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by: Robert Hummel The Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) is an organization dedicated to furthering men’s and women’s education in the areas of marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Recently, the Spotswood High School Chapter of DECA excelled in the State Leadership Conference at the Crowne Plaza. Of the 52 participants entered, 39 qualified as [...]

by: Kate Paslawsky This year is quickly coming to an end. Seniors are committing to colleges, and preparing for the new journey starting the end of August. Many people are anxious about what is to come. College is a very different scenario than High School. Students have the opportunity to go away, or stay close [...]

by: Brad Herman Spring sports Spotswood spring sports are back in swing, with spring sports such as baseball, softball, golf, and Men’s tennis. Who could forget the ancient sport of Track and Field. This year’s track team has over 90 members. There are 24 senior athletes this spring sports season. All the sports teams are [...]

by: Robert Hummel The annual physics trip to Six Flags Great Adventure theme park is back after its short hiatus last year. The physics students and Mr. Dempsey will be going to Great Adventure on May 11th to analyze the physics of the rides there. Why the year-long gap? According to Mr. Dempsey, there were [...]

by: Brad Herman The Spotswood’s first graduating class was in 1978, however, the building itself hasn’t really graduated into the modern American high school. Monroe Township, who neighbors Spotswood Township, recently has moved into a new and extremely high tech school building. Yes,  Monroe is growing more rapidly than Spotswood, but Spotswood High could use [...]

by: Katelyn Paslawsky There are many historical facts behind the small town of Milltown. The different companies that were in the Mill were what Milltown was mainly about. It went through many different stages between the late 1700s through the 1930s, and some years beyond. The earliest documentation of the mill was in 1769, when [...]

by: Kevin Martin The English language is described by many to be a “borrowed” language. By “borrowed” they mean it is just a melding of different languages. It has one of the most diverse and complicated vocabularies of any language. Today’s modern English is nothing less than a meshing of cut-phrases, traditional words, and fictional [...]

by: Robert Hummel Devoe Lake is a small reservoir connected to South River in the northeast and Manalapan Brooke in the southwest. It has a surface area of 19 acres. The lake is infamous for putrid water and garbage, along with bad smells and wasted space. The lake has been a major player in the [...]

by: Katelyn Paslawsky On April 15th 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. It was sailing from Southampton to New York City. There were over 2, 200 people on the voyage, ranging from crew members to passengers. The sinking of the ship caused the death of 1, 517 people, and [...]

by: Katelyn Paslawsky In 2008, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, was published. It is a young adult novel and the first of the trilogy. The Hunger Games is followed by Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world of Panem, where the countries of North America once existed. During [...]