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Prowl Staffs Picks for Summer Fun

Prowl Staff’s Picks for Summer Fun

Angelina Bellizzi, Public Relations Editor June 13, 2022

Sitting down in boredom, wondering what to do on a nice summer day? Schools coming to an end and members from the Bobcat Prowl are giving six things to do locally this summer. The Beach Leading with the most popular choice from the class, the beach is a place to go and hangout with friends and...

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9th Grade Science Fair

9th Grade Science Fair

Ava Nicole Shasha, Sports Editor June 10, 2022

On June 2nd, the freshman class at South Windsor High School hosted the 9th Grade Science Fair. The past few years the 9th grade class missed out on the science fair due to the pandemic. This opportunity asked students to apply the scientific method to conduct independent research.    The...

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“Save Our Schools” Demonstration at SWHS

“Save Our Schools” Demonstration at SWHS

Max Schwartzman, Editor-in-Chief June 9, 2022

On a foggy and gray Thursday morning, approximately two dozen students held up signs and gave speeches to warn of the danger of school violence as morning bus offloading occurred. Walking the track of the football field the group attracted much attention and conversation that day among students.    “Today...

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SWHS Diver Commits To Division 1

SWHS Diver Commits To Division 1

John Montana, Writer March 18, 2022

Student Andrew Bell commits to dive division 1 at UMASS Amherst. Bell’s record for six dives is 360.35. Six dives are where you dive Forward, Back, Inward, Reverse, Twist, and Armstand. Andrew discovered his love for diving freshman year, saying, “It was the first year I had ever competitively dove,...

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SWHS Junior Starts Change.org Petition to Improve School Parking System

SWHS Junior Starts Change.org Petition to Improve School Parking System

Emily Osit, Arts & Entertainment Editor March 2, 2022

As the days are getting shorter, and the temperature is getting lower, that walk from Upper Dupre just gets more difficult. Students from all grades are joining together for one cause: the SWHS parking system. One junior in specific: Wyatt Cote, decided to take action against the current system. “They...

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Dedicating Time to an Unnoticed Community: How These Three Students Went Above and Beyond During Their Final Year of High School

Dedicating Time to an Unnoticed Community: How These Three Students Went Above and Beyond During Their Final Year of High School

Samantha Deras, Editor February 11, 2022

The three students came in talking and laughing, sharing inside jokes and reflecting back on their project. They made themselves comfortable and used their backpacks to prop themselves up. Being stuck on what to do for their final year here at South Windsor High School, these three seniors set out to...

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Turning A Passion Into Fulfilling Work: How A High School Junior Assists Another Community

Turning A Passion Into Fulfilling Work: How A High School Junior Assists Another Community

Jack Huot , Copy Editor February 7, 2022

Manning’s leaming smile radiated through the facetime call. Her positive attitude and energy both worked effortlessly in reaching me through the phone. The different highlights of brown gleamed through her hair as she frequently moved while talking to me; she seemed authentically involved in the conversation,...

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“Life is a marathon, not a sprint”: An Introspective Piece on SWHSs Newest Social Worker

“Life is a marathon, not a sprint”: An Introspective Piece on SWHS’s Newest Social Worker

Amritha Suresh , Editor January 31, 2022

Mr Addy, a friendly face in the hallowed halls of South Windsor High School.  His room, one Kobe Bryant poster on the back wall.    He loved Kobe Bryant and mourned his death as did so many others, and Mr. Addy actually named his daughter; Gianna, after Gianna Bryant.    When...

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SWHS Junior is Secretly an Artist and Musician

SWHS Junior is Secretly an Artist and Musician

Izabella McKenna, Student Life Editor January 31, 2022

Stepping out of Hartford Public High School in the freezing cold with only a ting top and running shorts on with the wind howling like a wolf on a full moon and his jet black hair getting stuck on his face heading to the bus back from his track meet feeling like he just won a gold medal. Cass Rodriguez...

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SWHS Senior peeks at his future

SWHS Senior peeks at his future

Angelina Bellizzi, Public Relations Editor January 31, 2022

For the 1,200 students hustling through the halls at South Windsor Highschool, every student has a different dream, ambition and drive. Students get a chance to volunteer, research and more for a project in their senior year. Between the 305 seniors doing capstone,  Ali Abdulsater’s senior capstone...

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From Backstrokes To Slopes: Amanda Walsh and Pursuing Passion

From Backstrokes To Slopes: Amanda Walsh and Pursuing Passion

Cael Brennan, Editor January 27, 2022

Senior, Amanda Walsh sits in the room wearing about a dozen different neon colors across her clothing. She’s armed with one of her essential pairs of vibrant crocs, a mask smeared with eye-catching decals, nails that hop from shade to shade across her fingers, and funnily enough is arguing to me that...

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South Windsor Boys Basketball Season Opener Retrospective

South Windsor Boys Basketball Season Opener Retrospective

Mikaylee Winn, Public Relations Editor December 22, 2021

“Shot!’ “Get back on D!” Adrenaline high, buzzers going off. “Scoreboard!” 10 seconds, what would you do? As South Windosr traveled to Lewis Mills Highschool, Thursday December 16th, for the season opening game, there was tension on the rise.  Aggressiveness, high shot-make...

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