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Starting on a Wednesday provides a gentle return to the school year
As evening falls earlier each day, the Phillies begin their push for the playoffs, and students finish the last of their summer assignments, the faculty begin to prepare their classrooms…
WEB EXCLUSIVE: We need a finals week
Chemistry’s life lessons
Connor Simpkins ’25 When I enrolled in Honors Chemistry, a notoriously difficult class, I expected…
Should college counseling start earlier? No.
Luke Ganley ’25 Should college counseling start at the beginning of Fourth Form? Considering the…
School should start after 8:30
Ryan Hu ’26 Have you ever woken up for school and wanted to go back…
Fighting polarization in the classroom
Mason Wiegand ’25 If you want a cesspool of human discourse, look no further than…
A matter of virtue: Defending the standing ovation
Arsh Aggarwal ’24 Reflections represent everything the school stands for. They offer students a chance…
Students should not write semester interim comments. Teachers should.
It’s not about who should carry the burden of writing academic comments. It’s about giving…
The mindfulness in jigsaw puzzles
It’s 8 o’clock on a Monday morning, and you walk through the doors of Severinghaus…
Easter Monday should be a school holiday
What do you think of first when you hear the word “Easter”? For some, it…
Graduation project proposal process needs clarity
When handed the graduation project proposal form in advisory, I scanned over the brief directions,…
off-campus
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Watergate, Trump… and you
Sam Pennington ’26 In August Former President Donald Trump was booked at Fulton County Jail on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump had also…
Deadly Maui wildfires endager thousands
Sean Ngo ’24 In early August, Maui was hit by devastating wildfires, which destroyed thousands…
Concerns about Ukraine military support
The war in Ukraine has brought death, destruction, and instability to Europe over the past…
Transgender athletes: inclusion and fairness
In recent years, controversy about transgender individuals’ participation in sports has become a pressing matter,…
The upside to dyslexia
Nearly one in ten humans in the world have dyslexia. Some of the most intelligent…
Revolutionizing roadways: the future of traffic efficiency
One view of the French pension reform crisis
French pension protests in Montpellier, France, May 1, 2023 – Fourmidable via Wikimedia Comomons How…
To be remembered
Owen Yu ’23 On April 27, Head of School Mr. Tyler Casertano spoke to the…
AI, too artificially intelligent?
Tommy Saul ’25 Most of us think the apocalypse is millennia away, but it is…
Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson were fired. Will they be canceled next?
Colin Toth ’26 Journalism itself has dominated the news for the past several weeks. Two…
The death of competitive sports leagues?
Nicholas Keszeli ’23 “There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there’s 50…
