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THE ALGONQUIN HARBINGER

The official student news site of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA

THE ALGONQUIN HARBINGER

The official student news site of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA

THE ALGONQUIN HARBINGER

All eyes were on senior Nick Hatton as he made his way down the runway.

Junior class hosts prom fashion show fundraiser

Ben Weber, News Editor December 7, 2018

The first annual Prom Fashion Extravaganza was held on November 29, with the goal of reducing the financial stress around prom by giving students a closer look at their purchasing options. The extravaganza...

Holocaust survivors share experiences with students

Holocaust survivors share experiences with students

Elissa Gorman, Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2018

Holocaust survivors Jack Trompetter and Marika Barnett shared their recollections of living in Europe as Jews during WWII with Holocaust and Human Behavior classes on Tuesday November 27 during an in-school...

[From left to right] Hudson junior Casey Carlino, Westborough senior Tyler Kaufman and Algonquin senior Eli Cohen-Gordon start an activity in which they discuss philosophical questions.

GSA Link: connecting LGBT teens

Catherine Hayden, News Editor November 26, 2018

Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Link is an organization joining local high schools’ GSAs with each other in person outside of their typical meetings. During meetings, members from surrounding schools...

Students listen as a journalist from the International Visitor Leadership Program speaks in the library.

International journalists speak about media literacy

Katrina Liu, Opinion Editor November 13, 2018

Eighteen international journalists observed and interacted with U.S. History I and Computer Essentials students as they participated in activities while learning about the First Amendment on October 26....

Students listen intently as veteran and Southborough resident Steve Whynot talks about his experience in the United States Armed Forces.

Veteran’s Day assembly moves packed audience

Liza Armstong, Sports Editor November 12, 2018

“Veterans come from all walks of life, all classes, all races from all across the country,” senior and Operation Tomahawk president Allan Bramhill said. “These men and women have been deployed across...

As opposed to physical test booklets, students will now take MCAS on chromebooks in order to comply with a statewide initiative.

MCAS turns to technology

Gabriela Paz-Soldan, Online Editor November 11, 2018

Students will take MCAS on computers as part of a statewide initiative starting in 2019 for sophomores and 2020 for freshmen, allowing new question types and other features to be incorporated into the...

The garden provides a variety of benefits to the student body, among them a better understanding of nutrition. When [students] actually work in the garden, they come back and they have more appreciation for their food, applied arts and technology teacher Zbigniewa Giegucz said.

Garden gives opportunity to grow

Gabriela Paz-Soldan, Online Editor September 29, 2018

The school garden, with its entrance tucked away in the D100 hallway, has much to offer students and faculty, including a unique, versatile learning environment and hands-on nutritional education, but...

Starting this school year, a new category, ACP, has been added to math and science courses to make integrated classes more mobile.

ACP category aims to make integrated classes more mobile

Catherine Hayden, Assistant News Editor September 28, 2018

The Integrated Math program is no longer being taught with blended concept learning and is categorized as College Prep (CP) courses, and the courses formerly categorized as CP are now labeled as Advanced...

Senior Xander Simon utilizes his laptop in class to do some of his work.

BYOD delayed until second term

Natalie Sadek, Online Editor September 27, 2018

The Bring Your Own Device [BYOD] program is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of term one after being pushed back from its intended start time at the beginning of 2018-2019 school year. According...

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