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Students, faculty introduce new clubs to High School
Georgia LaScala (’23), the leader of Brushstrokes and Beats, sits at her club stand Sept. 30 with Science Teacher Alpha Toothman, the faculty sponsor. The club meets to create art while listening to music once every cycle during either lunch or after school. LaScala said she started the club to alleviate stress and help students remove themselves from “the crazy competitive environment” of the High School. “I think it's a really good way for people to just force themselves to, like, take a deep
Colette Brown explores sense of self through trapeze, aerial circus
Colette Brown (’23) wraps herself during her aerial silks class. Brown said she has partaken in trapeze and aerial circus since Grade 8 and hopes to continue exploring her passion.
After attending the renowned circus show Cirque du Soleil and watching the hit musical “The Greatest Showman,” Colette Brown (’23) said she quickly realized trapeze and aerial circus was her calling.
Brown said she began trapeze lessons in Grade 8 while living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she attended an art
After attending the renowned circus show Cirque du Soleil and watching the hit musical “The Greatest Showman,” Colette Brown (’23) said she quickly realized trapeze and aerial circus was her calling.
Brown said she began trapeze lessons in Grade 8 while living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she attended an art
Women in Stem: students, teachers consider female representation, community support
Computer Science Teacher Livia Piloto recalls barely having any female peers and teachers during her education. Throughout the four years of her college career, she only had one female professor and said she could count her female colleagues on a single hand.
Students start Theology Club amidst growing Western secular society
Theology Club members finish their meeting about karma and reincarnation Thursday, Feb. 11. Meetings are hosted by co-leaders Saoirse Burlingame (’24) and Marcus Chae (’24) every Thursday at 5:45 p.m. on Zoom.
Students and faculty members reflect on workload during religious holidays
As the High School strives towards a more inclusive environment, a protocol was created to ensure that teachers gave little to no homework on religious holidays. Students and faculty reflect on the importance, impact, consistency and next steps moving forward regarding this policy.
Cancel culture reaches students
Students discuss the role that cancel culture plays in current events, and how it has affected
many aspects, online and in person. While some value cancel culture for holding people
accountable for derogatory actions, others feel that it restricts freedom of expression.
many aspects, online and in person. While some value cancel culture for holding people
accountable for derogatory actions, others feel that it restricts freedom of expression.
14 new students reflect on their transition to the High School
The sound of footsteps and chatter filling the hallways can only mean one thing; school is back in session. For many, the coronavirus pandemic ensured that this would not be the ASL they have seen in the past, but for others, they never saw it look otherwise. Fourteen new students shared their experience of starting at a new school amid Covid-19 measures and give a glimpse of themselves and their experience so far.
