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Know your news: WP Issue 2 current events quiz

Know your news: WP Issue 2 current events quiz

by Juhi Gupta, Multimedia Editor October 1, 2013

Here are the answers to the current events quiz on Page 15 of The Winged Post, out today. See how well you do! Questions 1.Who is the current Secretary of State? 2. Which actor recently broke...

Homecoming Week: Rally

by Roshni Pankhaniya September 30, 2013

The Upper School concluded this week's Homecoming festivities with a rally Friday. Each class performed a skit based on their theme, student council members took part in an obstacle course, and each grade...

Instead of kayaking or sailing, juniors remained at school today due to the cancellation of their class trip. The trip will be rescheduled for Oct. 9.

Junior trip rescheduled due to weather

by Alyssa Amick September 30, 2013

The junior class sailing and kayaking trip, planned for today, was cancelled by an email sent out Friday afternoon due to the stormy weather in Japan. Tropical Storm Man-yi hit Japan last week, leaving...

The Parade included a performance by jazz band, led by director Chris Florio. Jazz band performed two songs and featured students from all grades.

Classes display floats in annual Homecoming week parade

by Vivian Isenberg and Maya Jeyendran September 26, 2013

Homecoming week’s annual “Panoply of Chaos” spirit parade led by Spirit Club advisor, Grand Marshal Andrew Irvine displayed each class’ floats during long lunch yesterday. The parade ran from...

After seniors have been eliminated from the game, the remaining students circle the three chairs, waiting for the right moment to spring for one. Students from all grades participated in todays spirit event during both lunches, which consisted of a variation of the game musical chairs.

Freshmen win the musical chairs spirit event

by Stephanie Chen and Kacey Fang September 24, 2013

Students from all four classes competed in a variation of the game musical chairs during both lunches today in the second spirit competition of Homecoming week. Led by Spirit Club advisor Andrew Irvine...

Seniors Dora Tzeng and Stephanie Chen add spiderwebs to part of their float. Their float, eagle, and skit all incorporated their class theme, superheroes.

Students attend spirit night in preparation for Homecoming week

by Mariam Sulakian, Sheridan Tobin, and Angeline Pan September 22, 2013

Students from all four grades rushed to Spirit Night Friday evening in attempts to finalize their floats, eagles, and skits before Homecoming week. The Spirit Club hosted Spirit Night, an event which...

Members of the junior class raise their arms in the shape of a tree during a game in their Thursday LIFE session. The representatives from Youth Empowerment Seminar used this game to make students focus.

LIFE kicks off the first assemblies of the year

by Daphne Liang and Cheryl Liu September 19, 2013

The junior, sophomore, and freshman classes gathered in the atrium, auditorium, and the gym respectively for their LIFE assemblies, while the seniors met with their eagle buddies today. The junior class...

Senior Mercedes Chien presents her research on child psychology at the first Medical Club meeting. One part of her project involved analyzing the sitting position of infants.

Medical Club kicks off year with student presentation

by Cindy Liu September 19, 2013

During the first Medical Club meeting of the school year, a group of students gathered for a presentation by senior Mercedes Chien about her summer research project on child psychology. Mercedes spent...

Senior Vincent Lin casts his ballot for prince and princess. Voting took place outside Manzanita during lunch throughout the week.

Homecoming elections take place throughout the week

by Shay Lari-Hosain September 15, 2013

Homecoming: the anticipated school tradition is less than two weeks away. At the end of last week, homecoming court results were disclosed for all four classes on the Spirit Bulletin in the Edge. “Homecoming...

Posters and flyers hung in numerous locations around school announce this Saturdays dance production workshop. At the workshop, dancers will be placed into performances that the Upper School dance teachers decide will suit them.

Upper School prepares for annual dance production

by Vasudha Rangarajan September 12, 2013

In preparation for the annual Upper School dance production themed “Peace, Love, Dance,” teachers and students hurry to finish choreography, choose music, and clear some time out of their busy schedules. The...

Sophomore Justan Su (10), upon request by TalonWP, writes a letter to his eagle buddy in order to introduce himself. The Eagle Buddies program was designed to foster a greater sense of community cross-campus, and allows upper school students to have fun while being role models.

Sophomores write letters to Eagle Buddies

by Vineet Kosaraju September 12, 2013

Sophomores were first introduced to the Eagle Buddies program during the class meeting on Tuesday, when they wrote letters to their new friends at the Lower School. Eagle Buddies, a program created...

Sriram Somasundaram (11) checks his phone to see what his schedule for the day looks like. The iPhone is a popular smartphone among students and allows them to access information on the go.

New iPhones 5S and 5C released

by Vedant Thyagaraj September 12, 2013

Apple unveiled its new iteration of iPhones, the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, on Tuesday at its Cupertino campus. The iPhone 5S is an incremental update to the company’s popular iPhone 5 which was...

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