School Happenings

Good Numbers For the Gazette

Readership up 39 percent

June 10, 2016

As another school year comes to an end, it’s time to count up the page views. Below is a list of the most read articles for the year. Overall we have received 29,500 page views for the year from nearly 9,000 users. Most of our readers are from the local area, but some are from every corner of the globe. All of the data was gathered using Google Analytics where we can see that most of our page views came as the result of Facebook and Twitter posts. “Life in Abington” and “Abington Green Wave Boosters” were both very helpful in generating page views, as were retweets and likes from local supporters Ms. Pflaumer, Assistant Principal Sullivan, Dr. G., Ms. Mchugh and others. We should point out that page views included repeated views by the same user. Enjoy and follow the links to read them again or for the very first time.

Below are the top 46 page view articles (100 views or more) for the 2015/2016 school year:

#	Article	Writer	Position	Page Views
1	Alyssa Johnson: Living Her Dream	Madison Contrino	Contributor	1,050
2	Mikalya Rooney: Nursing School	Jason Kinniburgh	Contributor	872
3	Senior Dave Lyons	Josiah Rosa	Contributor	548
4	Boston Marine Corps Run	Abbi Ricketson	Contributor	473
5	Unsung Hero: Brian Diver	Tyler Moulton	Staff	465
6	2015 Fall Sports Slide Show	GWG	Staff	459
7	Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Gerhart	Brianna Medeiros	Staff	428
8	Pep Rally 2015 Slide Show	Sarah Tornato and Amber Romano	Staff	415
9	Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Kenealy	Matthew Burbine	Staff	399
10	The Last Beam	Jhenifer Mendes	Contributor	333
11	Mr. Bailey Retires	Katelyn LaRosa	Staff	314
12	Mike Hazen Takes Over as Red Sox GM	Jake Snyder	Staff	310
13	Colleen O’Neil: Diving Right In at LSU	Jenny O’Neil	Contributor	293
14	Sideline Interview with Coach Casey	Cailin Mahoney	Contributor	286
15	PCC Magic	Lila Carey	Contributor	286
16	Riding the Wave to College	Madisen Caferro	Contributor	275
17	Ehlers Danlos Syndrome	Emily Johnson	Staff	254
18	Katie Donovan is Ready to Play	Alexis LaPointe	Contributor	235
19	Mike Hazen: From the Green Wave to the Green Monster	Jamie Dunn	Staff	222
20	“Damn Yankees” Preview	GWG	Staff	218
21	Courtside with Coach Moore	Carly Goldberg	Contributor	211
23	Ultimate Manny	Sarah Tornato	Staff	189
24	Unsung Hero: Jill McKeon	Tyler Moulton	Staff	172
25	Too Much Focus on Grades (2014)	Alyssa Devlin	Staff	169
26	Holiday Concert Slide Show	GWG	Staff	159
27	Not So Foreign After All	Emma Coe	Contributor	157
28	Math team is Super Fun	Autumn Strickland	Staff	155
29	Make Your Mark: Jason Polito	Lauren Nelligan	Contributor	146
30	Unified Sports	Madison O’Connell	Contributor	146
31	“Clue” Will Keep You Guessing	Allison MacLeod	Staff	145
32	At the Feet of the Masters	Jocelyn Lemus Chavarria	Contributor	141
33	Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Howell	Sarah Tornato	Staff	139
34	Unsung Hero: Ian MacLeod	Tyler Moulton	Staff	129
35	Sideline Interview with Coach McGinness	Nicole Marella	Contributor	122
36	Nature and Its Beauty	Nathan Joyce	Contributor	118
37	Badminton Blast 2015	Sarah Tornato and Amber Romano	Staff	108
38	Trackside with Coach Lanner	Megan Reid	Contributor	108
39	Back in Time to “1989”	Abby Gendreau	Staff	107
40	Artists Lively Up Old Shoe Factory	Alicia Hammill	Staff	106
41	Prince’s Fascinating Life and Tragic Death	Frazier Toomey	Contributor	106
42	A Ground Breaking Ceremony	Marc Vento	Staff	103
43	Katie Donovan Signs Letter of Intent	Brianna Medeiros	Staff	103
44	Teacher Spotlight: Miss Pietrasik (Oct. 2014)	Allison Dennehy	Staff	103
45	Soaring Past the Competition	Michael Broomstein	Contributor	102
46	Don’t Judge Me By My Sister	Katie Marando	Contributor	100