At approximately 7:00 am on Sunday, October 5, members of Hanover High’s student body departed for Boston on the T-train at Braintree. You might ask, what for? They were heading to the Breast Cancer walk that has been attended annually in recent years by students from student council, community service groups, and various sports team. The six mile walk spanned across Boston, and the day was altogether beautiful being sunny, with a mostly clear sky, and crisp for a walk, with a bit of wind. Prior to the walk, those involved sold t-shirts, sunglasses, bracelets, and accepted donations. Senior Lauren Murray, representing Hanover’s field hockey team and an avid member of student council, organized the walk and served as the leader.
She too, thought it was a fabulous day. “The breast cancer walk is becoming a bigger and bigger success every year,” she said. “The past two years I have run the walk and it surprised me every time I walked into the Braintree T-station to see a huge crowd, decked out in pink, ready to walk for a great cause. It reminds me how spirited Hanover is and how our student body is willing to make a change. I love this school, and the Breast Cancer walk is an example of love.”
“The walk was so much fun, and was really a great day as a whole,” said junior Cassie Maver. Another junior, Ally Knight, said, “The walk was great! Getting your friends to participate makes it awesome and community service is always great to get into and participate! I really enjoyed myself.”
Hanover High constantly has community service opportunities, so keep your eyes peeled, and make sure you participate in the Breast Cancer walk in October ’15, and even the Walk for Hunger, coming in May!
Question: How would you want your parents to react to a bad grade/report card?
Julianna Alicea, ’17: I want them to not yell at me, which usually happens. Personally, I would prefer if they actually didn’t even look at it at all! That would be much better.
Victoria Radin, ’17: I want them to know that I tried my best! I also never like it when people get mad or angry with me, so I prefer that I wouldn’t be yelled at either.
Colleen Dowd, ’16: If I got a bad grade, I wouldn’t want my parents to freak out at me right away. I hope that they would understand and especially give me a chance to redeem myself. Students get stressed out enough and I would rather avoid more stress altogether. Anyways, “yolo” is what I really think.
Joe MacDonald, ’15: If I got a bad grade, I know my parents would take away my phone and electronics, which I hate! This would make me sad, and is my motivation sometimes to not get bad grades. This always happens to me.
Lauren Gelly, ’18: I would want my parents to handle my bad grade, or report card, by making me stay after and trying to realize what I’m doing wrong, and hopefully learn from my mistakes. I would be the one mad about it because it doesn’t affect their future, it affects mine! It affects me and my future for college, it is my responsibility.
When I first started reading We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart, I thought it was going to be about a rich family that suffers a tragedy. But it was so much more than a sad family drama. It turned out to be a mystery with a shocking and heart-wrenching twist that made me want to re-read it as soon as I was done for clues that I had missed the first time through.
It is the story of 17-year-old Cadence, who spent many great summers with her cousins on her family’s island. When she was 15, she suffered a terrible accident that left her with crippling migraines and a Swiss cheese memory. When she is finally allowed to return to the island after two years, she reconnects with her cousins and slowly pieces together the lost details of her accident. What she discovers is unexpected and devastating. It was nothing like the theories I had to started to come up with while reading, and it haunted me when I closed the book.
If you like mysteries, especially psychological ones that keep you guessing, check this one out. At 240 pages, I found it to be a quick read that I did not want to put down.
If you happen to be surrounded by a group of men right now, I have a request of you: please bring up feminism and identify yourself as a feminist. I am nearly certain that these men will immediately become squeamish and try to change the subject. I can make this prediction, not because men are cruel beings who do not want equal rights for women, but because the word feminism has such a terrible, anti-men connotation. In fact, when most of us think of “feminists,” we envisage angry, pretentious women who have not shaved any time this week. This is exactly the problem that He for She is trying to change.
It is no doubt that women are discriminated against in other parts of the world. We hear horror stories about the violence toward women in third world countries. We do not see this kind of violence in the U.S. However, we still see lots of discrimination. Every other song on the radio has a man describing the different things he wants to see a woman do. (I can assure you none of these requests are respectable). Naked pictures of women are being stolen and broadcasted around the world. You cannot hear women mentioned in the media without hearing someone else rate their sexuality. Not only do women in America have to withstand this in their personal lives, they have to take discrimination in work as well. On average, women earn 78 cents to every dollar a male earns.
The question is, how do we change this? Organized feminism has existed since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The movement has made large steps since that time, but clearly equality is still out of reach. This is because it has been a one-sided fight. In the fight for women’s equality, the only soldiers are women. In order for this cause to be successful, men need to get involved as well.
He for She is a United Nations movement for women’s equality. It focuses on bringing together both sides of the fight for gender equality. It addresses men all over the world and urges them to join the movement. So far, almost 200,000 men have joined all over the world. The movement not only focuses on rights for women, but on dismantling all gender stereotypes. The idea is that if women were not forced to be appear sensitive, then men would not have to appear tough. UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson said, “I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too—reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves.”
Newspaper staff attended the home football game against Scituate on October 3rd in order to promote The Indian for the upcoming school year. We had a cornhole game along with small frisbee and pen giveaways. If you followed us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram), you were entered in a drawing for a sports pass to all home Hanover High School sports games this year. Junior Emily Hennessy won the drawing.
We also took pictures with the promise of posting them on this website. If you have any pictures taken at our stand, please send them to hhsindian@hanoverstudents.org and they will be added to the gallery below.
Thanks for your readership and support with our first edition published today!
Coming off a successful season last year, the varsity Golf team knew they were in a great position this fall. That being said, even they are surprised by their current level of success on the course. Up to this this point, the Golf team is 11-0 and has the ability to finish the season undefeated.
Based out of Harmon Golf Club in Rockland, the team has brought their best to each match, home and away. The core 6 players that compete for varsity are seniosr Tyler Powers and Sophie Morrill, sophomores Charlie Banks and George Lastowka, Junior John Carroll, and freshman Luke Smigliani. According to John Carroll, “What we do best is a different kid steps up when we most need it. We are really get along and are a team even though it’s mostly an individual sport.” That team chemistry as well as exceptional skill on the course has brought the team down its current path.
The team has won some matches with ease and has had some come down to just a couple of strokes. The most difficult match so far has been a 3 stroke win over a talented Hingham team. On Wednesday October 8, the team will face its biggest challenge yet against Duxbury at the Duxbury Yacht Club. This match is the biggest roadblock in achieving perfection. No matter the result of the match against Duxbury, Hanover will still head into the tournament with a great record and still has a great shot of clinching the league title.
The boys varsity soccer team is off to a good start this year, though they still realize they have room for improvement. After 10 games, Hanover has a record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 ties. Despite their middle of the road record, the team has had some ups along with the inevitable downs. Hanover started the season with a disappointing 1-0 loss at Rockland before school had even started. It was a game where they out-hustled and
Junior sweeper Liam Riley covers a Scituate forward earlier this year
outplayed Rockland for most of the game but they just couldn’t put one in the back of the net and it cost them. Their next game was at Top 25 Silver Lake, where they lost 3-1 but put up a great battle with the game being remembered as a moral victory. After two relatively easy victories over Middleboro and North Quincy, the team traveled to Pembroke for what might have been their toughest game all year. Facing arguably the best team in the league, Hanover played an incredibly tough game all around and led Pembroke for a good portion of time after a Zach Chase goal. Toward the end of the game, Pembroke dominated play and scored in the last 5 minutes of action to force a tie. It was an upsetting result at the time but, looking back, the team acknowledges that they nearly beat an exceptional team that has been dominating all year.
Despite the Indians playing a fiery, competitive style all year coming into the Scituate game, the Sailors took it to them for a 4-0 drubbing in which Hanover showed little resistance. Hanover quickly recovered, coming back to beat Plymouth North 3-0 and program nemesis Hingham 1-0, a feel-good win for the Hanover program and alumni as well. The following week. Hanover beat Plymouth South 1-0 with Joe Maguire getting the deciding goal. After a rain postponement last night Hanover felt another game slip away as they tied Quincy 2-2. Despite scoring 2 well executed goals and controlling play in surges for a lot of the game, Hanover let Quincy steal a point by scoring on 2 set pieces.
Captain Drew Zwart still regards the season a success at this point. “We have a young team and a lot of younger guys have stepped up big time,” said Zwart. “The team chemistry has been great and everyone gives everything they have. All the seniors have been good examples as well as fellow Tri-Captains Johnny Ferrarini and Jack Phelan. They play their heart out and bring physical tone to every game and people follow their lead.” At this point in the season Ferrarini has kept opponents’ totals low with good defensive games while Zwart (5), Nick Kelsey (5), Chase (2), and Maguire (2) have done the bulk of the scoring.
Hanover’s record might be surprising to some outside the program who saw a lot of inexperience in this year’s team. Zwart himself was somewhat
Sophomore midfielder Zach Chase scores a goal in a 2-0 victory over North Quincy. Nick Kelsey scored for Hanover as well
surprised with how well the team has battled. “Not to say I didn’t think we could compete with teams like Hingham, but the fact that we came out and took it to them shows hows defiant of a team we have. On any given day we can compete with any team in the state.”
The second half of the season will be similar to the first, a mixed bag of very good teams with some sub-par teams that can still pose a threat if overlooked. Hanover will face Patriot-Fisher foes Scituate, Pembroke, Plymouth South, North Quincy, and Middleboro each one more time as well as match ups with talented Duxbury, Whitman-Hanson and Rockland squads. According to Zwart, “The biggest challenge going forward is taking advantage of our opportunities and building upon leads, our defense has been exceptional all year and played large minutes, but we still need to take some pressure off them by expanding the difference margins in our games.” If the team can do that, they have a chance to make a deep run in the state tournament.
Hanover resumes play on October 7 against North Quincy. You won’t want to miss it.
When I picked up The Panopticon, by Jenni Fagan, the cover and the description on the inside flap of the book made it sound like a psychological thriller: a teenaged Scottish orphan “is an anonymous part of an experiment, and she always was. Now it seems that the experiment is closing in.” It made me think of Firestarter by Stephen King or, to go old school, 1977’s I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier. Unfortunately, the book was not what I thought it would be. The “experiment” is just what Anais calls the hands of fate, or the powers that be, that seem to be conspiring to make her life in and out of foster care and group homes a living hell. Her struggles with drugs, crime and a lack of a sense of identity have plagued her from a young age, and the novel details how she survives, bruised and scarred, and eventually tries to reinvent herself. It is a fine book, compelling as a story of realistic fiction, but when I was expecting one genre and got a totally different one, I was disappointed. It’s like when you gulp from a glass expecting water and instead it’s milk . . . neither drink tastes bad, but you’re surprised and a little put off.
I’d recommend this book for anyone who likes to read about survivors of dysfunctional families, foster care, or drug abuse. The cast of characters is moving and heartbreaking, starting with the narrator, Anais, and her now-dead adoptive mother Theresa, a prostitute with a big heart. The friends that Anais makes at Panopticon, the group home she’s placed in while under investigation for assault on a police officer, are diverse and interesting. There are several wildly imaginative trippy scenes, some literal as a result of drug use and others more profound as Anais tries to understand her place in the world.
One challenge to reading the book is the Scottish slang, which you can usually figure out from the context. The bigger issue is the Scottish dialect, words like “cannae” for cannot, “tae” for “to” and “dinnae” for don’t. Scotland is one of those countries that speaks English, but a version that sounds very different from what we speak in the U.S. It took some getting used to. One last thing, there is generous use of the f— word so if that offends, then this book is not for you. There is also one brutal assault scene that could disturb some readers.
What is a rotary club, you may ask? And why have you never heard of one before? Well the fact is, Rotary Clubs exist all over the world. Over 1.2 million people internationally participate in Rotary Clubs, and they label themselves as community leaders who strive to create positive and long-lasting change both in their respective communities and around the world.
Hanover prides itself on being part of the Tri Town Rotary Club along with Norwell and Pembroke, but many people, especially students here at Hanover High, have never heard of the club. Rotary Clubs aren’t always front and center on the town’s radar; members primarily work behind the scenes at doing good and bringing service to the community. Their motto, “service above self,” really does ring true in their actions both displayed in town fundraisers and also international projects.The Tri Town Rotary Club participates in many local projects, fundraising for different charities, and also partners with other clubs around the globe to aid them in achieving a goal or helping an important cause. The executives of the Rotary Club have been attempting to begin a Junior Rotary Club within Hanover High for years, but only now has it begun to take off.
The Rotary Club members, along with many of Hanover’s eager students, are incredibly excited to begin their work as official Rotary Club members.The Rotary Interact Club, Hanover High’s Junior Rotary Club division, will help out at these fundraising projects, lending hands at events and even creating their own fundraising and community service project ideas. Mike Meads, one of the most dedicated student Rotary Club supporters, says, “The Rotary Interact Club is going to be really fun and provide great opportunities for students like us looking to make a difference. I’m really glad that we get the chance to participate!”
Mrs. Maura Aborn, a Hanover High Teacher who helped institute the Rotary Interact Club in the school, said, “I am very excited that we are initiating the interact club at Hanover High School… I think that kids here at school would really benefit not only from helping out in the community, but also from some of the connections they will be able to make with businesses in the community, so I think it’s going to be great!”
One of the many benefits of the Rotary Club is the constant stream of community service opportunities. Lately, Hanover High School has begun placing a great importance on community service; the school board recently passed a policy where every student must complete 10 hours of community service per year in order to fulfill graduation requirements, adding up to a total 40 by the end of senior year. Some students struggle when attempting to find community service opportunities, but through HHS’ Rotary Club, community service opportunities will come easily. Students are encouraged to join the club to aid them in finding ways to help out in the community and in communities around the world.
The Junior Rotary Interact Club meets Mondays after school in Room 317, and is advised by the Middle School’s Laura Breault. New members are always welcome, and the club looks forward to making Hanover and its surrounding communities a better place for all.
The Band has undergone many changes in the past year. First and foremost, Mr. Harden is the Band’s new director. He was hired in early July so that the Band would be able to get going in time for summer Band Camp. Before coming to Hanover, Mr. Harden was the Music Department Head at Rockland High School and directed their high school and middle school bands.
Their first major event of the year was Band Camp, which took place August 18-22 at Camp Wind in the Pines in Plymouth. During Band Camp, the Band begins the process of learning the halftime show that they perform during every home football game. This year, the show is based on songs by Earth, Wind, and Fire. The opener is “In The Stone,” the ballad is “After the Love is Gone,” and the closer is a mashup of “Getaway” and “September.” The Band has been working diligently on their show and will be ready to perform for the first home football game on October 3rd. You won’t want to miss it.
At the same time, the Band has been out performing in some new gigs. The Band performed the National Anthem at the varsity boys soccer game against Middleboro on September 9. They also played our school’s fight song during the first few minutes of the game.
On September 19, the Band traveled with the football team to an away game and performed as a pep band during the game. Many people commented that it was nice to be able to hear the band play at away football games as well. Everyone in Band hopes that away game performances become a regular thing.
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