What do freshly cut grass, after shave, and salad dressing have in common? These smells can be found at Pentucket High School.

If you have ever meandered down the halls of Pentucket High School, you may have noticed the wide array of strange scents that circulate throughout the school building.

During our days here as Pentucket High School students, we have heard numerous comments addressing the odd aromas that can be found in certain areas of the school. Because of this, we decided to conduct an “investigation” to document the smells in certain sectors of the school system. The official Pentucket K9 Unit (Sarah Kern) was deployed to detect the definite distinguished scent in almost every hallway and classroom in the school.

	Mrs. Ducolon’s Hall = soap, boys, clean air, fruit
	Guidance Hall = paper
	Central Hall = warm students
	Front door = electricity
	Guidance room = play-doh
	Physics hall = coffee, chlorine, gluestick
	Auditorium = wood
	Corner near Mrs. Lynch’s room = fish breath
	Back Stairs = Aquarium
	Back hall near Goguen = sharpie/kitten
	Library hall = pool
	Library = Freshly cut grass
	Library corner = Butter, pool
	Mrs. Costello’s office = air conditioner
	Mr. Seigfried’s room = Fresh water, clean hair
	Endyke’s Stairs = exotic onion
	Language Hall = salad dressing
	Mr. Bart’s room = Mint, fresh deodorant
	Elevator = Typewriter ink
	Girl’s locker room = Perfume

	Mini gym = popcorn
	Gym = Wax, wood polish
	Gym Hall = pool, mildew
	Gym/Sports door and stairway = nothing
	Health Hall = Cleaning liquid
	Health Room = Mint, aftershave
	Health Corner = Beach, sand
	Math Hall = Onions, garlic
	Band Hall = Cleaning liquid
	Band Room = Bad candle smell
	History Hall = Mold

We also conducted the investigation in the Middle School which, for some reason, smelled significantly better than the High School.  Mrs. Snow believes that the overuse of Axe spray has caused this slightly appealing aroma.

The Middle School also has some interesting smells. First, you will smell fruit deodorant in the front hall. Then, walking straight ahead down the first hall, you will notice shaving cream and matches. Taking a sharp right halfway through the hall, you will walk into the cafeteria and notice the smell of bad wet laundry sitting in dryer. Then, as you continue down the hall and take a left, you will smell flowers. Take another left to end up in the 7th grade hallway, which smells like a mixture of fresh markers, mildew, and crayon. Nearby, the 8th grade hallway smells of a gum package without gum in it. In the corner of the school, Señor Thomas’s class has the only pleasant scent, which is a fall spice candle. Lastly, as you walk down the hall past Señor’s room and take a right, the hall leading to the auditorium smells like seat upholstery, preschool clay, and hot fabric.

Now that you are aware of the stench that Pentucket High School gives off, choose your routes to classes wisely.

Smell ya later.