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The Student-Run Newspaper of Townsend Harris High School at Queens College

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Watch the “Snowcoming” Boys Basketball Game

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor January 10, 2025

This evening, the Student Union is hosting "Snowcoming," a Winter Formal event for students. As part of the event, the SU encouraged students to come support the Boys Varsity Basketball team, which competed...

Keeping it Classic: Mr. Condon on last year’s leave of absence

Nana-Ama Kwarteng, Podcast Manager January 8, 2025

Mr. Condon took a leave of absence at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. The Classic podcast interviewed him about his return to school this past fall and about Ms. Fee’s work as Acting Principal...

A look behind the scenes with this year’s S!NG winners

Aidan Ng, Maimuna Kader, and Nirjhana Paul December 24, 2024

With the 2025 S!NG season coming to a close, the Freshior team takes home the victory. Taking several months of hard work, and collaboration between eight departments, watch the behind the scenes of the...

With college application deadlines approaching, teachers offer advice to seniors on college

Mellonie Williams, Chatani Edwards, and Tenzing Gurung December 22, 2024

With college application deadlines approaching, teachers offer advice to seniors, and how to make the most out of their time in college. Watch the full video of what THHS teachers said on the Classic TV.

The Winter Mini-Concert took place from Bands 1-4 on Monday

Watch the 2024 Winter Concert here

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor December 17, 2024

The Classic is live-streaming this evening's winter concert. You can watch the stream below. If the stream goes down for any reason, we will update it at this page.  

The 2025 FON season officially begins

Tenzing Gurung, Multimedia Editor December 11, 2024

On December 5, the FON Kickoff marks the start of FON, each FON was highlighted, and students were able to officially sign up for FONs, with a new limit of two FONs.

THHS 2024 Arista Induction Ceremony

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor December 9, 2024

Tonight, the National Honor Society, Arista, Induction Ceremony took place at THHS, celebrating new and returning inductees into this honor society. Below is the full live stream of the ceremony.

Operation Tomatometer Season 4 Highlights: Didi

Rajvi Sharma, Tenzing Gurung, and Jaica Derecho December 3, 2024

Operation Tomatometer, the teen film commentary podcast hosted by The Classic, reviewed Didi. You can hear our teens review on the film and their discussions on the relatability of the film and Asian...

Boys Basketball team wins first game of the 2024-2025 season

Yasmeen Ismail, Managing Editor November 28, 2024

In the first matchup of the season, the Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated Queens Technical High School 64-13. The Classic was there to livestream the game. You can watch the boys' victory above.

The Semores perform on Friday night.

Watch the S!NG 2025 livestream for Saturday night’s show here

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor November 23, 2024

We will be live-streaming both evening shows of S!NG 2025 this weekend. Below is the Friday night livestream. Thank you to The Classic's livestream team: Ryan Chen, Aidan Ng, Yasmeen Ismail, and Tawfiq...

Freshiors performing in this year's S!NG production.

Watch the S!NG 2025 livestream for Friday night’s show here

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor November 22, 2024

We will be live-streaming both evening shows of S!NG 2025 this weekend. Below is the Friday night livestream. Thank you to The Classic's livestream team: Ryan Chen, Aidan Ng, Yasmeen Ismail, and Tawfiq...

Around 400 students attend the third annual Witching Hour

Aidan Ng, Multimedia Editor November 19, 2024

Last month, the third annual Witching Hour was held at THHS. Students stayed overnight, and were challenged to stay up for the whole night to complete the reading challenge, filled with fun and activities.

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