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Students violate trip policy

Jean Sanders
April 26, 2017

Roughly half a dozen students violated the Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking Policy on school trips over spring break, President Rick Commons said. The school’s policy as written in the Student Parent Handbook...

Photo by Pavan Tauh

The Race Debate: Connor Engel ’17 and Evan Engel ’17 Discuss the Discrimination they have Experienced in Debate

Jean Sanders
March 31, 2017

After Connor Engel ’17 won a round at a debate tournament, one of the coaches judging the debate told him that he had won the round on a technical level but that the judge disagreed with everything he...

School reviews diversity climate assessment

Jean Sanders
February 15, 2017

Some administrators and faculty were not surprised by the results of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Climate Assessment and are beginning to take steps to tackle the issues identified in the report. “There...

Data used from the January Chronicle poll. Graphic by Indu Pandey.

School considers AP class limit in talks of student well-being, academic balance

Jean Sanders
January 12, 2017

School administrators and faculty are discussing placing a limit on the number of AP classes students are able to take throughout their high school careers as part of their ongoing discussion about the...

Faculty to further enforce dress code policy

Jean Sanders
October 7, 2016

The faculty will begin to enforce the dress code more vigilantly, Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick announced in an email to students and parents last Wednesday, sparking controversy among some. Resnick...

Photo Illustration by Emily Rahhal

Addressing the Dress Code: Faculty to Further Enforce Dress Code Policy

Jean Sanders
October 6, 2016

The faculty will begin to enforce the dress code more vigilantly, Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick announced in an email to students and parents last Wednesday, sparking controversy among some. Resnick...

Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick. Printed with permission of Nathanson's

Resnick replaces Barzdukas as Interim Head of Upper School

Jean Sanders
August 31, 2016

Although Liz Resnick will only fill the position of head of Upper School for one year, she has already made one permanent policy change: eliminating styrofoam cups from the faculty room. However, Resnick...

Jean Sanders
July 1, 2016

Lola Clark ’17 steps on a bus, ready for a six-hour drive to Clemson University in South Carolina. While many of her peers are spending their spring breaks resting at home or traveling, Clark is preparing...

Graphic created by Eshanika Chaudhary.

Crashes in Student Parking Lot

Jean Sanders
June 2, 2016

When Naomi Barlava ’17 walked out of her eighth period class to her usual parking spot in the junior lot, she found a large crack in her rear bumper. "I knew I hadn’t gotten in a car accident," Barlava...

Graphic by Eshanika Chaudhary/Chronicle

Crash Course: Accidents in the Student Lot

Jean Sanders
February 23, 2016

When Naomi Barlava ’17 walked out of her eighth period class to her usual parking spot in the junior lot, she found a large crack in her rear bumper. "I knew I hadn’t gotten in a car accident," Barlava...

LENDING A HELPING SHOULDER: James Kanoff ’17 leans on Chance Washburn ’18 in order to capture a picture of the sunset in Vietnam. Students traveled there for over a week to work on digital media projects independently and in groups. Credit: Lauren Kim/Chronicle

Learning Through the Lens: Students journey to Vietnam

Jean Sanders
February 10, 2016

When Kinly McCaffery ’18 saw a wall filled with photos of bombing victims of the Vietnam War at the War Remnants Museum in Saigon, she realized that any one of those victims could easily have been her...

A student athlete inputs her data into Metrifit, one of several apps that the athletic department is using this year. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Athletic department expands use of health technology for students

Jean Sanders
January 13, 2016

When Paige Howard ’17 wakes up, the first thing she does is log into her Metrifit account and record how well she slept. Her coaches later use this data when they determine the difficulty of her practice...

Student leaves to develop app

Jean Sanders
October 7, 2015

Daniel Singer ’17 left school in September to take a gap year to work on his new social networking app Bond, which will be released in the app store in October. "Bond connects you to the people you should...

Expens-ercise: Are pricey workouts worth it?

Expens-ercise: Are pricey workouts worth it?

Jean Sanders
September 1, 2015

As Sophia Van Iderstine ’17 gets ready for her late morning exercise class on a Saturday, she laces up her sneakers, grabs a bottle of Smart Water and heads for the door holding one more item in her...

Arn Chorn-Pond shows students around Battambang, his home town. Pond is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide and a human rights activist committed to the preservation of Cambodian music. Prior to the trip, Chorn-Pond visited the Upper School on April 13 to be interviewed by students.

Lights, Cambodia, Action

Jean Sanders
September 1, 2015

Standing in Junom, the village where his mother lived after the Khmer Rouge took her family’s home, William Chow ’17 took out his camera and begins to film the scenery. Chow’s mother is a survivor...

7th annual STEMfest features apps, social research, free food

Jean Sanders
May 20, 2015

Nitrogen-infused ice cream, smartphone apps, robotic presentations, statistical research projects and free tacos were highlights of the seventh annual STEMfest held on the quad during a special activities...

Blank Theatre to perform 2 student plays

Jean Sanders
April 29, 2015

The Blank Theatre selected five plays written by students as semifinalists for their Young Playwrights Festival. Sabrina Batchler ’15 and Dylan Schifrin’s ’16 plays were chosen as two of the 12 plays...

Environmental club to show documentary

Jean Sanders
January 14, 2015

The Environmental Club will screen the Netflix Documentary "Mission Blue" in the Ahmanson lecture hall Jan 16. The documentary follows the work of internationally-recognized oceanographer, marine biologist...

Environmental club to screen documentary

Jean Sanders
January 12, 2015

The Environmental Club will screen the Netflix Documentary "Mission Blue" in the Ahmanson Lecture Hall Jan. 16. The documentary follows the work of internationally-recognized oceanographer, marine biologist...

Senior releases first five-song EP on iTunes

Jean Sanders
November 19, 2014

Elizabeth Goran ’15 released a five-song EP album on iTunes Sept. 26. "Fight" is listed in the pop category, and its songs include "Undone," "Make it Last," "Fight," "We Could Be" and "At the End of...

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