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By: J. M. Hummel
Jeff Rosen began teaching at Spotswood High School many years ago, and from the moment he walked through the doors of the school to the moment he leaves after the final day ends, it is apparent that Mr. Rosen has influenced his students as an educator and as a mentor. You can’t walk [...]

By: Samantha Adornati
An assembly was held on Thursday, May 20th, in the Spotswood High School cafetorium covering the effects of drinking and driving during Prom weekend. Guest speaker Steven Benvenisti, an attorney, presented the severity of drunk driving, as he now dedicates his life to preventing its fatal price. He told the story of a [...]

By: J M Hummel
Salsa dancing, the polka, and great food were found at the first International Night in recent memory.  It was an event like no other. During various language classes, students were taught how to salsa and polka with the best of them. It didn’t matter that I had two left feet, within a matter of days [...]

By: Lizzy Franz       
Why is our generation the only one that doesn’t have its own style?  The 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s all had a specific style. This is the millennium- people have been dreaming for years about what would be “in” right now, and we’ve let them all down.
Clothes don’t determine your status anymore, which [...]

By: Dawn Govlick
Sketches, sculptures, short films, paintings, and gingerbread houses all in one place?  The 2010 Art Show displayed all of this and more.   Art and graphics students’ work was featured in the show this past May. On average, each student had at least 2 of their best pieces of art displayed in the library. [...]

By: Jenn Livingstone
New Jersey recently passed a new law which went into effect on Saturday, May 1st.  This law was created to help police officers identify and enforce the driving restrictions for teenagers.
The law is named after Kyleigh D’Alessio who died in a car crash in 2006 because she was not wearing a seatbelt while in the passenger seat of [...]

By: Dawn Govlick
Spotswood High School was quite the place to be on the evening of April 30, 2010. Hundreds of students, parents, family members, and teachers lined up for The Ninth Annual Mr. Spotswood Pageant presented by Miss Meyers, Mrs. Collins, Ms. Goglia and the Class of 2010. Before the show, the cafetorium was filled [...]

By: J M Hummel
There is a syndrome that afflicts 9 out of 10 seniors in high school. There are almost no symptoms before it takes hold, and it is caused by no bug or chemical agent. It is a condition known only as Senioritis; if caught early the “illness” can be curbed through excessive studying [...]

By: Nicole Byrne
      
Have you ever caught yourself gazing out of a classroom window, wishing that the sun could be shining on you instead of the florescent light bulbs? Of course you have. Fortunately for you and the rest of the SHS student body, Mrs. Jay and the Spotswood High School Environmental Club is in [...]

On April 20th, twenty-five students from Spotswood High School went to Howell High School to ‘shadow’ other students for the day. Several weeks previous, twenty-five students from Howell came to Spotswood for a day. The Lead for Diversity Club and several other clubs and leadership classes around the country participate in the School Swap every [...]