New Dimensions

NYC, here we come! We’ll be posting pictures here all week: sites.google.com/hudson.k12.oh.…

Congrats to the New D class of 2025! Friends and alumni, click on the link to see pictures of New D dating all the way back to 2004! sites.google.com/hudson.k12.oh.…

What many teachers are saying: "it's like you are interacting with them briefly in between hits of the internet, which is their real life." Get the phones put away, and stop putting internet-connected devices on students' desks.

Wrapping up a fantastic trip to NYC! Saw the sights, met up with alumni, and finished up with a visit to Edward R. Murrow High School. Pics from the week: sites.google.com/hudson.k12.oh.…

Denmark will ban phones in schools. “And if we find out in five years that it was better with the phones, we can reintroduce them. But I don’t think that will be the case.” theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

If you applied for next year’s New Dimensions class, please check your email to sign up for an interview. Interviews will begin January 27 and run until Friday, February 7. See Mr. Chiorian or Mrs. Scharlotte with any questions. Spread the word!

If you are a current junior interested in applying for New Dimensions, applications are due TOMORROW (January 17) by 3:00pm! Applications are available in the guidance office. Spread the word!

The first half of the 20th century was extraordinarily social—but now Americans are spending more time alone than ever. @DKThomp reports on the technological, sociological, and political forces that fueled an anti-social society: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

If your children use TikTok, you should know what company employees say about the risks and harms they are causing to minors, because leadership pushes them to maximize "engagement" at all costs. See quotes here: afterbabel.com/p/industrial-s… For example:

Attention Juniors! Applications for next year’s New Dimensions class are now available in the guidance office. Applications are due on Friday, January 17th. See Mr Chiorian or Mrs Scharlotte with any questions.

“The Anxious Generation” author @JonHaidt explains how the move to a phone-based childhood led to skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression

Have you heard of the Harmony: Performing Arts Project? It's a new endeavor by Hudson City Schools & the Hudson City Schools Foundation to add an orchestra room to HHS, renovate the band/choir rooms, & update to a state-of-the art auditorium. Learn more: hudson.k12.oh.us/harmony-perfor…

We are proud to announce 17 seniors named Commended Scholars in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented students join 9 National Merit Semifinalists announced earlier this month, for a grand total of 26 HHS students honored in this competition!

Advice for education leaders on how to make a smooth transition to a phone free school. From Caroline Bryk, laying out how a network of Jewish day schools did it. When a GROUP of schools act together, it is easier and more impactful: afterbabel.com/p/how-schools-…

.@seanilling presents many of the criticisms of The Anxious Generation and I respond in this @voxdotcom Q&A. We discuss declining stigma, changing diagnostic criteria, and the evidence for causality. vox.com/the-gray-area/…

After only 9 months with internet access, a remote Amazon tribe is facing the same problems we are: teens glued to phones; group chats full of gossip; addictive social networks; online strangers; violent video games; scams; misinformation; and minors watching porn. nytimes.com/2024/06/02/wor…

Too often, fear of uncertainty keeps us from exploring new things and achieving our goals. Here's how to stretch past your comfort zone and increase your happiness in the process, by @DeggesWhite psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifeti…

Here's an excellent TEDx talk about the absurdity of the position parents are in, thanks to a few tech companies. How they took over our children's childhoods, and then shifted the responsibility for the damage to parents, who can't cope. From @BernsteinGaia, author of Unwired:

We're in #Atlanta for the 2024 @naqt #HSNCT Academic Challenge Nationals!!! Updates coming!