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Money tree plants thrive by a sunny window after being planted in the spring as a part of a gardening project, with the arrival of warm weather
Spring Hobbies Bloom in Kinnelon
With spring starting, there are many new and exciting hobbies to discover for the warm days ahead.
Lea Albik, Staff Reporter • April 11, 2025
Taken on Dec 8, 2024, flying out of Newark airport.
Fun Spring Break Destinations Everyone Will Love
Spring break is the perfect time to break your routine and dive into some amazing places for the best spring break.
Kylee Dittmeier, Staff Reporter • April 9, 2025
Various tools that can be used to unlock mental and physical potential while cleaning.
Spring Into a Better State of Mind
How spring cleaning and tidying boosts mental health.
Peyton Triano, Editor-In-Chief • April 8, 2025
A picture showing the new Starbucks Spring menu.
Starbucks Spring flavors unlocked
Sofia Solensky, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025
Easter Basket made in 2024 filled with trendy items for a ten-year-old.
How To Make an Egg-cellent Easter Basket
The Step-by-Step Guide to a Perfect Spring Present.
Ashley Tumminia, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025
National English Honors Society students at PRM for Read Across America
Pages of Possibility
Kinnelon High School National English Honors Society Students Celebrate Read Across America
Melina Lucci, School News • April 14, 2025
Side by side of Suda and Oluwole
KHS Under New Leadership
Kiel principal Jennifer Oluwole transfers to Kinnelon High School
Ava Gutkin, Staff Reporter • April 7, 2025
Poster displaying information about the spring recital.
Tri-M’s Annual Spring Recital
Tri-M members prepare for their upcoming performance
Cara Rosenfeld, Staff Reporter • April 3, 2025
Music Meets March Madness: Locura de Marzo and Manie Musicale
Music Meets March Madness: Locura de Marzo and Manie Musicale
Spanish and French students at KHS participate in the annual Locura de Marzo and Manie Musicale bracket competitions through March and April.
Samantha Galarosa, Staff Reporter • April 1, 2025
Discovering The Benefits of KHS Lunch
Students and staff claim to not know the ingredients in school lunch, but Maschio's may have a solution.
Reagan Brush, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2025
                                                                                                                            Poster of audition times posted on the wall outside of the cafeterias at KHS.
Are you ready, kids?
KHS chooses Spongebob Musical for spring play.
Isabella Vuturo, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2025
How to Invent a Fantasy World
Alexander Ives, Staff Reporter • April 11, 2025

Fire-breathing dragons locked in conflict with hundreds of armor-clad soldiers; aliens attacking New York City; colonies on the moon struggling with a food shortage. We’ve all experienced some form of worldbuilding, but...

Easter Basket made in 2024 filled with trendy items for a ten-year-old
How To Make an Egg-cellent Easter Basket
Ashley Tumminia, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

Imagine waking up on Easter morning and walking downstairs into your family room. Here, you are greeted with the sweet scent of blooming flowers as fresh, cool air blows through the room. You look at the small ottoman next...

Lucas Harvey holding a baton
New student teacher strikes a chord in band class
Charlotte Barbach, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

As you walk into your class, expecting to see familiar faces, today, you see an unfamiliar face greet you. This year, Mr. Stroud's class welcomes a new student teacher: Lucas Harvey. Harvey is currently a student at Montclair...

This is an image of sewage water being released into the ocean.
Changes in Water Pollution Regulations
Shreyasi Sharma, Local/World Editor • April 2, 2025

A recent Supreme Court decision has changed the U.S. regulation of water pollution. The case limits the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to set general water quality standards. It requires...

Drone flying over Kinnelon, NJ, on early Dec.
KHS Students Unnerved about Mysterious New Jersey Drones
Laura Solarino, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2025

Imagine looking up at the sky to see several car-sized drones flying above your town. In mid-November, law enforcement saw several drones in the sky at night in northern New Jersey. The drones in New Jersey...

The three business owners are outside a house they decorated.
Spruce Up Your Stoop
Aiyana Bula, Staff Reporter • December 17, 2024

A new local business, Spruce My Stoop, has begun dedicating its time to revamping homes with various services just in time for the holiday season. The creative team consists of three Kinnelon moms:...

KGL won the Turf City tournament.
New Season, New Challenges
Olivia Torsiello, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

As their cleats are laced up and their gear is put on, the Kinnelon Girls Lacrosse Team feels the anticipation and excitement for the season. Throughout spring, KGL plans to strive in its 2025 season....

KJS posing for a picture after winning the Public Co-Op final.
KJS: The Road to the Finals
Laura Solarino, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

There has been one word used among Kinnelon Jefferson Sparta hockey players to describe winning the Public Co-Op Final: surreal.  After a win against West Milford/Pequannock/Pompton Lakes in the sectional...

The Success of KHS Wrestling
Christian Carmichael, Staff Reporter • February 12, 2025

The KHS wrestling team is off to an impressive start this season, still undefeated with a record of 5-0 and filled with talented athletes. Freshman varsity wrestler Lucas DiLorenzo expresses confidence,...

Panic Ensues at NCA All-Star National Competition
Panic Ensues at NCA All-Star National Competition
Carly Nowatka, Staff Writer • April 2, 2025

The tragedy on March 2, in Dallas, TX, at the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) competition, is the most recent indication of the difficult times of gun violence in our country. Ten were injured,...

Influencers' Instagram posts.
Influencers Have Gotten Too Influential
Peyton Triano, Editor-in-Chief • December 17, 2024
"OnCourse" Correcting
“OnCourse” Correcting
November 1, 2024
Cover art for Sabrina Carpenter’s hit song “Espresso”
Pop is Back!
Owen Fernstrom, Opinion Editor • October 10, 2024