By Julie Barzilay As a 5-year-old boy, Jack McFadden-Talbot ’09 had remarkable balance. Granted, he wasn’t using this skill in as dazzling a way as his fellow performers the renouned Flying...

By Alex Leichenger For science teacher David Hinden, a day at the office once consisted of prosecuting accused spies and members of the Mafia—men who spent more time behind bars than inside a classroom....

By Derek Schlom Bobby Kazimiroff ’09 is being followed. Forty-two people are acutely aware of his activities all day, every day. For instance, they know that on April 20 his breakfast consisted of...

By Jamie Kim A curriculum change in the Music Department has dismantled the Concert Orchestra to create two separate Wind and String Ensembles. Music directors Mark Hilt and Shawn Costantino...

By  Kelly Ohriner Nine juniors, nine sophomores and four freshmen were admitted into next year’s Chamber Singers. They were chosen from the 50 students who auditioned during the week of...

By Julie Barzilay Long waits in the orthodontist’s office. Rubber bands snapping mid-sentence. Broken retainers strewn across the bathroom counter. For a handful of upper school students, orthodontia-related...

By Lucy Jackson It’s a lazy Friday afternoon and history teachers Larry Klein, Ken Neisser and Dave Waterhouse chat in the third floor Seaver history office discussing the potential cell phone ban,...

By Jean Park Student musicians practiced a prepared piece and sight-reading skills for the Jazz course auditions, which were held last week for Studio Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Rhythm Section....

By Matthew Lee The smooth comping of the guitar and piano enhanced the aura of the auditorium. As the tenor saxophone bellowed over the rhythmic unison of the bass and drums, the energy of audience at...

By Austin Block and Faire Davidson "People guess better than this! (ouch)," was written in purple on a student’s failed "Mrs. Dalloway" quiz underneath a circled 1, posted on a bulletin board for...

By Julie Barzilay Some Fridays are special because the cafeteria staff barbeques burgers to welcome a new month. Some bring performances or championships. But every Friday that foreign language teacher...

By Emily Friedman and Faire Davidson Assistant to Head of Upper School Michelle Bracken keeps a box of shirts in a cabinet beside her desk. These shirts, mostly extra Peer Support shirts, are used once...