by Mary Macary

A group of 29 of our high school students from music, science, and art classes took a trip to see the solar eclipse on April 8th! They traveled to Blair Hill Inn in Greenville facing Moosehead Lake. Mr. Davenport, the teacher who organized the trip, commented, “The eclipse looked fabulous,” and “We were in totality and had the full show: the wind picked up, the temperature dropped, it went dark, we could see the gorgeous silver white corona of the sun around the moon”. 

While the eclipse was fabulous, the journey back was not. While the ride back was supposed to take two hours, it ended up taking a draining five hours. Mr. Davenport’s description was that the, “Ride back was brutal.” He claimed that it took 3 hours just to go 17 miles. Leaving the inn at 4pm, the students and teachers didn’t make it back to the school until 9pm. On their entire journey back home, they only made one stop around 7pm in Guilford’s Irving and Family Dollar. 

Despite that, Mr. Davenport felt it was worth it in the end, saying, “It was amazing. I won’t ever forget it and will be doing all I can to see more of them in the future.”

Here are some images of the eclipse captured by students!

All quotes from Mr. Davenport pulled from an email he sent to me with full permission to share his name and words. 

by Schuyler Hunt

Earth Day is quickly approaching as it is on April 22nd. Earth Day is celebrated to honor the achievements of the environmental movements. Earth Day helps bring awareness for different people to help protect their environment. Earth Day brings thousands of people and organizations together to support the goal of Earth Day, such as bringing awareness to global warming or other environmental concerns. Some people participate in Earth Day by picking up trash on the side of the road or volunteering with a group to do this. Even something like filling up a trash bag of garbage from the side of the road helps the environment. If you are participating by helping pick up trash, make sure you do it safely and sanitarily. Be sure to have gloves, sanitizer, trash bags, a first aid kit, etc.