HAVE YOU SEEN THE HHS YOUTUBE ABOUT THE 6,000 BOUNCY BALLS? OR THE "WHAT'S HOT/WHAT'S NOT" RULES FOR STUDENT DANCES?

Dan Morrison, class of 2010, writes: It seems in this modern age no one is beyond the reach of Youtube, not even Hanover High School. The most surprising of the Youtube videos about HHS was videoed in 2008. When the senior class of 2008 played their prank (a high-school tradition), the video of 6,000 bouncy balls being poured from the bridge into the atrium went online the same day as the prank took place, with impressive editing and angles. The two minute and twenty four second video has been viewed 5,603 times over the past two years, and the school hasn’t even had that many students in that time, so the post had some popularity on Youtube.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxix5TfQiw

 
Once that video went out, it seemed as if the doors had opened to a new way to view Hanover High School. Several major competitions of the Hanover High School Quiz Bowl team are filmed by New Hampshire Public TV, and edited like a real game show, which is then posted on Youtube for anyone to watch. The most recent of these Quiz Bowl videos has 272 views currently. If this kind of video has proven anything to HHS, it’s that Youtube has its academic values, as well as entertainment uses.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaN8CxqRNzs




 HHS's council picked up on the trend, and when the need called for new rules for dances, Youtube came to the rescue. HHS sophomores Chris Tecca and Forrest Miller were filmed explaining the new rules of dances, with several humorous notes in their video, but also a proper level of actual rules. So far the video was a success, with 725 views, but also, the rules were all a success.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igruiZXBsH4&feature=related

 
Youtube might come across as just a silly bunch of home-made videos, but when put to more practical uses for entertainment or education, it can easily find a home in the heart of HHS. We hope that Youtube will continue to keep an open door to students and the school in general to get the word out on just what goes on here at Hanover High School.