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Radium Girls: As A Crew Member

Radium Girls: As A Crew Member

Nicole Henchey, Special Guest Writer March 16, 2022

The Holyoke High Theater Company put on its eighth production, titled Radium Girls, in March of 2022.  The play is based on a true event of the 1920s.  U.S. Radium Corporation, led by a greedy and inconsiderate...

Black Light

Black Light

Sage Sherburne, Herald Writer March 16, 2022

For years, people of color have been the subject of negative, bad and unattractive light.  Black people have fought and died for their rights to live in America as well as to be considered American. Martin...

Holyoke St. Patricks Day Parade

Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Alina Fairlie, Herald Writer March 15, 2022

The 69th Holyoke St Patrick's Day Parade is making a return on Sunday, March 20, after being put on hold for two years due to COVID. In March 2020, the parade was canceled for the first time since it began...

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Trade School For College

Samantha Ramirez, Herald Writer March 11, 2022

Trade schools typically focus on providing trade-specific training. They are a good alternative for students who don't want to go to a four-year college. It involves a lower tuition cost and takes a shorter...

A Look into the Boys Basketball Senior Knight

A Look into the Boy’s Basketball Senior Knight

Samantha Brennan, Herald Writer March 11, 2022

The Varsity Holyoke High School boys basketball team honored their Seniors on February 15 in an annual Home Game Senior “Knight.” With seven senior athletes, there was much to celebrate. The game was...

Bianca Ortiz y su hito 1k

Bianca Ortiz y su hito 1k

Taleishka Morales Babilonia, Herald Writer March 8, 2022

El 3 de marzo de 2022, una estudiante de Holyoke High School llamada Bianca Ortiz alcanzó su hito de 1K. Bianca Ortiz logró el punto número 1000 de su carrera en una competencia de octavos de final...

Bianca Ortiz and her 1K milestone

Bianca Ortiz and her 1K milestone

Taleishka Morales Babilonia, Herald Writer March 7, 2022

On March 3rd, 2022, a Holyoke High School student named Bianca Ortiz hit her 1K milestone. Bianca Ortiz achieved her 1,000th career point in a Division II Round of 32 contest where the score was 66-55...

La Estudia de Holyoke High School

La Estudia de Holyoke High School

Taleishka Morales Babilonia, Herald Writer March 2, 2022

Holyoke High School ha existido durante años y años. Ha crecido y cambiado de muchas maneras, incluidos los edificios separados que forman parte de Holyoke High, como los campus North y Dean, Pathways...

Yamaya Perez and Her Big 1K

Yamaya Perez and Her Big 1K

Taleishka Morales Babilonia, Herald Writer February 17, 2022

On February 11th, a Holyoke High School Senior named Yamaya Perez accomplished, as she would say, one of her biggest milestones. Perez hit her 1,000 point milestone when she took the free-throw line late...

Black Queen!!!

Black Queen!!!

Sage Sherburne, Herald Writer February 17, 2022

It is BLACK HISTORY MONTH around the WORLD. With that, racism, oppression, discimination and prejudice has risen. Black History month commemorates the freedom of black people, the struggle that we have...

How to Improve Your Mental Health

How to Improve Your Mental Health

Samantha Ramirez, Herald Writer February 10, 2022

Your mental health is really important, especially now with everything going on with COVID. Back in 2020 when the quarantine first started, people really struggled with how to deal with everything...

Hidden Kills: Is Racism in the shadows now?

Hidden Kills: Is Racism in the shadows now?

Sage Sherburne, Herald Writer February 9, 2022

The subject of the death of blacks at the hands of police is something that has gained national and worldwide attention for many years. According to newsweek.com, “at least 200 black people were killed...

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