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Can Music Help You Study?
Adriana Lopez, Assistant Editor • June 11, 2026

Walk into almost any study session, and you’ll probably see someone wearing headphones. Whether it’s classical music, lo-fi beats, pop songs, or movie soundtracks, music has...

Coding Music with JavaScript?!
Adriana Lopez, Assistant Editor • June 3, 2026

When most people think about coding, they imagine spreadsheets, complicated math, or someone silently typing in a dark room at two a.m. Music production usually brings up a completely...

The Ultimate Guide to Searching for Colleges
Adriana Lopez, Assistant Editor • June 3, 2026

Choosing a college is often described as one of the biggest decisions in a student's life, and for good reason. It's not just about picking a school; it's about choosing an environment...

A Guide to Backyard Astronomy
A Guide to Backyard Astronomy
Adriana Lopez, Assistant Managing Editor • May 18, 2026

Have you ever taken a moment to enjoy the night sky, gazing up at the thousands of stars above us? You don’t need a giant observatory, a Ph.D. in physics, or a spaceship to explore...

Mental Health Week
May 18, 2026
Behind the Ceremony: The Junior Class Marshall’s Perspective on Graduation
Behind the Ceremony: The Junior Class Marshall’s Perspective on Graduation
Lucy Haile, Managing Editor • June 11, 2026

As junior class president, one of my responsibilities is serving as the class marshal during the graduation ceremony. While I had attended graduations before as a spectator, this...

Seniors Defeat Faculty in Annual Seniors vs. Faculty Basketball Game
Seniors Defeat Faculty in Annual Seniors vs. Faculty Basketball Game
Lucy Haile, Managing Editor • June 4, 2026

The gym was filled with thrill and excitement on Friday as students and staff gathered in the gymnasium for the annual Seniors vs. Faculty basketball game, a beloved Minnechaug...

Petal It Forward
Petal It Forward
Riddhi Patel, Reporter • June 3, 2026

Minnechaug’s Above the Influence in 2021, helping spread positivity through flowers accompanied by handwritten notes of kindness. The organization has worked with schools in...

Minnechaug’s girls basketball team has reached the Final Four.
A Season to Remember: Girls Basketball Dominates the Court
Riddhi Patel, Reporter • March 9, 2026

The girls basketball team has had a memorable season this winter, showing determination, teamwork, and school spirit from the first basket to the final buzzer. Throughout the season,...

Players line up to show good sportsmanship.
Minnechaug Boys Hockey Rises to Second in the Division
Emma Grover, Sports Editor • January 8, 2026

Minnechaug Boys Hockey’s most recent game against Amherst-Pelham Regional High School ended in a 1-0 shutout, putting them second in the division with a 0.86 win percentage according...

Why We Should Keep Going to the Movies
Benjamin Patterson, Contributor • March 10, 2026

Movie theaters are special. When you walk into a movie theater, tread on the soft carpet, and smell buttered popcorn wafting through the air. Then you buy snacks, find your theater, and sit down on the comfortable reclining chairs,...

Student’s Feel the Impact of Teachers’ ‘Work-to-Rule’ Initiative
Lucy Haile, Managing Editor • March 10, 2026

Staff within the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District have begun a “work-to-rule” initiative, which limits their work strictly to contracted hours. Although this is not a formal strike, this initiative means limited...

Bring Back Victorian Houses! (But Maybe Keep an Exorcist on Speed Dial)
Bring Back Victorian Houses! (But Maybe Keep an Exorcist on Speed Dial)
Adriana Lopez, Assistant Editor • November 25, 2025

You’ve probably seen them in movies, perched on hillsides and drowned in dramatic lighting, extravagantly patterned shingles, and just enough mysterious energy to make you captivated by their other-worldly charm. But should...

Ally Testimony: ‘What we Share’
Margaret Szpakowski, Editor in Chief • December 18, 2020
No matter how close we get, how much we intertwine our pasts and presents and futures, there are some things that can’t be shared. I will never know what it is like to be my best friend.