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

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

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Around 400 students attends 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.

Operation Tomatometer Season 4 Highlights: Halloween Movies

Operation Tomatometer, The Classic Critic‘s film review podcast, is returning for season four with a new Halloween movie review episode. Visit The Classic TV to watch the full episode. Visit The Classic...

2024 Election Simulation Debate

Ryan Chen and Yasmeen Ismail October 30, 2024

Each year, Townsend Harris High School holds an annual election simulation replicating the real-life political election. On October 30, THHS held the election simulation debate where candidates running...

Founders’ Day 2024: Livestream

Ryan Chen and Yasmeen Ismail October 25, 2024

Founders’ Day, an annual event at Townsend Harris High School celebrating the founders and values of the old and new school, took place earlier today at Colden Auditorium. You can watch a livestream...

THHS Writers Academy goes on an overnight trip to Washington DC

Aidan Ng, Ryan Chen, Elvis Chan, Claire Weng, and Aki Benjamin October 22, 2024

From September 30 to October 2, the THHS Writers Academy went on an overnight trip to Washington DC. They explored various sights in Washington DC including the Washington and Lincoln Memorials, museums,...

Things students wish they knew before high school

Tenzing Gurung and Toluwanimi Oyeleye October 9, 2024

Townsend Harris High School students share advice they wish they had known before entering high school.

Classic TV Spotlight: A look at three new clubs

Aidan Ng, Tawfiq Ahmed, and Ryan Chen October 2, 2024

Each year at Townsend Harris High School, new clubs are introduced through the club application process. New clubs are able to introduce their club to the student body by attending events such as the club...

THHS Senior Classes: How do QC Classes Work for Seniors?

Tenzing Gurung, Aidan Ng, and Ryan Chen September 20, 2024

On August 28th, THHS seniors started their humanities and elective courses at Queens College. Through the bridge program, THHS seniors are able to take their humanities class at Queens College, and earn...

Townsend Harris Students Review NYC Public School Lunch

Isabel Jagsaran, Ryan Young, Yasmeen Ismail, and Aidan Ng September 17, 2024

Today, we investigate New York City public school lunch at one of the city's top high schools.

Class of 2025 Senior Sunrise

Tenzing Gurung, Multimedia Editor September 15, 2024

This past Friday, the senior class of 2025 celebrated their last year with the annual Senior Sunrise. Senior SU members hosted the event and provided students with refreshments. Here’s to a bright...

Introducing New Teachers at Townsend Harris High School

Aidan Ng, Multimedia Editor September 11, 2024

Introducing the new teachers at Townsend Harris High School. Each year at THHS there is a hiring process for new teachers to bring in new staff, and this year there are 5 new teachers.

Nightingale Theatre Company stages student-written plays during summer enrichment program

Ryan Chen, Managing Editor September 4, 2024

Last month, the Townsend Harris Writers' Academy hosted a summer enrichment program for journalism, creative writing, and drama students. At the end of the program, students performed four brief plays...

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