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Moving away from home is nerve-racking and a whole new experience for graduates.  Nonnewaugs seniors find it important they find the perfect roommate to experience this transition with.  Once they started looking, they realized how complicated that could be.
For NHS' Class of '24, Modern Roommate Shopping Proves Problematic
Brianna Johnson '25, Reporter • April 26, 2024
NHS seniors navigate a busy final six weeks chock full of AP exams, finals, and perhaps most lethal of all, lethargy.
For NHS Seniors, Spring Semester brings both Exhaustion and Engagement
Gary McVety '24, Reporter • April 26, 2024
The Elias Howe school sometime after it closed in 2005. It has since been bought and turned into senior citizen housing. Bianca LeBron disappeared outside of Bridgeport school in 2001.
Connecticut Mystery Remains Unsolved Over Two Decades Later
Kathryn Hartery '25, Reporter • April 26, 2024
Nonnewaug students get mad at students who are clogging up the hallway.
Doran: Slow Walkers = My Worst Nightmare
Audrey Doran '27, Reporter • April 26, 2024
Students who attended the annual FFA National Convention this past October participated in the days of Living to Serve (days of volunteering within the community). Here, our chapter officers help to plant tulip bulbs into the ground outside of an art museum for a few hours.
Sweeney: Volunteerism Enriches the Lives of NHS Students
Alexa Sweeney '25, Reporter • April 25, 2024
NHS students are not only newly minted drivers, but are inexperienced when it comes to navigating roads with limited visibility due to other drivers’ high beams.
Blinding Headlights Prove Problematic for NHS’ New Drivers
Sean Classey '24, Reporter • April 24, 2024
NHS Advanced Culinary students Eddie Longo (left) and Elijah Llanos (right) package up minestrone soup for community senior citizens. The soup was created in collaboration with Woodbury Middle School culinary students.
In Culinary Arts, Collaboration is Key as NHS Students Team Up with WMS
Grace Nelson '25, Reporter • April 23, 2024
Nonnewaug hurdlers Juliette Nichols, left, and Gianna Lodice practice.
Coaching Track a Juggling Act
Grayson Leveille '27, Reporter • April 23, 2024
The Nonnewaug boys basketball team poses after winning the Berkshire League tournament championship by defeating Shepaug at Thomaston High. (Courtesy of Noreen Chung)
Roden: Rocky Start Motivated Big Success for Nonnewaug Basketball
Ben Roden '24, Reporter • April 23, 2024
Leave and return opens Nonnewaug High School up to liability. (Unsplash)
Hustek: Leave and Return Opens NHS to Liability and Disaster
Ava Hustek '25, Reporter • April 22, 2024

Behind the Curtain: NHS Drama Prepares for Once Upon a Mattress (PHOTOS)

Drama club member and art student Kelsey Santerre-Piaz works on a set piece for this spring’s show. The drama club utilizes their own materials and creativity to create their engaging backdrops since the club doesn’t have its own budget.

WOODBURY — The Nonnewaug Drama Club will once again hit the stage as this spring’s performance will bring the acclaimed children’s fairytale Princess and the Pea to life in comedy form with the production of Once Upon a Mattress.

The show will feature several senior members who will be performing in what will be the final show of their high school tenure. The show will open April 11 and close the curtain for the semester April 13.

The group is headed by director Catherine Pelkey, who has led NHS drama for multiple years, coming off of a successful fall show that headlined Radium Girls, a play rooted in Waterbury’s rich history of watch making.

This year’s group is led by senior lead Gianna Ruby-DaSilva with a veteran supporting cast featuring fellow seniors Enzo Pamplona, Almi Morales, Talan Wilkas, Campbell Bologna, and Faith Lally.

Tickets can be purchased online or at the on-campus box office prior to each show.

About the Contributor
Gary McVety '24
Gary McVety '24, Reporter
Gary McVety is a senior at Nonnewaug High School and a first-year writer for the Chief Advocate. He is originally from West Haven and moved to Woodbury four years ago, beginning his high school career in a new town with a new school. Outside of school, he focuses his time around his job, where he works in the meat and seafood department at LaBonne’s in Woodbury. He has enjoyed writing since he can remember and enjoys exploring different opportunities and different writing styles, which led him to take journalism this year.
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