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...
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...
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....
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
English teacher Jeffrey Kwitny has decided to retire after 17 years, and plans on using his new free time to write novels and pursue new interests.
Kwitny joined the community in 2001, after having taught...
Eve Baxter ’19, Allie Sassa ’19, Will Pease ’19 and Bryce Porter ’19 will serve as the Peer Support Coordinators for the upcoming 2018-19 school year.
Of the 20 students who applied, the four...
Stephanie Cho ’20, Coco Kaleel ’20 and Jenna Kronenberg ’20 won a research grant from Archer School to create an app to test eye contact with autistic children.
The three students, all members...
Ben Beckman ’19 won first place in the high school division of the Frost Composition Competition at the University of Miami for his original piece “Three Views” for Piano Quartet.
Beckman plays...
After weeks of meetings, science teacher Heather Audesirk and Myria Chen ’18 chose teams to represent the school in the National Science Bowl.
Science Bowl is a nationwide competition that tests participants...
Steve Yang ’08, a former teaching assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will return to his alma mater to join the science department as a Physics teacher this year.
After graduating from Harvard-Westlake,...
