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The softball girls during practice.

KHS Softball Team Is Ready to be the Best

Shreyal Sharma, Staff Reporter March 18, 2019

Embracing the spring season with open arms, KHS encourages athletes to join softball. Spring is the season of possibility, and softball gives an opportunity to everyone who is interested in sports to be a member of their athletic...

Coach Joe Lee and Laura Chegwidden at track practice. Photo by Haripriya Kemisetti.

Track Team Bonds with Cheggs

Haripriya Kemisetti, Staff Reporter March 18, 2019

On your mark. Get set. Go! The games have been played but they not the only part of this team. Full of energy, these young athletes look up to none other than their coach, Laura Chegwidden. Coach Chegwidden began her journey...

The Captain Marvel poster. Photo courtesy of IGN.

Captain Marvel (2019) Review

Rocco Damiano, Staff Reporter March 15, 2019

This is not your typical MCU film. ‘Captain Marvel’ is a great introduction to the titular character, played nicely by Brie Larson. Like always, Samuel L. Jackson nails it as Nick Fury. Furthermore, Ben Mendelsohn is fantastic...

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Poster

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) Review

Rocco Damiano, Staff Reporter February 26, 2019

While 2019 animated movies start with a bang, the How to Train Your Dragon films end with one.   For what appears to be the final entry in this franchise, ‘The Hidden World’ is a delight. All the elements that make...

Adapting to a Foreign Place

Adapting to a Foreign Place

Michael Klevtsov, Staff Reporter February 26, 2019

Less than two years ago, sophomore Abeeha Zaidi had packed up her belongings in Dubai, said farewell to her relatives, and boarded one of her most harrowing plane flights yet: an emigration to the United States. "I had no choice...

Juan Guaidó, has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela until free and fair elections can be held. Photo courtesy of Clarin.

5 Things You Need Know This Week

Ethan Burt, Staff Reporter February 13, 2019

World News After years under an oppressive authoritarian regime, citizens of Venezuela have risen up in protest against their president, Nicolás Maduro. In recent years, the nation of 32 million inhabitants has seen three...

The Superbowl LIII Stadium. Photo courtesy of NFL.

Another Win for the Patriots: The Rundown of Super Bowl LIII

Nina Santy, Sports and Opinion Editor February 13, 2019

The reviews and Internet polls are in: Super Bowl LII was boring. It appears the majority of the viewers deemed this Super Bowl a rather uneventful one. Perhaps that is because this was the lowest scoring Super Bowl in history...

The Struggles of Being an Artist in High School

The Struggles of Being an Artist in High School

Ashley Bohmwald, Staff Reporter February 6, 2019

Balancing a seven-hour school day, innumerable hours of homework and studying, and maintaining a social life is an incredibly difficult task for the average high school student; however, freshman John Galascio must manage it all...

Photo of Ashley Bohmwald. Photo courtesy of Ashley Bohmwald.

From Chile to Kinnelon: Ashley’s Story

Daniel Yu, Staff Reporter February 6, 2019

Thump. The sounds of boxes scraping against a wooden floor. The quiet murmurs of people talking in the distance. The hurried, almost frantic energy as people move in a purposeful dance around you. The cool touch of a car’s window...

Diving in with Elyse Shouldis

Diving in with Elyse Shouldis

Michael Lally, Staff Reporter February 6, 2019

Splash! Elyse Shouldis dives into the water, her future, and her goals. A diligent student, Shouldis can balance the hours and hours of hard work in and out of the pool. As a junior in at Kinnelon High School, Shouldis...

Crazy Rich Asians' all Asian cast. Photo courtesy of USA Today.

Opinion-Editorial: Their Struggles, Your Responsibility

Nina Santy, Sports and Opinion Editor February 6, 2019

Editor's Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion or position of any other Colt Chronicle staff member, its adviser, or Kinnelon High...

Cover of After Ever After. Photo courtesy of scholastic.com.

Book Review: ‘After Ever After’ Captures The Life of Teens with Cancer

Shreyal Sharma, Staff Reporter January 18, 2019

Being a teenager is HARD!! Teens have to deal with a lot of stress; the big burden of expectations from friends and family, which makes them insecure and nervous about everything they do. After reading After Ever After,...

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