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10/26/2025

Sports Highlights: Boys Varsity Fencing game and Boys Varsity Badminton game

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10/26/2025

This year, THHS introduced a new physical education schedule, reducing physical education classes from four days a week to two for certain courses. The changes come as part of a broader scheduling adjustment that adds a dedicated science lab and study hall band after the removal of zero band for freshmen and sophomores taking biology and chemistry Regents courses. Sophomores who have already completed the biology and chemistry Regents will still have a zero band lab class but will take physical education twice a week and then health for the remaining two days....

This year, THHS introduced a new physical education schedule, reducing physical education classes from four days a week to two for certain courses. The changes come as part of a broader scheduling …

10/25/2025

See how well you know the teachers at THHS, and try to guess them based on the subject that they teach and certain traits that they have! Constructed by Jasmine Mootooveran using the free crossword maker from Amuse Labs

See how well you know the teachers at THHS, and try to guess them based on the subject that they teach and certain traits that they have! Constructed by Jasmine Mootooveran using the free crossword…

10/25/2025

Earlier this school year, the Class of 2026 celebrated the beginning of their senior year at Senior Sunrise, an annual Townsend Harris High School tradition where the senior class symbolically greets their final year at THHS with the rise of the sun. The students arrived at Queens College's practice field at 6:00 AM for the event. “Everybody was outside, the sun was shining....

Earlier this school year, the Class of 2026 celebrated the beginning of their senior year at Senior Sunrise, an annual Townsend Harris High School tradition where the senior class symbolically gree…

10/24/2025

"I plan on doing the quests,” junior Kanon Banno recently told The Classic. She’s not on a quest to slay a dragon or find a magical object. Instead, she’s on a quest to get a coveted ticket to this year’s “Witching Hour” read-a-thon, an annual all-night event hosted by the Townsend Harris Reading Initiative. Kanon was one of over 600 students who sought a ticket to the event, but according to English teacher Brian Sweeney, who organizes the Witching Hour, it took just three minutes for this year’s 300 tickets to sell out....

“I plan on doing the quests,” junior Kanon Banno recently told The Classic. She’s not on a quest to slay a dragon or find a magical object. Instead, she’s on a quest to get a coveted ticket t…

10/23/2025

Inside the “pause”: how financial constraints led THHS to put a hold on a decades-long partnership with Queens College

After pausing its partnership with Queens College last July due to unsustainable costs, Townsend Harris High School seniors began the school year by registering for dual-enrollment courses offered …

10/22/2025

Passing the baton: Thomas LaRocca hired as new band teacher following Kevin Heathwood's departure

On June 21, students were informed via email that band teacher Kevin Heathwood was moving on to a new role at another school. Musician and teacher Thomas LaRocca was later hired to become the new b…

10/21/2025

Catch up on The Critic:
1. All Things Go music festival makes a return to forest hills stadium for a second year.
2. Dive into how micro trends on social media is erasing individuality.
3. Take a look into Taylor Swifts new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
4. Go with Esther Chang and Eunbe Choe to Tropical Trove to see what’s worth the journey to Kissena Boulevard.
5. With UFC 322 approaching soon, being held in MSG, Islam Makhachev seeks double champ status.

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10/21/2025

Shikira Chang becomes interim acting assistant principal of pupil personnel services

This September, Townsend Harris High School welcomed Shikira Chang as the new interim acting assistant principal of pupil personnel services for the 2025-2026 school year, taking over the role from…

10/20/2025

Sports Highlights: Girls Varsity Bowling game, Girls Varsity Soccer game, JV Girls Volleyball media day, Boys Varsity Badminton game

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10/20/2025

For years, students who needed to acquire their lab hours to take the Biology or Chemistry regents have had to arrive at school at 7:05 AM for zero band lab once a week. This 2025-2026 school year, there has been an elimination of zero band lab for underclassmen in Biology and Chemistry classes. The lab classes are now scheduled to meet once a week during normal school hours in a different band than a student’s regular science class....

For years, students who needed to acquire their lab hours to take the Biology or Chemistry regents have had to arrive at school at 7:05 AM for zero band lab once a week. This 2025-2026 school year,…

10/19/2025

Natali Frank takes on role of ‘teacher leader’ for Instructional Support Services Department

English and Instructional Support Services (ISS) teacher Natali Frank has been appointed a “teacher leader” for the ISS department this year. “Each of our classrooms holds a wealth of knowledge to …