By Jean Park Biology teacher Walt Werner’s eighth period class was looking forward to winter break. The past couple weeks had been a whirlwind stretch looking at ecology, evolution, and the food...

By Allegra Tepper Eleven books sit by my bed, commiserating about their untouched second halves, unappreciated epilogues and unacknowledged climaxes. I promise I had good intentions with every last one...

The senior photography show opened on Dec. 14 with a reception in Feldman Horn. The show's title, "Best of Three," is a play on the name of the class, Advanced Photography III, and the number of sections...

Matthew Chupack (Italy) Buongiorno is the only Italian word that Matthew Chupack ’11 knows, but he’s sure to learn more next year as one of three students from the class of 2011 that is attending...

By Daniel Rothberg Administrators at the Middle School have instituted primary elections that will eliminate all but eight candidates for the general election. Candidates running for class senator will...

By Hana Al-Henaid Helen Freeman hid her earring in her shoe as guards at Auschwitz confiscated all her belongings, Arnold Wininger saw his mother for the last time at a train station on his way to Yugoslavia...

By Dana Glaser It was Back to School day at Edwin Markham Middle School in South Central, Los Angeles. Nick Melvoin ’04 had 30 students in his seventh grade English as a Second Language class, but...

By Carly Mandel Sophomores will receive teacher comments with their report cards in the fall in addition to spring comments at the beginning of next year. The Faculty Advisory Committee approved...

By Annie BelfieldThree upper school students participated in the semifinal round of the national physics competition put on by the American Association of Physics Teachers. Joshua Oreman ’09, Andy...

By Shayna Freisleben Four Advanced Photography students have been named Spotlight Award semifinalists. Erik Haake ’08, Katie MacDonald ’08,  Annie McGrath ’08 and Nick Merrill...

By Shayna Freisleben I generally classify myself as right-brained. I am not inherently mathematically or scientifically minded, and I’m more partial to humanities classes, so I walked into AP Computer...

By Ariane Lange and Carly Radist Attendance Coordinator J. Gabriel Preciado is on a hunt to capture an elusive joker and possible truant known to him as “The Prince of Persia.” Someone...