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Hydroflask(sksk)

Jeanine Kim October 2, 2019

Whenever Emily Nutting ’20 sits on the quad to have lunch with her friends, she scans the tables. An array of bottles, in different colors and sizes, light up the area with their bright colors and the...

Class of 2019 celebrates commencement

Jeanine Kim June 7, 2019

Speeches from Salutatorian Clay Hollander ’19 and Valedictorian Sarah Moon ’19 highlighted the Class of 2019’s commencement ceremony June 7 on Ted Slavin Field. Hollander, who also received...

Kelly leaves to pursue writing career

Jeanine Kim May 30, 2019

English teacher Ariana Kelly will depart the Upper School this year. She plans to move to Northern California to pursue her writing and other hobbies, taking a break from teaching for the time being....

Photo Illustration by Spencer Klink 20.

1-800-Postmates: Food Delivery App Usage on Campus

Jeanine Kim May 2, 2019

Every weekend, when Jaya Nayar ’20 sits down to dinner with her family, she sees a spread of food ordered from Postmates. After enjoying a meal filled with a variety of foods from many different restaurants,...

Students hold signs to welcome the Special Olympic athletes.  Credit: Caitlin Chung/ Chronicle

Students welcome Special Olympic athletes

Jeanine Kim May 1, 2019

Students and faculty volunteers cheered as athletes who participated in sporting events during the third annual Special Olympics Unified Game Day on April 26. During a short assembly in Taper Gym,...

HW Works holds final roundtable of the year

Jeanine Kim April 30, 2019

In partnership with the Student Alumni Association, HW Works held its fourth and final roundtable of the year April 30, where three alumni with careers in law and government shared advice regarding their...

Dont Stop Believing: Conspiracy Theories

Don’t Stop Believing: Conspiracy Theories

Jeanine Kim March 20, 2019

Abraham Gallardo ’20 may seem crazy, but he swears he isn’t. Standing in an empty Rugby classroom, Gallardo wildly gestured at the chalkboard filled with arrows and names, explaining how it was possible...

Students report on gun violence

Jeanine Kim March 2, 2019

Since Parkland, a project run by teen journalists that has been chronicling gun-related deaths across the U.S., released their report on Feb. 14, the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman...

School releases grades unintentionally online

Jeanine Kim January 30, 2019

Due to a technical error, the school’s website displayed students’ first semester grades early through unofficial transcripts Jan 22. The premature release was due to a glitch with the system,...

illustration by Sam Ko

Needle in a Haystack: Anti-Vaccination on Campus

December 12, 2018

A wave of frustration washed over Angela Wheaton (Sirus ’19) when she saw the vaccination policies of her son’s college, forcing him to receive a potentially dangerous injection. “[My older son]...

Illustration by Sam Ko 19.

Sliding into Direct Misconduct: Addressing Social Media Harassment

Jeanine Kim October 4, 2018

This piece was updated to include additional sourcing on young women and online harassment.  After posting photos from her new photoshoot, Annabel Zimmer ’20 opened her phone, expecting supportive...

Vo joins science department

Jeanine Kim September 13, 2018

After running his own Los Angeles-based tutoring company for the last several years, Richard Vo joined the upper school science department as a chemistry teacher. Vo attended the University of Massachusetts,...

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