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On April 10, OH participated in the Day of Silence, a national student-led demonstration where the classes are quieter than usual. Participants take a vow of silence to protest the bullying and harassment of the LGBTQ community in schools.  OH science teacher and True Colors sponsor Maggie Daly said, “The purpose [for Day of Silence] for students to be silent the way that members of the LGBTQ community are sometimes silenced, both in expressing who they are as well as the silencing that has come from the loss of life in the community.” True Colors, which sponsors this day, is an after-school program at OH for the LGBTQ+ community, led by students with three board members and two sponsors.

OH’s spring musical has returned, showing “Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812” on the evenings of April 16, 17, and 18. All showings will take place at 7 pm on the stated days, with an additional showing on April 18 at 2 pm. “It’s a hard show to do, but I think it shows the students that if they can do this, they can do anything,“ said Director Katherine Conant. The show’s script consists of the first 70 pages of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. It features many music types, offering a wide variety that

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