I always think the same thing when I look back on the past: “Wow. I was kind of dumb last year.”
Let’s start with sixth grade, when I was a plain dork.
Then in seventh grade, I looked back on sixth...
Growing tired, the Dungeons and Dragons players flung spiked chains and a flaming sword at the golden throne. The vampire sitting on it wouldn’t budge, and he was a stronger villain than they had ever...
For months, she didn’t know anyone else who had gone through what she had.
Samantha* was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance at a friend’s house after a party last April, she said.
“No,” she...
Pandas irritate me.
It’s not the animals themselves, or even the abundance of Internet GIFs they occupy. It’s the species’ close, tangled connection to Asian stereotypes that irritates me.
Pandas...
In a drop back down from last year’s record high of 93.4 percent, the number of seniors submitting early college applications hit only 89 percent this fall, Upper School Dean Beth Slattery said.
"Last...
"What is important is that students select activities that are truly meaningful to them and that they really get involved with them," reads UCLA’s Admissions website. "We look for long-standing dedication...
The English department outlined its policy on tutors and secondary sources in a Wednesday email to upper school parents and students.
A statement titled "Writing English Essays at Home" was included in...
The Dude abides.
That’s probably the most important thing I learned during break, but the Dude probably doesn’t care how high he ranks on my list of summer lessons.
It all started when my cousin...
Close to 100 alumni surprised performing arts and cinema studies teacher Ted Walch Monday night by singing and dancing for him at the announcement of the establishment of a Ted Walch Endowed Chair for...
Five seniors defeated five science teachers in a 12 minute-long Science Bowl match during STEMfest May 21.
Science Bowl team members Anser Abbas ’14, Zachary Birnholz ’14, Donhem Brown ’14, Kevin...
Zoe Bohn ’14 will speak at graduation June 6 as valedictorian, President Rick Commons announced at the annual Cum Laude Induction Ceremony last week.
The valedictorian is elected by a faculty vote every...
