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Meals On Wheels: An Annual Tradition Bringing Smiles to Elders’ Faces
Meals On Wheels: An Annual Tradition Bringing Smiles to Elders’ Faces
Sara Elazab December 20, 2024

Every year on Thanksgiving morning, students from Fort Hamilton High School join other community members to deliver meals to homebound seniors. This year was no exception; despite the rain, students went around the neighborhood delivering warm meals and some holiday cheer.  At 8:00 a.m. volunteers...

Mina Liakou, Fatima Ghazal and Isabel Cataldi stand in front of the food pantry.
Food Pantry Tradition Brings Light to Fort Students
Chanel Chen

Walking down the Social Studies Module, the hallway adorned with art and maps brings history alive, but  it is also a place of support—where...

Fort Students, Staff Roll Up Sleeves for Annual Blood Drive
Fort Students, Staff Roll Up Sleeves for Annual Blood Drive
Vida Greyser

Fort’s annual Blood Drive, held on Thursday, November 21st, 2024, was a successful event where over 85 students, staff, and faculty members...

How Fort Students Prepared for the 2024 Election
How Fort Students Prepared for the 2024 Election
Noelani Alvarez

In anticipation for the coming election, Fort students and staff found many different ways to be civically and politically engaged.   Ever...

Fort Hamilton Celebrates Día de los Muertos with Sip-and-Paint Session
Fort Hamilton Celebrates Día de los Muertos with Sip-and-Paint Session
Ashley Lin

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a tradition with roots in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Originating from early central Mexico, among...

NHS Trivia Nights Heralds Both Competition and Camaraderie
NHS Trivia Nights Heralds Both Competition and Camaraderie
Sara Elazab December 20, 2024

A couple of times a semester, students may be found making their way to the library after school to take part in a Fort Hamilton National Honor Society tradition: trivia night. Putting their knowledge to the test, students come together to compete while...

Photos by Vida Greyser and Abby Hom.
Fort Sports Wrapped: Fall Recap
Lucas Alvear December 20, 2024

As the holiday season approaches, and winter arrives, fall sports at Fort Hamilton have officially come to an end. There were many reasons to...

Tigers Basketball Team Takes on Pirates
Tigers Basketball Team Takes on Pirates
Yousef Barghash, Catherine Kwan, and Linda Hamdan December 20, 2024

On Monday November 18th, 2024 in the boys’ gym, the Tigers basketball team opened the season with a game against its long-standing rivals,...

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Fall scene from When Harry Met Sally.
Fall Movie Classics
Elizabeth Dugan November 7, 2024
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