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HORNETS SPORTS WRAP- Hornets continue to train for victories and post-season
Girl’s Soccer after defeating Hamden after their Cancer Awareness Game
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Hornets Sports Wrap- Hornets have mix of victories while the fall season picks up
Written by Sophia Esposito Wins from volleyball, field hockey, and boy’s soccer start the week while the fall season picks up. Girl’s Soccer vs. East Haven(2-0 W): The girl’s soccer team took victory over the Yellowjackets, our rivals, with a shutout. Alayna Boileau and Rose Lockery each scored a goal, receiving the pass and dribbling through opposing players. Nicole Evans had an assist to a
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HORNETS SPORTS WRAP – EEE threat impacts schedules
By Sophia Esposito The week started off by early victories from boy’s soccer, volleyball, and girl’s swim but cancellation of games and practices occurred later in the week due to the threat of EEE in Connecticut. Boy’s Soccer vs. Amistad (6-0 W): To start off the week on the 23rd the boy’s shut out the Amistad’s soccer team for what was their second home game
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HORNETS SPORTS WRAP – Soccer, Field Hockey, Football earn victories
By Sophia Esposito It was a busy week for the Branford High Hornets sports teams, capped off by the football team’s first victory on Friday night at home. Boy’s Soccer vs. Hand (5-3 L): On the 17th the Boy’s soccer team took on a very important game versus Hand. The Goalie Coach, Faulkner, transitioned from coaching the Boy’s Hand team to Branford’s in a game
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Society’s Standards of Beauty Impact Today’s Teens
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself” according to fashion icon Coco Chanel. If that is true, then why are women and men constantly beating themselves down to meet society’s expectations of beauty?
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After Branford, Let’s Get Out of our Comfort Zones
By Maggie Martin We all have a basic assumption of what a college campus will look like. Mine is a mixture between the depiction of Harvard from “Legally Blonde” and Yale from “Gilmore Girls.” Massive brick buildings, ancient oak trees, overly caffeinated and overly opinionated adolescents. I imagine some of the jittery students, from all walks of life, all with different ideas. Really crunchy granola
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Today’s Teens – the Most Isolated Generation?
By Emma Gallagher It is exhausting to always feel rushed. Like you have so much to do but not enough time to get it done. There are countless distractions, whether they are merely things that are there to distract, or it is actual work that needs to get done. Constantly feeling torn about whether to pick up a phone, start doing homework, or go out
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College Admission Scandal Highlights Academic Achievement Gap
By Brooke O’Leary Our world revolves around money. In most societies and cultures, wealthy people are granted more opportunities and power. That keeps their circles small. In an effort to grant equal opportunity most developed countries provide access to education. However, it appears that the education system has been plagued by the drastic difference in the quality of education that wealthy children are receiving compared
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Students Walk Out to Protest Inaction on Climate Change
By Celia Shanley On March 15, between 20 and 30 Branford High School students walked out of school to protest inaction against Climate Change. Simultaneously, 1.6 million students in over 120 countries across the globe participated in the Climate Strike. As part of the group of BHS students involved with the walk out, I walked towards the green with purpose that day. I was unaware
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Five Tips and Tricks for Applying to College
By Brooke O’Leary It’s that time of the year again, time to apply to college. When choosing where you’re going to be for the next four years of your life, there’s an endless list of things to consider when choosing where you want to go. But you have to get accepted first. Listed below are five useful tips on the college application process. Hopefully, it
