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

The Classic

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

The Classic

The Townsend Harris team at the DECA State Career Conference in Rochester, New York.

DECA competes at three-day State Career Conference

Diana Piergrossi and Faiza Tasnim March 18, 2024

For the first time, Townsend Harris students competed at the 2024 DECA State Career Conference in Rochester, New York. The THHS DECA club, a chapter of the national association Distributive Education Clubs...

A logo for the newly founded Starling Press.

The Starling Press launches online store, offering young authors a chance to publish original books

Dennis Jeffrey and Suhail Morshed March 15, 2024

This past January, the Starling Press, the student-run publication house at Townsend Harris High School, published its first set of books by students for purchase on Kindle and Amazon. Student club members...

Starting the new marking period, THHS administration adopts a new homework policy.

New updated homework policy goes into effect, addressing how online assignments have transformed homework

Kavya Reshamwala and Max Rosenthal March 13, 2024

Last week, the Townsend Harris administration released an updated homework policy that seeks to address inconsistencies in how teachers post online assignments that have arisen due to a drastic increase...

New assememts are being instituted to track a THHS Freshmen’s progress within their Writing Process classes

Freshmen take new series of Writing Process exams

Malek Ahmed, Staff Writer March 8, 2024

All freshmen at Townsend Harris High School take Writing Process, an additional English course,  meant to train students to write successfully in all THHS courses. This year, all students are taking three...

 MIST members look forward to upcoming competitions after the conclusion of Sports Weekend.

MIST members look ahead to April competition

Students at Townsend Harris High School are looking forward to competing in the upcoming New York Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST) for the 15th year in a row. As MIST approaches, excitement from...

THHS deans enforce a stricter lateness to policy to Harrisites.

New ID scanning policy that logs morning lateness could lead to detentions

Recently, a new morning entry policy requires all students entering school late to have their Townsend Harris ID scanned into a system. Though the data serves multiple purposes, it compiles data on repeated...

Yale University implements a ‘flexible-testing’ policy for the class of 2025 admissions cycle

With Yale and Dartmouth bringing back required test scores, test-optional admissions policies may be on their way out

Defne Kaygisiz, News Copy Editor March 3, 2024

Yale University has announced that it is reversing the test-optional application policy for applicants from the class of 2025. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges shifted admissions procedures to...

The Sophomore Grade Leaders distributed these Valentines candy grams to the entire school on February 14.

Sophomore Grade Leaders deliver candy grams to all on Valentine’s Day

Julina Chen, Sunny Chen, Xinyi Chen, and Labeeba Aniqa March 1, 2024

On February 14, Last Wednesday, the Sophomore Grade Leaders (SGL) at Townsend Harris High School set out to bring the Valentine's Day spirit to the school community through custom-made Candy Grams. Starting...

NYC Public Schools lunch menus are no longer offering certain items.

Burritos and dumplings dumped from cafeteria menus due to budget cuts, leading to low spirits at lunchtime

Reah Joby and Krish Wadia February 21, 2024

Last November, an estimated $60 million was cut from the NYC Department of Education’s budget, affecting school lunches citywide by removing popular food items from the menu such as cookies, chicken...

The elective course guide that all students received on Friday.

Course guide for 2024-2025 released, offering new courses such as Financial Literacy, the Chemistry of Cooking, and AP African American History

Amina Asad, AJ Botsaris, and Riya Chaudhry February 19, 2024

On Friday, Interim Acting Assistant Principal of Guidance Jessica Graf emailed the 2024-2025 course selection guide to all students, along with the announcement that course registration for the next school...

The view from outside the window during a remote snow day.

Technical issues with remote logins lead to a mostly asynchronous snow day

Ayoub Ayoub, Suhail Morshed, and Shayra Shoshi February 13, 2024

With a winter storm creating unsafe travel conditions today, the New York City Department of Education canceled in-person classes and directed students to plan for synchronous remote instruction.  That...

Completing the FAFSA has now been made easier for incoming seniors.

Delays of redesigned FAFSA application impact seniors as they apply for financial aid

Emily Kapica and Alessandra Diaz February 10, 2024

With the 2024-2025 college application process mostly done and seniors now awaiting decisions, many have begun focusing on the financial aspects of the admissions. This year, however, the Free Application...

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