By Olivia Kwitny and Mary-Rose Fissinger Will Davidson ’11 sits quietly in the quad, momentarily disengaged from the conversations around him. His attention is focused on his iPhone. One might assume...

By Allegra Tepper Giselle* ’11 sits with her sister and mother at the dinner table.  Outside the window to her sister’s apartment are the crowded streets of a Middle Eastern city, where,...

By Judd Liebman Lauren Seo ’10 and Jamie Kim ’10 won Honorable Mention in the Ryan White Awards for their story titled "Pressed for Time," in the November 2008 Chronicle. The award is dedicated...

By Jordan Freisleben and Lauren Seo As he unbuckles his seatbelt, Gavin Cook ’10 reaches for his wallet. Looking up, he is slightly surprised to see his mother get out of the driver’s seat,...

By Mary Rose Fissinger Adam Howard ’93 walks into his seventh period Creative Writing class with circles under his eyes and gripping his coffee mug decorated with drawings of famous authors. At 1:10...

By Sammy Roth Three seniors crowd around a computer in Munger Tech Center. Jeff Kim ’10 types rapidly, and Gina Goldberg ’10 says, "Sleepy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy, Dopey, Doc—what’s...

By Jean Park Sedona, Arizona is known for its rocky, yet beautiful landscape. The cliffs cast a jagged shadow across the "Red Rocks" and many plateaus. While trail hikers and passing drivers must look...

By Allegra Tepper Marcia,* 17, isn’t sexually active and doesn’t plan to be for a while.  She’s seen her friends come in to school, bandaged after receiving a Gardasil shot, which...

By Catherine Wang s the lights of the Beijing Opera House dim, the audience can make out the back of a dark silhouette at center stage. As the stage lights up, the Beijing Orchestra and its conductor...

By Sam Adams Jeff Snapp is 800 hours away from his dream. When the math teacher started taking helicopter flying lessons two years ago, it was just to learn a new skill. So he got his private license....

By Catherine Wang When Lily Collins ’07 walked onto a plane from New York four years ago, all she could think about was getting home. Little did she know how life-changing that plane ride would be....

By Alice Phillips Science teacher Blaise Eitner was fishing off of the San Diego coast for rockfish specimens on a research vessel when the captain of the boat decided he wanted to fish with the scientists....