2023 has been an impressive year of music thus far. As someone who enjoys music more than anything, it’s always good to see growth and synthesization of sounds. Each of these albums show a variety of...

Griffin Holzman, an 11th grader at EHS, is passionate about fashion.  Recently, he designed original clothing for Starstruck, his own fashion show in the school auditorium. A crowd gathered to see his...

The cult following Ari Aster has accumulated since the release of his off-kilter short film, The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, has been immense. From his first large-scale projects, Aster has taken...

EHS hosted its first chess tournament on April 6th in the library after school. There were 20 contenders that showed up for the tournament, and the skill level of the players ranged from novice to expert.  The...

The New England Music Festival Association (NEMFA) has been around since 1927, hosting student vocalists, percussionists, and string, wind, and brass players from Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine,...

On April 19, Fine Arts Night was held at Essex High School. After four years of the event being canceled due to both COVID and weather restrictions, schools across the community were able to join together...

With April Break quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to head down to the Essex High School library to check out one or more books. To make this process less intimidating, The Hive talked with...

Alexis Koch, EHS's AVPA leader and choral director, shared some highlights from the 2023 NYC Trip below. Sounds like it was an incredible time! Click here for more information about AVPA. The...

Many schools in Vermont have competitive dance teams, but EHS does not. The Hive talked with a few people about what a dance team would entail for coaches and interested students, and what it might take...

Have you ever wanted to become more familiar with cameras or maybe just start experimenting with them? Well the Audio/Visual Department (AV) at Essex High School is the perfect place for you to start getting...

The Essex High School auditorium looks like a fairytale is emerging. Dense stands of branches, dotted with little dark details, fill the stage. Costumed actors hurry around before the official start of...

Over the years, musical genres have become increasingly hyperfocused and specialized. Each major genre has hundreds of niche subgenres that are often abstract fusions of a medley of other large genres....