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June Horoscopes
June Horoscopes
Charlotte Madger, Staff Writer • June 10, 2025

Aries (March 21–April 20) In June, Aries, you will step into a whirlwind of fiery potential and playful chaos. The universe will hand you a sparkler—bright, bold, and impossible...

2025 Most Popular Beauty Products
2025 Most Popular Beauty Products
Sarah Mathew, Staff Writer • May 19, 2025

Rhode Pocket Blush: Hailey Bieber's blush offers creamy, up-to-date pigments, perfect for eyes, lips, and cheeks, and it blends like a charm. Coming in six shades—with Toasted...

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How to earn a five on AP exams
How to earn a five on AP exams
Ryan Zoelle, Life & Style Editor • May 6, 2025

AP tests are the current stressors of Hills students, and with more to come, here are some last-minute exam tips to score a five and remain organized and relaxed during study sessions. Plan...

Are Recommendation Letters Going To Make Or Break Your College Application?
Are Recommendation Letters Going To Make Or Break Your College Application?
Sabrina Madonick, Staff Writer • December 1, 2024

As college application season continues, teachers are flooded with writing student recommendation letters. Recommendation letters are a great way for colleges to learn about an applicant’s...

Princeton University’s Graduate College, Princeton, NJ.
Last-minute tips for seniors during application season
Thomas Samouhos, College Corner Editor / Assistant School News Editor • November 6, 2024

The college application season is nothing short of a stressful experience, to say the least. High school seniors can find it difficult to keep track of their numerous deadlines without...

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A&E
Lady Gaga's "Mayhem" album cover featured on Spotify and more music streaming services.
Album Review: Lady Gaga’s “Mayhem”
Gianna Colavecchio, Staff Writer • May 15, 2025

After not releasing a studio album in five years, Lady Gaga just released her seventh one, “Mayhem,” on March 7th, and includes 14 songs, three of which have music videos.  Before...

Rachel Zegler portrays Snow White in the 2025 revamp of the 1937 classic. 
Movie review: Disney’s ‘Snow White’
Thomas Samouhos, College Corner Editor / Assistant School News Editor • April 10, 2025

On March 21, Walt Disney Studios’ revitalization of the 1937 first U.S. feature animation, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” premiered in movie theaters internationally, entitled...

Kendrick Lamar during his Super Bowl Halftime performance.
Symbolism in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance
Iris Jaffin and Gabriella Garcia March 3, 2025

On Feb. 9, 2025, Super Bowl LIX took place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Every year, an artist or group is chosen to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show. Kendrick Lamar’s...

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Phone Holders: Positive and Negative Effects on Pascack Hills
Phone Holders: Positive and Negative Effects on Pascack Hills
Chloe Schrager, Staff Writer • January 6, 2025

As one walks into class at Pascack Hills, the bright blue pouches with the white numbers hanging on the whiteboard are filled with phones, with no number unchecked.  Walk in, put your...

What goes by faster: Mondays or Rotation Days?
What goes by faster: Mondays or Rotation Days?
Iris Jaffin, Staff Writer • December 2, 2024

At Pascack Hills, there is a common debate over which schedule day is superior: an all-eight class period Monday or Tuesday-Friday rotation schedule.  On a Monday schedule, each period...

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (Left) and Yankees' Aaron Judge (Right)
East vs. West: The 2024 World Series Preview
Matt Merlino, Sports Editor • October 22, 2024

For fans of the other 28 Major League Baseball franchises, this is the matchup they were dreading. For Fox and MLB itself, they have exactly what they wanted: The best two names in...

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Anthony Blackford, Josh Wright, Dylan Barrett, and Meredith Colla will all be collegiate athletes next fall.
New Fields on the Horizon: PH Athletes Committed to Play College Sports
Matt Merlino, Sports Editor • June 13, 2025

The Pascack Hills Athletic Department is proud to showcase its best athletes as they move on to the next level of athletic achievement. Next year, five top Bronco athletes will continue...

Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
Matthew Merlino, Staff Member • March 20, 2025

March is here! For sports fans, this means yet another trip around the March Madness carousel. Bracket creation and destruction are guaranteed.   Despite not even making...

The boys soccer team celebrates Logan Nassau’s goal against Bergen Charter.
Week in Bronco Sports: 10/14-10/26
Matt Merlino and Brianna Barrett October 27, 2024

Boys Soccer In the last edition, boys soccer was in the midst of their worst stretch of the season: A four-game losing streak that included a BIT 1 loss to North Arlington in overtime....

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A bubble sheet that students typically fill for the pen and paper versions of standardized tests.
Standardized testing: Relevant or a hindrance?
Thomas Samouhos, College Corner Editor / Assistant School News Editor

Standardized testing has always been a concept that has lasted for generations in the college admissions process. Before the rise of the Common Application and advanced 21st-century...

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  • New Jersey has reported over 162,000 coronavirus cases, including 120 in Woodcliff Lake and 76 in Montvale.
  • Governor Murphy announced schools can host outside graduations with social distancing beginning July 6.
Jamie Brown’s Senior Portrait.
Senior Spotlight: Jamie Brown
June 13, 2025

Jamie Brown is a current 12th grader at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Jamie has lived in Montvale her whole life. Her mother...

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The BOE at the start of the meeting at Pascack Valley High School.
BOE discusses school recognitions, academic events, district governance updates
May 27, 2025

On Monday night, May 19, the Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education (BOE) discussed staff and student recognition, upcoming...

The BOE at the start of the meeting in the Valley Media Center.
BOE discusses finance planning, staff position changes, district resignation
April 7, 2025

On Monday night, the Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education (BOE) discussed budget planning, staff position changes,...

Dr. Sarah Bilotti has served as the Pascack Valley Regional High School District superintendent since 2022.
Superintendent to leave district for new job
March 28, 2025

[Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a letter from Dr. Sarah Bilotti and a statement from the Board of Education.] On March...

A screenshot of Beutel conversing with the officer in the original dashcam video.
Hills Hotshot: Michael Beutel goes viral
March 23, 2025

The first thing that crosses a Hills Senior’s mind in the morning is usually 'Will I make it to school on time?' and 'What should I eat for...

Anthony Blackford, Josh Wright, Dylan Barrett, and Meredith Colla will all be collegiate athletes next fall.
New Fields on the Horizon: PH Athletes Committed to Play College Sports
June 13, 2025

The Pascack Hills Athletic Department is proud to showcase its best athletes as they move on to the next level of athletic achievement. Next...

Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
March 20, 2025

March is here! For sports fans, this means yet another trip around the March Madness carousel. Bracket creation and destruction are guaranteed.   Despite...

The boys soccer team celebrates Logan Nassau’s goal against Bergen Charter.
Week in Bronco Sports: 10/14-10/26
October 27, 2024

Boys Soccer In the last edition, boys soccer was in the midst of their worst stretch of the season: A four-game losing streak that included...

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (Left) and Yankees' Aaron Judge (Right)
East vs. West: The 2024 World Series Preview
October 22, 2024

For fans of the other 28 Major League Baseball franchises, this is the matchup they were dreading. For Fox and MLB itself, they have exactly...

The six staff members retiring this year.
Six Staff Members Retire from Hills
June 13, 2025

At the end of the 2024-2025 academic school year, six faculty members at Pascack Hills are retiring.  As we look forward to welcoming new...

Inductees smiling with their certificates.
Hills Inducts 14 Students to its First National Art Honor Society
June 1, 2025

On Tuesday, May 20, 14 art students were inducted to the first-ever National Art Honor Society at Pascack Hills. This pioneer induction took...

Students buying and selling cultural foods.
Pascack Hills Celebrates Cultural Diversity with Third Annual Event
May 21, 2025

The reviews are in, and the future looks bright: With the success of its third annual Celebration of Cultures—an event that reflects the school’s...

About The Digital Wallet
About The Digital Wallet
April 29, 2025

What has DOGE accomplished?
What has DOGE accomplished?
April 28, 2025

Ethan Crumbley stands up inside the courtroom, convicted as he is surrounded by law enforcement.
Mother of Michigan school shooter faces aftermath of son’s harrowing attack
April 6, 2025

On Nov. 30, 2021, 15-year-old high school student Ethan Crumbley, armed with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, entered Oxford High School in Oxford,...

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Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
Unpredictable: March Madness 2025 Preview
March 20, 2025

March is here! For sports fans, this means yet another trip around the March Madness carousel. Bracket creation and destruction are guaranteed.   Despite...

The boys soccer team celebrates Logan Nassau’s goal against Bergen Charter.
Week in Bronco Sports: 10/14-10/26
October 27, 2024

Boys Soccer In the last edition, boys soccer was in the midst of their worst stretch of the season: A four-game losing streak that included...

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (Left) and Yankees' Aaron Judge (Right)
East vs. West: The 2024 World Series Preview
October 22, 2024

For fans of the other 28 Major League Baseball franchises, this is the matchup they were dreading. For Fox and MLB itself, they have exactly...

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Phone Holders: Positive and Negative Effects on Pascack Hills
January 6, 2025
What goes by faster: Mondays or Rotation Days?
December 2, 2024
East vs. West: The 2024 World Series Preview
October 22, 2024
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Meet the Staff
Thomas Samouhos
Thomas Samouhos
College Corner Editor / Assistant School News Editor


Thomas Samouhos is a Hills junior. He joined the Trailblazer his freshman year as a staff writer and edited for
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Maya Zislin
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The six staff members retiring this year.
Six Staff Members Retire from Hills
June 13, 2025

At the end of the 2024-2025 academic school year, six faculty members at Pascack Hills are retiring.  As we look forward to welcoming new...

New Fields on the Horizon: PH Athletes Committed to Play College Sports
June 13, 2025

The Pascack Hills Athletic Department is proud to showcase its best athletes as they move on to the next level of athletic achievement. Next...

June Horoscopes
June 10, 2025

Aries (March 21–April 20) In June, Aries, you will step into a whirlwind of fiery potential and playful chaos. The universe will hand you...

Hills Inducts 14 Students to its First National Art Honor Society
June 1, 2025

On Tuesday, May 20, 14 art students were inducted to the first-ever National Art Honor Society at Pascack Hills. This pioneer induction took...

Pascack Hills Celebrates Cultural Diversity with Third Annual Event
May 21, 2025

The reviews are in, and the future looks bright: With the success of its third annual Celebration of Cultures—an event that reflects the school’s...

2025 Most Popular Beauty Products
May 19, 2025

Rhode Pocket Blush: Hailey Bieber's blush offers creamy, up-to-date pigments, perfect for eyes, lips, and cheeks, and it blends like a charm....

What has DOGE accomplished?
What has DOGE accomplished?
Beyond the Ballot is written by Junior Justin Yoo, the President of the PHHS Politics Club. Social media handles feature @phhspolitics_ (X.com) and @phhspolitics (Instagram).
Justin Yoo, Guest Contributor

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