Winter Spirit Week wrapped up with the annual Winterfest during Community Time in Taper Gym on Dec. 12. The Prefect Council planned a series of winter dress-up themes and activities for Winter Spirit Week. Student Leaders for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (SLIDE) and the Prefect Council organized...
Upper School students returned from winter break with a special Community Time session called “Rain Day” on Jan. 5. The event was held in...
Nearly breathless from lugging his duffel bags full of school uniforms up and down the stairs of his dorm, Daniel Baek ’26 sat on his suitcase and closed the last zipper before permanently stepping away from the place he called his home for the past three years. His eyes were glossy as it dawned on...
As Linden Azad ’26 rinses her measuring cup and absorbs the familiar warmth of a Persian stew simmering on the stove, she briefly withdraws from the conversation that has become all too common as she and her mother cook dinner together each evening. When it comes to the future, Azad’s mother has...
In the middle of ballet class, Summer Park ’27 and a few of her fellow dancers were suddenly yanked out of line and removed from their four-hour rehearsal while the rest of the young ballerinas continued prancing to the piano’s tune. Directors, teachers and parent volunteers circled the alienated...
While riding shotgun with my dad, we belt “Who gives a f_ about an oxford comma?", and I begin to hum to the all-familiar song that always...
