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By Amanda Batista, Ashley Sealy, Minahil Khan, and Faaria Ahmed
Typically, at Townsend Harris, teachers are known for assigning excessive amounts of homework and giving frequent pop quizzes. For some of them, the stakes of life before THHS were considerably … TOWNSEND HARRIS High School students often shy away from visiting their guidance counselors for certain issues. To combat this, THHS welcomed Guidance Counselor Rondell McClary. However, Mr. McClary is not an average guidance counselor; he is a Prevention …
![Should students be required to read so many digital texts rather than traditional printed texts? Image used with a license from Envato.](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Woman-Read-Book-and-Relaxing-Over-Digital-Tablet-1200x849.jpg)
Before computers became such an integral part of education, teachers often distributed multiple kinds of printed texts: textbooks, novels, plays,...
![Harrisites donated to the New York Blood Center this spring.](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/heart-g3321db584_1280-900x557.png)
In partnership with New York Blood Center (NYBC), Townsend Harris High School held its second blood drive of the year in the auditorium this...
![Students toured the Yale campus (pictured here) on a field trip last November. Though college tours and other common experiences remain the same, how has AI impacted the admissions process?](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2082-1200x800.jpg)
The 2024 college application season was unlike any other. With the Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action came new essay prompts...
![Thaseena Anjum](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_5339-1200x800.jpg)
The Townsend Harris testing schedule was introduced in the fall of 2018. It consists of three testing weeks: Week A for English, classical languages,...
![Writers Academy holds honor society induction ceremony.](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_5613-1200x800.jpg)
This past school year, the Townsend Harris English Department officially launched the “Writers Academy,” a program that offers students different...
![Townsend Harris offers a new AP English literature course.](https://thhsclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_6889-1200x658.png)
In 2019, Chalkbeat reported that the New York City Department of Education was planning to diversify the curriculum in city schools. The initiative,...