The Student News Site of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

The General Consensus

The Student News Site of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

The General Consensus

The Student News Site of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

The General Consensus

2022-2023 Staff

Norah Keys
Staff Writer

Norah Keys

Norah Keys is a junior at HWRHS and a student journalist for the General Consensus. At school, Norah is the yearbook editor, a member of Harmony, and a staff writer on the General Consensus. She has always had a love for writin...

Staff Writer

Jacob Hano

Jacob Hano is a Junior at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School. He is a member of Model UN, DECA, and Robotics Team, among other extracurriculars. He enjoys writing, science, and playing with his cats.

Marissa Conway
Staff Writer

Marissa Conway

Marissa Conway is a Junior at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. She is a student journalist as well as a part of DECA and the HWRHS volleyball team. Marissa joined The General Consensus because of her love for writing and...

Emily McIntosh
Staff Writer

Emily McIntosh

Emily McIntosh is a 9th grader at Hamilton Wenham and is for writer in the General Consensus. Writing about things people may enjoy reading is fun for Emily. Out of school, she likes to play soccer, tennis,golf, and basketball....

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Gillian Horner

Gillian Horner is a freshman at HWRHS and a student journalist for The General Consensus. Writing has always interested Gillian, and she thought journalism would be an interesting class to try.  Outside of class, she enjoys pl...

Birima Tanona
Staff Writer

Birima Tanona

Birima Tanona is a junior at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. At the regional, she is a member of DECA, the environmental club, and the lacrosse team, in addition to writing for the school newspaper. She has been writing...

Ava Shultz
Staff Writer

Ava Shultz

Ava Shultz is a Junior at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. At school, Ava is a part of the student government and works as a staff writer and editor on the General Consensus. She has always enjoyed writing and has been wo...

Staff Writer

Zoe Horner

Zoe Horner is a junior at HWRHS and is a student journalist for the General Consensus. Zoe went to a Waldorf school until eighth grade, where students are encouraged to try many different types of writing, including journalis...

Annika Willgren

Annika Willgren is a freshman Hamilton-Wenham. Annika enjoys swimming and horseback riding. She is very excited to be in Journalism class. In her free time, Annika likes to go camping and canoeing, as well as go on long walks w...

Paige Skellett

Paige Skellett is a senior at HWRSD as well as a writer for the General Consensus. Paige is a student representative for the senior class, a cheerleader for Hamilton-Wenham, and an active member of DECA. Paige’s hope for the...

Naomi Provost

Naomi Provost is a Sophomore at HWRHS. Naomi thought taking journalism would be a new way to see Hamilton Whenam and an interesting choice for an elective. She wanted to have a voice in the community and get a closer view of how jo...

Clare O’Toole

Clare O’Toole is a freshman at HWRHS and joined the General Consensus recently. Clare wanted to try journalism because she always wanted to write for a school newspaper. Journalism gave her the perfect opportunity to express ...

Max Consolazio

Max Consolazio is a senior who enjoys writing poetry and tinkering with cars. Max is currently working on a collection of literature on BMW cars, comprising articles, advertisements, and specifications write-ups from the 1980s...

Taylor Aptt

Taylor Aptt is a freshman journalist at HWRHS. Writing and collecting research have always been of interest to her. Journalism was a good opportunity to improve her writing and reporting skills. Outside of school, Taylor spend...

Eric Schurma Vorbrodt
Staff Writer and Podcaster

Eric Schurma Vorbrodt

Eric Schurma Vorbrodt is a freshman at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. He is eager to be writing for The General Consensus, as he does love journalism. He enjoys fashion, writing, watching movies, playing with his pets, ...

Staff Writer and Podcaster

Noah Peabody

Noah is a sophomore at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. He is a member of the Band and Jazz Band. Noah’s favorite form of writing is songwriting but he thought he would give the General Consensus a try. He enjoys playing his gu...

Student Journalist

Una Churchill

Una Churchill is a Junior and HWRHS and excited to be part of the journalist team.

Student Journalist

Morgan DeJoy

Morgan DeJoy is a Junior at HWRHS. Morgan is active in the school community at Hamilton Wenham. She participates in the One Act, Harmony, and Kings of the Beach Acapella as well as plays on the tennis team. In her free time, ...

Student Journalist

Kevin Spoon

Kevin Spoon is a freshman at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School and is a journalist for the General Consensus. Kevin joined journalism not knowing that he would have to write articles for the school newspaper but is excited...

Student Journalist

Reese Murzic

Reese Murzic is a sophomore at HWRSD. Reese has a passion for writing and loves to write whenever she can. Journalism is a new type of writing and she enjoys the challenge.  When she is not at school, she loves to dance and is...

Student Journalist

Alex Boardman

Alex Boardman, a Freshman at HWRHS, is looking forward to being part of the newspaper. He enjoys writing and is happy to be in this class for his first year of high school. Outside of academics, Alex likes to play Soccer, Baseball,...

Student Journalist

Ava Baughn

Ava Baughn is a freshman at Hamilton-Wenham high school. Ava thought it would be fun to try a journalism class for the first time and thought it could be a cool experience for her. She also plays hockey outside of school and likes...

Student Journalist

Alison Bouchard

Alison Bouchard is a sophomore at HWRHS. She has always enjoyed English class and writing, so she decided to give journalism class a try.  She enjoys writing for The General Consensus. Outside of school, she enjoys playing v...

Student Journalist

Robert Hambelton

Robert Hambelton is a Freshman attending HWRHS and is happy to be writing for the General consensus. He is excited to try his hands at journalism and has a little experience writing for his family's old blog. He enjoys writing and...

Student Journalist

Caroline Ciriello

Caroline Ciriello, a freshman at HWRHS, is very excited to be able to write articles for The General Consensus. At school, Caroline plays sports year around. She plays soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. She is also involved in...

Student Journalist & Editor

Olivia Soolman

Olivia Soolman is a senior at HWRHS. While Olivia has not written for the paper before, she is interested in journalism and is excited to write and edit articles for The General Consensus. Outside of journalism class, Olivia is ...

Student Journalist

Shelby Allen

Shelby Allen is a sophomore at Hamilton-Wenham Regional. Shelby loves to write. She has been writing since the third grade. This is Shelby’s second year writing for the newspaper. In her free time, she loves to spend time i...

Ella Tran
Editor-in-Chief

Ella Tran

Ella Tran is a Junior at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School. She loves swimming and is a member of the HWRHS swim team, She enjoys playing the violin and hiking in the White Mountains, as well as participating in DECA and Ma...

Mr. Hickey
Journalism Teacher and General Consensus Advisor

Mr. Hickey

This is Mr. Hickey's first year teaching Journalism, a new semester-long elective at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School.  Open to all grade levels, Journalism introduces students to the excitement and responsibility of running...