The chronic fatigue plaguing Needham High seniors has been identified as a mononucleosis epidemic, an investigative committee reported Friday. Affectionately dubbed ‘senioritis’ by faculty and students alike, the exhaustion and lack of academic engagement was universally attributed to a combination of burnout and acceptance into institutions of higher education. However, concerns arose within the administration when measures taken to treat senioritis showed no effect.

Hello Needham High and welcome back to Fashionista of the Month! For this month’s fashion spotlight, I decided to highlight the male teacher fits of NHS. Perhaps due to the fact that the male teachers overall have not changed (or upped) their style game for many, many, many years, a number of them have been requested for Fashionista of the Month several times throughout my high school experience. Therefore, I thought I would knock out as many birds as I can with one stone: here is a top 5 list of male teacher outfits!

A recent study conducted by Amerisleep reports that pillow cases actually accumulate more bacteria than toilet seats. Since the release of the study, a new fatigue has overtaken the nation’s health enthusiasts, who are afraid to sleep on their once-beloved pillows. 

I’ve decided this would be the perfect time to select a permanent replacement for “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” one with lyrics far more uplifting than “your time has come to shine! All of your dreams are on their way!” After much deliberation, I have narrowed my list down to the following songs, all of which are joyful, celebratory, and thus perfect for the NHS graduation ceremony.

Next year the Needham High curriculum will take a big leap and introduce more advanced placement courses to the curriculum. Needham High currently offers 24 AP classes and while this may seem like a lot, many Needham High Students are pushing for the school to offer more. 

Seniors, the long-awaited, monumental time is upon us. While many of us have already committed to school or know what we will be doing next year, others (including myself) are struggling with hearing rejections and deferrals from our dream schools. As we grapple through this round of regular decision announcements, I want to share my secret weapon for ending up at your dream school, despite that school not accepting you the first time. 

I look to my right and see two girls dressed in the same strange medieval attire. Maybe this is for National History Day? Or a project for APUSH? I look to the main staircase and see over 200 kids: all of whom were dressed in tunics, cloaks, gowns, and doublets. What is happening? Mr. Flaggert greets me at the top of the stairs.

Spring is quickly approaching, along with festivities such as Senior Assassins, Senior Skip Day, Senior Sacrifice, and Prom. Student council is busy cooking up a theme for an exciting night of dancing, food, and camaraderie. Here’s an inside look at the themes they’re considering. 

Spring sports are just getting started!! The season is short though, and before these athletes know it they will be playing their last games, hanging up their Needham gear, and picking new captains for the future spring season. Not to fret though, because before everyone knows it the summer will be gone and the fall season will be right around the corner. While the usual fall athletics will be available (cross country, swimming, football, dance, soccer etc), a new bunch of sports will be open for  registration. To give a quick overview, the new sports offered will be: Hobby Horsing, rollerball, croquet, flonkerton, and more.

This year, at Needham’s January 7th school committee meeting, the district announced that it would need to trim $2.5 million from its budget for the upcoming fiscal year due to increased healthcare prices—a change which has forced superintendent Dan Gutekanst and the school committee to make some hard decisions. Cutting down from the original $104 million proposal for FY26, the superintendent stated that the district had already accounted for $1.4 million in reductions, but still needs to find a way to shave off another $1.1 million.

It’s a long day. I’m finally home, and I throw my bag to the ground and sulk over to the coach to meaninglessly scroll on TikTok for at least an hour before my body feels like functioning again. I just want to relax, do nothing, and get lost in the amusement and fanciful entertainment of TikTok while I still can. 

The Needham High School Rockets have had their fair share of wins this year, as many of our division one teams have traveled to the semifinals and state finals for their respective sports. No win this year, however, can compare to our most recent title. Needham High School’s bathrooms have been awarded the title of “top high school bathrooms on the east coast.” They will be competing at nationals later this month, with the hopes of winning a national title.

While you’re busy working at school, your phone is stuck in a cramped, bare-bones hotel for over six hours every day. Those plastic, prison-like cells with peeling stickers are nothing but a center of endless stress for your phone. But there’s a solution! Upgrade to these new, superior options, and your phone will be back to resting easy, safe and sound, while you power through school.

In every institution, there arises a leader so profound, so indisputably powerful, that the only logical conclusion is to hand them absolute control. At Needham High School, that leader is none other than Mr. Flaggert, the enigmatic, all-knowing, khaki-wearing beacon of wisdom who haunts the far corner of the 700s. It is time we cast aside the shackles of democracy, and elect Mr. Flaggert as the supreme ruler of the school. 

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