Week of Feb. 8-11

On Monday, Secretary Kitty Strong received 150 calls from senior parents to excuse their kids from school. [Julia Blatchford, 12]

11.9 million people viewed the Super Bowl. [Kacie Bergh, 10]

At the senior faculty basketball game, seniors Hasan Baig and Nick Balestra posed as ESPN sports analysts dressed in suits and ties with a decorated ESPN booth to broadcast the game. [Hasan Baig, 12]

Republican Donald Trump and democrat Bernie Sanders have won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. [Kjell Hagen, 11]

DECA went to the Chesterfield Mall on Wednesday, and 27 students qualified to compete at state on March 13-15. [Mallory Henak, 12]

For Valentine’s Day celebration, Nancy Sachtleben’s Crime and Law class did a speed dating activity that involved students acting as undercover criminals and serial killers on Thursday. [Katie Bowen, 12]

Science teacher Amy Cohen gave her Animal Behavior class “Dirt-N-Worms” for the class to make on Thursday. [Kjell Hagen, 11]

WOW week of love begins on Tuesday this week and students can buy cookies for $1 on Thursday at lunch. [Claire Dreller, 12]

Annie Wayland’s Leadership classes began working on Special Olympics banners and posters. [Julia Blatchford, 12]

A new Harry Potter book will be released on July 31. [Ethan Golde, 9]