It is June 2020. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Jones ’74 and a group of his former classmates join together on a Zoom call. Almost 50 years after graduating, the men begin to reminisce...

The softball team started their season with a record of 3-3 after their most recent win against Marymount on March 14. Following an initial victory against Brentwood (20-0) the team suffered a series of...

Afternoon light floods the room as Ben Boateng '25 logs on to a Zoom meeting. An iced coffee sits on a coaster next to the computer. The characteristic Zoom chime sounds as he joins the meeting room, and...

The school received almost 1,300 applications for grades seven through 12 this year. The school is not releasing data on acceptance rates at this point as matriculation has not yet been finalized. In...

The television is on, and in between shows, a commercial plays. It is a medical commercial, the type where someone takes the medicine and then runs through a field of poppies with their golden retriever...

Condoms mingled with the usual pencil shavings and old worksheets in the trash can, and a single bruised banana sat, out of place, in the recycling bin. The classroom was still.  An hour or so before...

Girls’ education activist and co-founder of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) Shabana Basij-Rasikh spoke about her mission of teaching  Afghan girls at this year’s Brown Family Speaker...

A fluffy brown chick stands alone on a sandy beach. The calm British voice of natural historian David Attenborough reverberates out of the laptop’s speakers, and the students clustered around it draw...

On her break from her job at ChaCha Matcha on Abbott Kinney Blvd. in Venice Beach, Katie Chambers ’25 walked a few blocks to the Erewhon Market (Erewhon) down the street to grab something to eat. As...

I’ll say, say, say, I’ll say, say, say, What is the United States if not a clot of clouds? If not spilled milk? Or blood? If not the place we once were in the millions? America is Maps— Maps...

In 1998, after an extensive interview process, Jon Wimbish, now the Head of the Middle School, was hired as a teacher in the middle school English Department. During the process, he said he met every member...

Upper School Science Teacher Nate Cardin published a crossword in the New York Times on Oct. 10. Cardin previously had one other puzzle run in the paper. Cardin submitted the crossword in January, and...

On a sun-drenched morning at the end of the 1960s, as war raged across the Pacific and Beatlemania spread stateside, the Studio City fire department received an unusual call. There had been a brush fire...

Machines whir, blending up pumpkin spice Frappuccinos, and bags crinkle, filled with vanilla bean scones at the Starbucks on Ventura Boulevard. Of the 19 total customers that have made purchases in the...

As Lauren Park '25 made her course selections last March, she scrolled through the curriculum guide, seeing offerings like Slam! Spoken Word Poetry and Mass Entertainment in America and Principles of Engineering....

When Clara Conrad '25 was 14 years old, she began thinking about how she would want her nose to look if she was to get a nose job. She thought about who she would want to do it. She thought about whether...

Yesterday, Oreo released its newest and first non-vegan product in a decade: Oreo Under the Tuscan Sun, and all I can say is, "Finally, a protein-filled sandwich cookie. Just what we all needed." This...

Olivia Baradaran ’24, Jordan Dees ’24, Casey Reims ’24 and Stella Stringer ’24 will serve as Peer Support coordinators for the 2023-2024 school year, Head of Peer Support Tina McGraw ’01 announced...

Celso Cardenas By Natasha Speiss Upper School Dean Celso Cárdenas will depart from the school after eight years to become the Dean of Students and College Counseling at Avenues The World School. Cárdenas...

The first word of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign announcement video is “freedom." The landing page of the Republican National Committee displays the phrase (in big red and white letters):...

Catalyzing Change: Entrepreneurial Thinking By Nathan Wang and William Liu erdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research course called Catalyzing Change: Entrepreneurial Thinking. According to the...

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Take a look at the websites of Phillips Academy — Andover, Phillips Academy — Exeter or any other school that begins with “Phillips” and ends with the name of a town in the Northeast. You’ll...

Boys basketball player Brady Dunlap ’23 announced his decommitment from The University of Notre Dame on Jan. 24 in an Instagram post. Dunlap initially committed to the university Sept. 22, 2022. Dunlap...

Prefect Council and the Chess Club are partnering to host a chess tournament on the quad starting Tuesday. 56 Upper School students signed up to compete, and after four rounds, the top eight will move...

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For the person who will go bankrupt from their matcha addiction: Save them from themself and buy them some tea bags. Or better yet, send them a link to the CDC’s “Water and Healthier Drinks” page...

Presentation Managing Editor Jina Jeon '23 published her novel "Brand New World" on Amazon on Nov. 11. The book, inspired by the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, is the first that Jeon has published,...

Yoshi Kimura By Zoe Goor Yoshi Kimura ’23 is building a new instrument and composing a piece of music with it for her Senior Independent Study. Kimura said the instrument, which is played with...

Every morning, as students trudge down the sidewalk in front of the Taper Gymnasium at 7:40 a.m. with their heads bent over their cellphones and their ears plugged with AirPods, most other students in...

Chronicle presents the first episode of the Open Door Series, where students showcase the offices around campus and the teacher's favorite aspects of their working environment.

Prefect Council brought The Habit Burger Grill food truck to school Friday. The Habit's visit to campus marks the return of the Prefect Council-organized Food Truck Fridays. Using their IDs, students were...

Alejandro Lombard ’23 created a documentary about immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border for his Junior Summer Fellowship project, “Seeking Asylum.” Lombard visited the U.S.-Mexico border...

Students and faculty gathered on Ted Slavin Field for the tenth annual convocation to officially welcome in the new school year August 24. Associate Head of School Laura Ross opened the event by advising...