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Juniors receive their T-shirts the morning of the Homecoming rally due to a possible misinterpretation of their class shirts

Juniors change class T-shirt design

by Melina Nakos, Reporter October 5, 2014

The junior class T-shirt was changed earlier this week after the original design was found to be possibly spelling out a racial slur. The T-shirt design’s possibly offensive text was a mistake, according...

Members of the jazz band play music for the audience, as students from each grade level showcase their float. These members were already familiar with the songs they were going to play, but still had to put themselves in the mindset of having fun and showing their spirit.

Float parade carries on a recently developed tradition

by Eleanor Xiao and Eric Jeong October 3, 2014

Held Wednesday during long lunch, the “Panoply of Chaos” featured students marching around the campus proudly presenting their class floats, while the jazz band lead the line playing upbeat music...

Sophomore class Frozen themed eagle on display in front of the journalism room. The eagles were judged later in the week.

Class eagles go on display outside Manzanita

by Sahana Srinivasan, Reporter October 1, 2014

The class eagles were displayed outside Manzanita Hall today as part of Homecoming spirit week. The Class of 2018 painted a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse-themed eagle, displayed next to the sophomores’ Frozen...

Students rehearse for the upcoming dance production. Rehearsals began this week for the upper school dance production, which premieres on Jan. 30.

Rehearsals start for Upper School dance production

by Praveen Batra, Reporter September 30, 2014

Rehearsals for the Upper School dance show, themed “Welcome to the Jungle,” began last week. “The first act will be Welcome to the Jungle, and the second act will be Animal Inhabitants, and all...

​Glaciers in front of mountains. Photography students on the trip will have the opportunity to take photos of the landscape.

Upper school plans summer Arctic trip

by Lauren Russell, Reporter September 30, 2014

Sign-ups began last week for the first summer trip to Iceland, Greenland, and the Svalbard islands for photography and biology expeditions led by teachers Joshua Martinez and Anita Chetty. The 10 students...

Two seniors work on their eagle. The senior’s homecoming theme this year is Batman, causing them to make the eagle mainly black.

Spirit Night prepares each class for Homecoming week

by Neil Bai, Reporter September 28, 2014

Spirit members, student council members and volunteers gathered together during Spirit Night yesterday in preparation for Homecoming next week. The event kicked off at about 5 p.m. Each class started...

Journalism students fly drone on Davis Field

by Shannon Su, Executive News Director September 26, 2014

Period 7 journalism students tested the program’s drone yesterday on Davis Field with the help of multimedia specialist Eric Marten. Journalism adviser Ellen Austin chose to purchase the drone, as...

Freshmen line up to cast their votes for student council.

Freshmen vote for student council candidates

by Kaitlin Hsu, Reporter September 25, 2014

Freshmen voted for student council candidates at the journalism room this afternoon after listening to the candidates’ speeches. Presidential candidates included Amy Jin, Jimmy Lin, Praveen Batra,...

Leeza Kuo (15) throws a ball during the dodgeball game today during long lunch.

Dodgeball game ends with senior sit-in

by Jessica “Fred” Chang and Elisabeth Siegel September 24, 2014

The annual dodgeball tournament finals ended early due to a sit-in on the dodgeball court conducted by several members of the senior class after the match of three rounds between the seniors and the juniors...

Students view Homecoming results today in Manzanita.

Homecoming Court results revealed today

by Kshithija Mulam and Emma Yu September 22, 2014

The Homecoming Court results were posted in Manzanita Hall this morning. The princesses and princes for the senior class are Shreya Dixit, Jessica “Fred” Chang, Savi Joshi and Shikhar Dixit, Alex...

ASB President Sarah Bean (12) addresses the school during school meeting.

School Meeting Recap – 9/22

by Maya Jeyendran, Aquila Lifestyle Editor September 22, 2014

Head of School Christopher Nikoloff will be hosting a seminar on the DNA of thought in the Nichols auditorium beginning this Wednesday during long lunch. There will be six total seminars, and the first...

Elizabeth Edwards (11) greets an incoming student as she and other athletes hold signs and wave pom-poms during the Curbside Crazy Event. The event is held to help support the construction of the new Events center.

Curbside Crazy event supports new gym and events center

by Kacey Fang and Ashley Jiang September 20, 2014

Fall sports athletes arrived early yesterday morning to help out with a Curbside Crazy event that promoted donations to the new Events Center project. The event contributed to raising donations for...

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