Mira Mehta
April 1, 2020
Westfield is in its third week of remote learning, a change which has been difficult for all classes but which poses unique challenges for students with special needs and their teachers. No student has the same experience, and depending on their individual needs, they receive different support and resources within Westfield schools. Some students receive extra support in general education classrooms, some get help in separate classes several times a week and others are in self-contained special education...
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Coronavirus incites hoarding and stockpiling
March 28, 2020
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March 27, 2020
On March 13, Westfield Public Schools (WPS) Superintendent Dr. Margaret Dolan announced through an email to parents and staff that all WPS would be closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This announcement was especially devastating to the spring sports team at WHS, as the cancellation of school also meant the postponement of all athletic events. With a final year in a Blue Devil uniform on the line, Hi’s Eye reached out to senior captains as well as their head coaches from each...
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What the world has been missing
March 27, 2020
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March 16, 2020
In the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club, archetypical students stuck together for a day inside the four walls of a library during detention discover they have more in common than they ever thought. By the end of the day, romantic relationships had formed among people who ordinarily wouldn’t match based on looks and stereotypes. Fast forward 36 years, and the new Netflix show Love is Blind, a three-week original reality TV show aired on Feb. 13, gives 30 singles the opportunity to find their soulmate...
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New Music Video ‘Falling’ is peak Harry Styles
March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020
March 27, 2020 • No Comments
On March 12, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest single-day drop since the crash known as “Black Monday” in 1987. This drop came suddenly after President Donald Trump announced a nationwide travel ban to European countries due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Dow is a stock market index that measures the stock performance of the largest 30 companies in the United States on the stock exchange. According to Fox Business, the Dow dropped 2,352.60 points on March 12. However, the economic crisis did not end there. On March 16, the Dow had its worst point drop in U.S. history, dropping 2,997 points. “The current volatility of the stock market leaves me nervous for the economy and my parents who may be directly affected by...
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WHS adapts to a new way of learning and teaching
March 27, 2020
On March 13, all WHS staff and students were informed that online instruction would begin on March 17 until further notice, due to the current coronavirus outbreak. Given the abrupt notice, teachers were...
Timeline: Westfield responds to COVID-19 pandemic
March 20, 2020
The global pandemic known as Coronavirus took an exponential turn for the worse beginning the week of March 9. Seemingly every hour, a new headline surfaced as organizations around the nation postponed...
Kerry Donovan
March 16, 2020
When Reed Alexander, who played Nevel Papperman on iCarly, told his parents that he wanted to get into acting, they told him, “That’s not happening.” But, at age 11, Alexander started acting on the TV show Will & Grace on NBC. Then he landed the role of Nevel on iCarly: a strangely intelligent boy who constantly feuds with Carly and her friends. “Even though I wasn’t a series regular, I really felt like I had a chance to develop the character on that show,” Alexander said in a Hi’s Eye FaceTime interview. Alexander made his iCarly debut on the episode “iNevel” in 2007. After being on the show for about seven years, he studied journalism at NYU. “I thought, ‘If I major in a career that doesn’t work, I can always...
Recent Iris News Stories
March 16, 2020
Friends fans have been waiting for this moment for over 15 years. After being off the air since 2004, the hit TV show from the 90s and early 2000s will finally reunite for one more episode. The reunion,...
Chicago: High School Edition behind the scenes
March 13, 2020
Unfortunately, this show has been POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus. Keep all of this great information in mind when you get to see the show later in the year! While many people get to enjoy the finished...
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April 1, 2020
Dystopian fiction is to the young people of today what John Hughes films were to the kids of the 1980s, or what disco was to the youth of the ‘70s: an iconic cultural landmark that defines the youth perspective of the world we live in. Having grown up on trilogies like James Dashner’s Maze Runner series and Suzanne Collins’ iconic Hunger Games saga, the current youth has been taught to perceive the future as bleak, anarchic and dangerous, yet full of potential for one hell of a story. Spending...
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A closer look at the ‘no-kill’ movement
March 27, 2020
Should the voting age be lowered?
March 27, 2020
Morgan Boll and Audrey Pucciarelli
March 16, 2020
Female candidates often struggle with finding the right clothes to wear during campaigns and elections, as they get hyper-criticized about wearing both dresses and pantsuits. Meanwhile, men have the effortless option of simply wearing a suit. Professional clothing isn't cheap, and women need to make sure to buy the right pieces so they don't get rebuked by society. The clothing company MM. LaFleur, founded by Sarah LaFleur, Narie Foster and Miyako Nakamura in 2011, makes finding business attire...
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March 16, 2020
Be quiet! The commercials are on
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Everyone in this world has a story. Sometimes with the world around us moving a million miles per second, we don’t get the chance to stop and ask what that story is. However, on March 7 , I made it my mission to give these masters of their crafts a chance to tell me theirs. I heard how people turned their passion into their life’s work and how others and still growing and learning each and everyday. Each vendor enlightened me on their journey on how they got to where they are today.
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