On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall along Florida’s gulf coast as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 155 miles per hour, driving a storm surge as high as 18 feet. It later ripped...
On Wednesday, October 19th, the Somerset Hills Board of Education met for their monthly meeting in the Bernards High School Media Center. Like all other meetings, it was open to the public, for any citizens,...
The College Fair at Ridge High School returned on October 13th, its first in-person showing since 2019. The fair is jointly-run by Bernards High School and Ridge High School, and 119 colleges and universities...
Marc Nakashian ‘23 and Matthew Lesnik ‘23 organized “3 for a Cure”, a fundraiser that raised money for cancer patients and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The fundraiser took place on Wednesday,...
On Saturday, October 8, 2022, a massive fireball struck the Kerch Strait Bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine. This bridge acted as the only link between Russia and the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula in southern...
With a new school year beginning with post-pandemic guidelines, there have been changes regarding school lunches. During the pandemic, the government funded public schools with the “federal pandemic...
At the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, Dr. Gretchen Dempsey announced her resignation as superintendent of the Somerset Hills School District. Dr. Dempsey announced her request...
The school-wide “Book Talk” has returned to Bernards High School after a two-year hiatus of in-person instruction and learning. The “Book Talk” is a discussion between all grades during their designated...
Sophia Vascellaro, Staff Writer September 10, 2022
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 after a 70-year reign. She died peacefully at her Scottish estate, where she had spent most of her summer.
Hours before her death, doctors...
On the morning of Thursday, September 8th, 2022, at approximately 9:35 A.M Eastern Standard Time, the fire alarm sounded, sending a wave of confusion throughout Bernards High School.
“I wondered...
Finals are returning to Bernards since 2019 and all the current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are experiencing finals for the first time. Finals occur during the last days of school, during the four...
As the 2021-22 school year comes to a close, students are overwhelmed with final exams, end-of-year projects, and tying up loose ends in their academics. Although summer is in reach, the end of the school...
