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A traveler’s guide to misfortune

by Mary Andreou, Staff Writer February 23, 2018

Traveling to different countries and exotic places is just what Brian Weinberg loves to do. Weinberg is a mathematics teacher at Glen Rock High School and specifically teaches Geometry, Algebra II,...

Glen Rock Varsity Coaching staff poses with the State Championship, after an 8-1 victory over Wall Township.  From left to right Sergio Fernandez, Zane Kalemba, Anthony Yelovich, Frank Del Tuffo, and Dillon Driver.

From the blue paint to bench

by Jared Brassil, Staff Writer February 19, 2018

In his college hockey years, Zane Kalemba assistant varsity hockey coach, was playing in a D1 summer league.  In the finals, varsity hockey coach Anthony Yelovich, was pushed down on a breakaway and lifted...

Junior reflects on committing to college when freshman for lacrosse

by Bella Ranieri, Staff Writer February 15, 2018

When we’re younger, sports and extra activities our parents signed us up for were all fun and games. Sometime we’d fall in love with the activity, and other times it might just lead us to try something...

Special Education teacher, Stacie Gallo, sits at the table as she grades her students papers. Before working at Glen Rock High school, she worked at a Child Development Center for seven years.

One injury changed everything

by Morgan Franz, Staff Writer February 14, 2018

As the door to the classroom opens, students step inside as they listen to her. She helps them with the math problems. She is smart, kind, tough and funny. Teacher Stacie Gallo has been working at...

Elise Tossounian (left) and Garbis Tossounian (right) are pictured in Yerevan, Armenia.

From the land of war, to the land of the free

by Alyssa Messikian, Staff Writer February 13, 2018

In the midst of a war-torn country, one family had to make a life or death decision for their own safety and future. For Elise Tossounian life in Beirut, Lebanon was paradise until the Lebanese Civil...

Club president Abby Stern stands with Hailey Sapoff, student outreach officer, at the end of the last Girl Up meeting.

Fighting for feminism

by Tara Lagattuta, Staff Writer February 13, 2018

Feminism has been illustrated negatively and portrayed as angry women yelling at men for equal rights. However, sophomore Abby Stern created the Girl Up club this year to raise awareness and support for...

Rochelle Randazzo, CEO of Randazzos sauces, sits with her sons Ty and Jack Randazzo.

Rochelle Randazzo and her incredible sauces

by Rachel Goldberg, Staff Writer February 12, 2018

There is something about consuming a home cooked meal that just makes people relax and enjoy the fleeting minutes of peace before returning to their hectic lives. So when Rochelle Randazzo placed the delectable...

History teacher Tom Lyon poses in the halls of Glen Rock High School on Feb. 6.

Life in Keda: the story of two years in the Peace Corps

by Kobie Tsiang, Staff Writer February 12, 2018

Tom Lyon wakes up and sees his own breath, frozen, to the top of his sleeping bag. Snow has piled high enough for about fifteen  New Jersey storms, and the town will spend approximately two weeks digging...

Karen Buchar poses in the middle of her two adoptive sisters, adoptive father, and her daughter Ariana. Buchar was adopted at five days old when her older sister was 8, and 10 years before her younger sister was born. From left to right: Buchar’s younger sister, Karen Bucher, Buchar’s adoptive father, Buchar’s older sister, and Ariana Buchar.

Family secrets

by Rebecca Podd, Staff Writer February 8, 2018

 Many families have their secrets, but math teacher Karen Buchar’s family was a secret itself for 25 years. Buchar has always known she was adopted. She grew up in Clifton with her adoptive parents...

Vice Principal and creator of the Hideaway Helper, Tina Bacolas

Biology major turned successful entrepreneur

by Elizabeth Bonica, Staff Writer February 5, 2018

The 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, leaving 32 dead and 17 wounded. All students were evacuated from the campus soon after and seniors ended their year with...

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