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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

2024-2025 Girls Varsity Volleyball Team

Girls Varsity Volleyball team headed to semifinals

Janna Pasig, Finley Chin, and Jacqueline Hong November 17, 2024

The Girls Varsity Volleyball Team has now made it to the playoffs three years in a row. After defeating Sunset Park High School, Springfield Gardens, and Leon M. Goldstein High School for Science in successive...

The Girls Varsity Volleyball Team going against Leon M. Goldstein HS for Science and winning 2-0

Photos of the Week: Girls Varsity Volleyball

Tabassum Ahmed, Photo Desk Manager November 16, 2024

Girls Cross Country wins Queens Borough

Girls Cross Country wins Queens Borough Championship

MJ Buitrago, Sophia Lee, Redon Alovic, and Kelly Vu November 14, 2024

The Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Cross Country teams won the Queens Borough Championships on Saturday, October 26. After a strong season, some of the runners shared their own experiences on the path...

Students balancing sports and academic workload

Student-Athlete Balance: how do Hawks handle their workload?

Sophia Madrazo, Josephine Furst, and Sophia Chen November 7, 2024

Townsend Harris High School has some of the most rigorous academic programs in the city, as well as a strong participation in PSAL sports. As PSAL athletes begin the third month of school practices remaining...

Senior Sebastian Morales, soon the senior captain of the THHS boys varsity basketball team

Senior Sebastian Morales prepares to step into role of Boys Varsity Basketball captain

Xinyan Qiu, Athan Lin, and Safir Uddin October 29, 2024

Over the course of four years, senior Sebastian Morales has helped the Boys Varsity Basketball team at Townsend Harris High School establish a winning culture. Coming off of a strong junior season, during...

Blayne Gelbman becomes Athletic Director.

With Ms. Caiaccia on leave, Mr. Gelbman takes on Athletic Director role

MJ Buitrago and Kelly Vu October 28, 2024

 This year, senior advisor and history teacher Blayne Gelbman will also be serving as Athletic Director while former Athletic Director Lauren Caiaccia is on sabbatical leave. Mr. Gelbman and Townsend...

Teams to look out for this fall season.

Teams to look out for this fall season

Eva Hannon, Athlete Spotlight Manager October 18, 2024

As the fall sports season is now fully underway, some teams to look out for include the Boys Badminton and Girls Varsity Volleyball teams.  With a current record of 6-1, the Girls Volleyball team stands...

Senior captain Christian Vargas

Senior Christian Vargas steps up as “strong, energetic, and vocal captain” of the Boys Varsity Soccer team

Mohammad Nasrallah, Athlete Feature Manager October 5, 2024

Throughout his high school career, senior Christian Vargas has left his mark on the Boys Varsity Soccer team. After an impressive start to the season, with five goals scored over the course of seven matches,...

Girls Volleyball Captain Emma Wu.

Junior Emma Wu helps lead Girls Varsity Volleyball team to four straight wins as team captain

Julia Pietrzak and Abby Kronenberg September 27, 2024

After four matches, the Girls Varsity Volleyball team is currently undefeated and tied for first place with Queens Metropolitan High School. As captain, junior Emma Wu is ready for the season and spoke...

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