallway is required to have at least one garbage can and one recycling bin to promote an eco-friendly student body. Yet after school-hours, students receiving extra help, attending...

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