1,000 candles threw shadows across the walls of the funeral home. The soft glow of a projector displayed a slideshow of my grandfather’s life in photos. Family members exchanged memories of him. As my...
Students and teachers showcased their talents at the Valentine’s Day themed Coffeehouse in Chalmers East after school Monday.
Language teachers share a poem
Prefect Council hosted the event, where a...
Kristina Riordan ’19 could feel everyone’s eyes on her. Surrounded by 17-year-olds speaking rapidly in an Italian dialect she couldn’t understand, Riordan was briefly overwhelmed with terror. The...
Chinese teacher Bin He visited the U.S. Congress to participate in the Language Advocacy Day event hosted by the Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) on Oct. 16. The event invited 100 language...
James Hess, Assistant Opinion Editor January 20, 2022
In his famous 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” Eric Arthur Blair—better known by his pen name George Orwell— condemned the imprecision of modern English. He argued that vagueness...
Babel, the Upper School’s foreign language publication, received a record number of Spanish submissions for its annual issue coming out in early May.
The magazine publishes essays, recipes, poems,...
When traveling to foreign countries, Gabriel Jenkinson ’16 has the choice to go through border security either as an American or Italian citizen. In approximately three months, he will also receive his...
The World Languages Department held the annual Language Honors Ceremony to formally recognize students with outstanding performance in Chinese, French, Latin and Spanish classes at the school in Rugby...
Fallon Dern, Assistant Features Editor February 18, 2022
My father’s father always told him the biggest room is the room for improvement. I’d argue it’s the Forum, or maybe the Taper Gym, but I understand what my grandpa was getting at. The school, for...
Upper school Chinese teacher Kattie Xu and middle school Chinese teacher Chen Chen gave a speech about their innovative approach to Chinese education at the United Nations headquarters in New York for...
Eight students in various Chinese classes received awards in an essay contest run by the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools.
The contest was divided into three categories of submission:...
The Upper School World Languages department will offer Spanish and French II Honors starting next school year to “better prepare students for three honors and for [the] AP program.”
Upper school students...
