Peer Support sleepovers have been prohibited by the administration due to one sleepover last month being “run inappropriately,” counselor and humanities teacher Luba Bek said.
While Bek said she would...
Every year when Ash Wednesday comes around, people emerge from St. Saviour’s Chapel after a service with the ashes of palm leaves on their foreheads, marking the start of the Lent.
There are both religious...
Facing the pressure of schoolwork and outside obligations, Mary* ’17 turns to medication such at Ritalin, Vyvanse and Adderall to keep her focused and awake. She started taking them regularly this year...
The All-Around:
When Virginia* ’16 was deferred from Princeton, she was really disappointed since it was her dream school. However, she used this deferral as a motivation to regain her focus in school...
The Brain:
Although Austin* ’16 planned to apply Early Decision to the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program, he decided against it because it seemed "very limiting and [he] wasn’t sure it was [his] first...
Three new courses will be offered next year at the Upper School: Broadcast Journalism, Analysis of Interactive Media and Advanced Placement Computer Science Principals.
Because Harvard-Westlake has been...
A new policy that holds students accountable if they miss more than 20 periods of any single class will take effect this year. Twenty periods is equivalent to about 15 percent of a class that meets four...
Two summers ago, I went to my mother’s home country, Cambodia. To be honest, I didn’t really have any expectations going into the country. Everything I knew about Cambodia was either history relayed...
Construction in the quad to fix a broken underground water pipeline, which has blocked the pathway leading from Seaver to Munger, is expected to be finished on Saturday, Chief of Campus Operations Jim...
The Bison college tour was scheduled to visit the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, April 1 in the midst of a national controversy over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The...
As the youngest of three children, Jenna Thompson ’16 first noticed the age gap between herself and her sisters when she was six years old. She and her middle sister stopped playing together because...
Preparing for her next photo shoot for her blog "bylaureng," Lauren Genender ’17 carefully chooses outfits for each of her friends who will be modeling for her that day. Genender picks an interesting...
Maggie Gyllenhaal ’95 won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Movie or miniseries for her role as Nessa Stein in the TV miniseries, “The Honourable Woman” Jan. 11. This was Gyllenhaal’s first...
Parents will hear a talk called "Teen Abuse and Addiction to Drugs, Alcohol and Electronic Technology" at the Middle School Feb. 4, as part of the speaker series that the Parents’ Association has organized...
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 11: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Winner of the Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie for "The Honorable Woman", speaks onstage during...
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 11: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Winner of the Best Actress - Mini-Series or TV Movie for "The Honorable Woman", speaks onstage during...
Plans for a Spring Break trip to Spain led by Spanish teacher Javier Zaragoza, have been finalized. The group of students and two chaperones will leave March 26 and return April 12. The itinerary was hanged...
Advanced Dance I will perform its annual Outreach Dance Showcase Performance in the Dance Studio Dec. 10 at 9:30 a.m. for ARC, an organization for mentally challenged adults.
The dances in this annual...
“I’ll sacrifice myself. Run, run, run,” Chris Lee ’16 commands with one hand on the keyboard of his computer and the other continuously clicking his mouse. Lee strategizes with Brandon Kuwada ’16,...
By Sharon Chow
“I’ll sacrifice myself. Run, run, run,” Chris Lee ’16 commands with one hand on the keyboard of his computer and the other continuously clicking his mouse. Lee strategizes with...
Jessica Capshaw ’94, the actress who plays pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins on "Grey’s Anatomy," talked to girls Oct. 6 about her childhood, playing a lesbian character on the show and adapting to...
Parents will follow their child’s schedule, which has been compacted into 10 minute classes, and meet teachers Sept. 13 at the Middle School and Sept. 20 at the Upper School for Back to School Day.
There...
Seniors displayed their favorite pieces of art they created for other students, parents and faculty at the Senior Art Show, which was scheduled to be held May 27 in the Feldman-Horn Gallery from 5 p.m....
The Middle School Symphony, Madrigals, and Vocal Ensemble performed at the Heritage Music Festival of Gold in San Francisco from March 14 to March 18. The three groups were all invited to perform at the...
The middle school Madrigals will be singing at the American Choral Directors Association Western Division Convention in Santa Barbara Feb. 22 as one of two middle school choir groups invited to perform...
Jazz classes performed in "An Evening of Big Band Jazz" Dec. 14, exploring both contemporary and classic jazz in Rugby auditorium. From 7-9 p.m., upper school performing arts teacher Shawn Constantino...
All Middle School late bus departure times will be changed to 5:45 p.m. Monday to Friday, effective Oct. 21. Along with the late bus time change, the late shuttle bus from the Upper to the Middle School...
Lilas Lane, a former actress and SAT and ACT tutor, will join the middle school history department this year.
Lane has been interested in history since early childhood, when her father would recite Chaucer’s...
