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NHS Players and Fans 'Flip' Over Stankevich's Throw-In (PHOTOS + VIDEO)
Deme Jones '26, Multimedia Editor • October 16, 2024
A puddle surrounds second base on Nonnewaug's baseball field earlier this month. Rainy weather has negatively impacted the start of the spring sports season. (Kyle Brennan)
Persistent Rain Puts Damper on Start of Spring Sports (VIDEO)
Izzy DiNunzio '24, Editor-in-Chief • April 12, 2024
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NHS News • March 27, 2024
Latest Headlines
What's the Buzz with All the Bees?
Julia Gwiazdoski '27, Reporter • October 17, 2024
Nonnewaug Marches on Second Annual Emergency Evacuation Route
Lexi Sweeney '25, Ag/FFA Editor • October 17, 2024
Who's on the Turf Today?
Lila Farrelly '28, Reporter • October 17, 2024
Blake Introduces New Media and Video Game Clubs
Caila Palaia '26, Reporter • October 17, 2024
Safety Paramount for Woodbury FFA
Keira Zupan '26, Reporter • October 17, 2024
Is Three a Crowd? Some NHS Teams Experience Stunted Attendance Numbers
Katie Savulak '26, News Editor • October 17, 2024
Out With the Old, In With the New: Students Upgrade Chromebooks
Kristi Sundstrom '25, Reporter • October 16, 2024
NHS Players and Fans 'Flip' Over Stankevich's Throw-In (PHOTOS + VIDEO)
Deme Jones '26, Multimedia Editor • October 16, 2024
Plasky Brings Decades of Landscaping Experience to Nonnewaug
Merije Iljazi '26, Reporter • October 16, 2024
NHS Students' Entertainment Habits Continue to Evolve
Jackson Brent '25, Reporter • October 16, 2024
News
Students practice a fire drill in 2023. Nonnewaug practiced an evacuation Oct. 9. (Chief Advocate archives)
Nonnewaug Marches on Second Annual Emergency Evacuation Route
Lexi Sweeney '25, Ag/FFA Editor • October 17, 2024
Before handing in old Chromebooks, students had to remove stickers, like these from Ice Breakers cans.
Out With the Old, In With the New: Students Upgrade Chromebooks
Kristi Sundstrom '25, Reporter • October 16, 2024
Fiona Scozzafava, left, and Thea Oleynikov work on assignments during Tribe. Being athletes, freshmen students like Scozzafava and Oleynikov have utilized this time to keep up with class assignments and meet with instructors while juggling fall sports.
Tribe, Focus Moments to ‘Take Advantage of Different Learning Opportunities’
Kailey Townsend-Meeker '27, Reporter • October 15, 2024
Abigail Risi waits in her truck wishing to leave campus, resembling what she can no longer do -- leave campus and return.
Leave-and-Return Policy Not Returning This Year
Aryanna Lucas '26, Reporter • October 10, 2024
Nonnewaug 2024 homecoming court winners, from left, Gavin Sandor, Chloe Weaver, Olivia Gwiazdoski, Thatcher Budris, Luke Lodice, Addi Bushka, Brooke Stokes, and Justin Maddox. (Courtesy of Nonnewaug High School/Instagram)
Homecoming Court Highlight of the Night for Winners
Maya Hines '25, Reporter • October 2, 2024
Liam Sandor, left, helps up Lincoln Nichols at the water balloon event during the Class of 2025 Senior Field Day on Sept. 27.
Bees, Rappers, Superheroes and More Team Up on Senior Field Day (PHOTOS)
Addison Bushka '27 and Ava Hirleman '27 • October 2, 2024
Sports
The Nonnewaug field hockey team plays Northwestern on Oct. 10. They are one of four fall teams that shares the turf. (Courtesy of Jason Scozzafava)
Who's on the Turf Today?
Lila Farrelly '28, Reporter • October 17, 2024
The Nonnewaug girls soccer huddles during halftime of a game against Thomaston. Conversations like this help build the camaraderie that's important in sports. (Courtesy of Jen Salisbury)
Inside the Lines, Nothing Else Matters
Aubrie Salisbury '27, Social Media Editor • October 10, 2024
Girls soccer player Hailey Goldman, left, and boys soccer player Vincenzo Rose are the Chief Advocate's Athletes of the Month for September.
Rose, Goldman NHS' September Athletes of the Month
Chief Advocate Staff • October 10, 2024
NHS Hosts 65th Cross Country Invitational (PHOTOS)
NHS Hosts 65th Cross Country Invitational (PHOTOS)
Arabella Rosa '25, Sports Editor • October 8, 2024
Northwest United's Reed Woerner (11) kicks off with James Shaughnessy (22) on coverage. Woerner attends Shepaug and Shaughnessy attends Lakeview, two of the four schools that comprise the co-op.
Northwest United Players Always on the Road
Sophia Caldarella '25, Reporter • October 8, 2024
The NHS boys cross country team huddles before a meet against Lakeview on Sept. 30.
Cross Country Teams Ecstatic for Season
Arabella Rosa '25, Sports Editor • October 7, 2024
Features
Ava Hirleman, left, and Jadyn Heron notice that the cafeteria patio is closed due to aggressive yellowjackets.
What's the Buzz with All the Bees?
Julia Gwiazdoski '27, Reporter • October 17, 2024
Students at Nonnewaug work during study hall. On the left, one student preferred to use the clear cases provided by the school, while the others opted for not using the case.
Chromebook Cases: Great Idea or Annoyance to Students?
Rowan Boisseau '28, Reporter • October 16, 2024
Nonnewaug assistant principal Declan Curtin, left, and principal Mykal Kuslis laugh together during the Class of 2025 Senior Field Day on Sept. 27. Curtin is in his first year as the assistant principal after six years as the athletic director and dean of students.
Curtin Shifts Administrative Gears from Fields to Classrooms
Audrey Doran '27, Social Media Editor • October 10, 2024
Cate Frechette, left, and Nasir Stevenson use their phones during study hall. As the year moves on, administrators and staff members are more strictly enforcing the cellphone policy.
Nonnewaug vs. Cell Phones: New Policy Shows Benefits, but Students Aren't Thrilled
Ashley Blood '25, Reporter • October 10, 2024
Noah Zupan, a Nonnewaug junior, looks at the 2024-25 student handbook reviewing the new policies being enforced for underclassmen.
Juniors Feeling Sting of Privileges Being Pulled
Ava Hustek '25, News Editor • October 10, 2024
Joshua Kornblut, third from left in back row, poses with previous co-worker Adam Brutting, left, and old students at Woodbury Middle School on Sept. 19 2019. Kornblut now teaches science at Nonnewaug. (Courtesy of Joshua Kornblut)
Kornblut Promoted and Devoted as NHS' Newest Science Teacher
Juliana Bailey '25, Multimedia Editor • October 10, 2024
NHS Ag/FFA
Jennifer Plasky is the new Nonnewaug High School landscaping teacher. (Courtesy of Woodbury FFA)
Plasky Brings Decades of Landscaping Experience to Nonnewaug
Merije Iljazi '26, Reporter • October 16, 2024
Woodbury FFA students (Connor Cabeleira and Garnet Mayfield) that volunteered at the local Bethlehem Fair on September 9, 10, 11 2024. Volunteer experiences like those students held at this fall's fairs helped to hone key skills FFA students need this semester. (Courtesy of the Woodbury FFA/ Instagram).
Woodbury FFA Students Hone Skills During Fall Fair Season
Caila Palaia '26, Reporter • October 2, 2024
Katie Gorman’s junior/ senior agricultural production work together to clear the cattle chute. This is a very important part of their living space, as it is the cut-through for them to get water come winter time. Starting with clearing large branches and finding missing fence posts, to moving rocks aside. It won’t be easy but with hard work and time Gorman hopes to have everything up and working for them by winter.
Ag Students Pick Up Pieces, Rebuild from Flood Damage
Grace Nelson '25, Ag/ FFA Editor • October 1, 2024
From left, Emma Jackson, Emma Jones, Mae Addeo, and Henry Keil check the tilapia in the large tank system. They check the tilapia regularly to make sure that there are no diseases and that the fish are healthy. (Courtesy of Leanne Foster)
What's the Evolution for Aquaculture at Nonnewaug?
Chase Heidorn '25, Reporter • September 30, 2024
Maya Hines, left, and Shanyn Hardisty milk a cow at the 2024 Goshen Fair. (Courtesy of Lisa Hardisty)
FFA, 4-H Members Enjoy — and Stress Over — Showing Cows at Fairs
Maya Hines '25, Reporter • September 26, 2024
Former Nonnewaug landscaping instructor Tom DiMarco, left, talks to freshman parents and students about students options at the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience Program during eighth-grade open house last year. (Chief Advocate archives)
Different Reasons Compel Record-Large Freshman Class to Join Nonnewaug
Lila Farrelly '28, Reporter • September 26, 2024
Arts and Entertainment
In today’s digital streaming era, NHS students love the convenience of at-home entertainment, though there are still many that relish the experience of seeing movies on the big screen. (Courtesy of Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash)
NHS Students' Entertainment Habits Continue to Evolve
Jackson Brent '25, Reporter • October 16, 2024
Ceramics student Molly Hartmann, left, works on the pottery wheel as social studies teacher Steve Bunovsky looks on during the Club, Activities, and Electives Fair on Sept. 26. (Courtesy of Kyle Brennan)
Nonnewaug Club Fair Displays Talent of Arts and Music Programs
Elliana Obolewicz '27, Reporter • October 10, 2024
Last year, according to Publisher's Weekly, comic books sales made $1.87 in the USA. For NHS students, these texts have not only provided a source of entertainment, but they've also helped students develop reading strategies and improve creativity. Photo credit Erik Mclean (Unsplash)
NHS Students Find Joy -- and Catharsis -- in Comics
John Wenzloff '28, Reporter • October 8, 2024
Morgan Willis, left, and Claire Rogers work on a pencil drawing at the light table.
Leave the Lights On: Art Room Still Bustles into Evening Hours
Jadyn Heron '27, Reporter • October 2, 2024
The NHS volleyball team stands together as the pose to take their annual homecoming photo on Sept. 20. (Courtesy of Lana Zupnick)
Was Homecoming Worth it?
Trevor Santopietro '25, Reporter • September 26, 2024
NHS drama director Catherine Pelkey facilitates a rehearsal with this fall's cast of 12 Angry Jurors. The play will feature a unique blend of returning actors alongside students that are new to the craft.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: 12 Angry Jurors to Hit NHS Stage
Adrian Astudillo '26, Reporter • September 24, 2024
Trending Stories
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Taft senior Braeden Purser-Eber played baseball at Nonnewaug in 2021 and 2022. He reclassified after his junior year at Nonnewaug and will play college baseball next year at Middle Tennessee. (Courtesy of Noreen Chung)
Post-Grads and Reclassing — Is An Extra Year Worth It?
Anna Crocker '26, Junior Editor • March 27, 2024
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Nonnewaug Athletes' Council members, from left, Kelly Farrell, Katie Farrell, Savannah Czerepacha, Emma Jackson, Liam Sandor, Thomas Lengyel, Matt Shupenis, and Ellie McDonald, pose with Olympian Kara Wolters at the annual CIAC Sportsmanship Conference. They attended this conference to help promote sportsmanship in the Nonnewaug community. (Courtesy of Kyle Brennan)
NHS Athletes' Council Returns to CIAC Sportsmanship Conference
Savannah Czerepacha '25, Sports Editor • October 15, 2024
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Fiona Scozzafava, left, and Thea Oleynikov work on assignments during Tribe. Being athletes, freshmen students like Scozzafava and Oleynikov have utilized this time to keep up with class assignments and meet with instructors while juggling fall sports.
Tribe, Focus Moments to ‘Take Advantage of Different Learning Opportunities’
Kailey Townsend-Meeker '27, Reporter • October 15, 2024
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Joshua Kornblut, third from left in back row, poses with previous co-worker Adam Brutting, left, and old students at Woodbury Middle School on Sept. 19 2019. Kornblut now teaches science at Nonnewaug. (Courtesy of Joshua Kornblut)
Kornblut Promoted and Devoted as NHS' Newest Science Teacher
Juliana Bailey '25, Multimedia Editor • October 10, 2024