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Veronica Rainone

Veronica Rainone, Writing Editor

Veronica Rainone is a Junior at Watertown High School. She is in her second year writing for the school newspaper in Publishing class. She enjoys interviewing different people for her articles and writing various articles – allowing her to work well on the team. For almost 14 years, Veronica has danced as a hobby and has plans to carry the activity into a career as a Street Dance Choreographer. As it has been her second year of writing for the newspaper, she's been given the role of Writing Editor. She guides new students in composing their articles and gives them any extra help that they need.

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Starbucks Releases New Spicy Drinks for the Summer Season!

Starbucks Releases New Spicy Drinks for the Summer Season!

Veronica Rainone May 21, 2024

Starbucks has just released their brand new refresher drink collection on April 16th to spice up this pre-summer season. They released their new Spicy Lemonade drinks with three tropical flavors: Spicy...

March Senior Student of the Month

March Senior Student of the Month

Veronica Rainone April 25, 2024

  Kaylee Deluca, a Watertown High School senior who committed to Bryant University in Rhode Island, with major Actuarial Science, has received the Student of the Month award for the month of March...

January Sophomore Student of the Month

January Sophomore Student of the Month

Veronica Rainone February 12, 2024

The Sophomore student of the month for January was Olivia Guerrera, nominated by her Spanish teacher, Mrs. Cyr. Olivia is a fantastic student who has gotten High Honors for as long as she can remember...

Cross Country Makes 2nd For The NVLs

Cross Country Makes 2nd For The NVLs

Veronica Rainone December 19, 2023

Watertown High School’s Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams competed in the Naugatuck Valley League Championships (NVL’s), on October 18th, at Veterans Memorial Park, and the girl’s team came...

Midterms

Midterms

Veronica Rainone, Author December 19, 2023

After Winter Break, students’ relaxation comes to a halt on January 17th until the 23th, as midterm testing will occur for all Watertown High School students to “assess students mastery of skills”...

Math Honor Society’s Bath Bombs

Math Honor Society’s Bath Bombs

Veronica Rainone, Writing Editor December 5, 2023

 Math Honor Society students were selling cosmetics (bath bombs, shower bombs, and goat cheese soap) for $6 to raise money for the club’s future field trips. The cosmetics bought by the students and...

The Importance of Fresh Produce

Veronica Rainone, Author November 16, 2023

The WHS Foods class learned how to cook a savory pesto pasta using fresh basil from the local school garden before the harvest season ended. Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Mrs. Quatrano, presented...

Movie Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s

Movie Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s

Veronica Rainone, Author November 15, 2023

On October 27th, Blumhouse Productions released the horror movie Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters and on Peacock, a TV streaming platform. The movie is based on Scott Cawthon’s game franchise, “Five...

WHS Adjust to a Fresh Schedule Change

Veronica Rainone, Writing Editor October 17, 2023

Watertown High School has modified its period schedule for the 2023-2024 school year, with agreement from staff, administration, and department heads, to reduce the WIN period and extend instructional...

Schedule Change

Schedule Change

Veronica Rainone, Author May 12, 2023

Watertown High School restructured the school schedule for the fourth marking period, by reducing the WIN period to extend academic classes and improve the discipline reports. Ms. Tansley, the intern principal,...

Free Lunch

Free Lunch

Veronica Rainone, Author March 20, 2023

Connecticut schools resumed free lunch on March 1st, 2023, after Connecticut Governor, Ned Lamont, passed a bill to instantly reinstate free lunch for schools in the National School Lunch Program. The...

Undergrounds Record Cafe

Undergrounds Record Cafe

Veronica Rainone, Author February 5, 2023

Dean and Nick Cilfone opened Undergrounds Record Cafe in Oakville, on December 5th, to become more connected with the community where they were born and raised. The father and son duo established and created...

Tee Higgins

Tee Higgins

Veronica Rainone, Author February 1, 2023

Tee Higgins, a Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, was tackled by Damar Hamlin, a Buffalo Bills safety, at the game where Bengals go against Bills at Cincinnati Paycor Stadium on January 2nd, 2023. The tackle...

Midterms

Veronica Rainone, Author December 16, 2022

Midterms are being held this year from January 19th to January 25th with makeup exams on January 26th. Students of Watertown High School will be testing to see the progress they made during the first semester....

Halloween on Media: United in Celebration

Halloween on Media: United in Celebration

Veronica Rainone, Author November 16, 2022

TikTok, a social media platform, shares its love for Halloween throughout October by creating challenges and videos to help those confused about a costume as well as spreading cosmetic trends to suit the...

Hocus Pocus 2: The Wretched Sequel

Hocus Pocus 2: The Wretched Sequel

Veronica Rainone, Author October 16, 2022

Hocus Pocus is an eerie classic to enjoy during Halloween time, but the sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, released September 30th on Disney+, has compelled fans to judge with dissatisfaction. Because the first movie...

Unified Sports

Unified Sports

Veronica Rainone, Author October 16, 2022

Unified Sports, a program picked up at WHS in 2019, helps influence Watertown students to participate in inclusion. On November 16th, the program received The National Banner Unified Champion School, which...

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