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Caption: Orchestra members set up their instruments and stands in preparation of their performance during the meeting. The orchestra will play in its spring concert this Friday at De Anza College.

School meeting recap–4/4

by Alex Wang, Reporter April 4, 2016

Prom tickets will be available beginning today outside of Manzanita. Tickets will cost $110 if bought today, $120 afterwards and $140 at the door. Head of School Christopher Nikoloff will hold his “Who...

Acetone peroxide is actually created as a mixture of monomer, dimer, trimer, and tetramer forms. TATP, the trimer form of acetone peroxide, can form an explosive less detectable than and almost as dangerous as TNT, a powerful explosive used in artillery, construction and fracking.

Brussels attacks highlight necessity for quotas on chemicals

by Derek Yen, Reporter and Aquila Columnist March 27, 2016

  In the deadly attacks in Brussels this week, the terrorists reportedly used the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP). Anyone with basic chemistry knowledge and access to ingredients available...

Dennis Belliveau describes his experiences while traveling in Marco Polo's footsteps. Belliveau spoke to freshmen and sophomores today about his two-year traveling experience in the footsteps of Marco Polo.

Denis Belliveau speaks to freshmen and sophomores at assembly

by Katherine Zhang and Prameela Kottapalli March 23, 2016

Two New Yorkers: one wedding photographer and and one artist. Two years without the comfort of their homes and families. 25,000 miles through the bustling cities and rural villages of Europe and central...

Brandenburg Gate is lit in the colors of the Belgian flag after today's terrorist attacks. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombings.

At least 30 killed during a terrorist attack in Brussels; ISIS takes responsibility

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2016

ISIS has taken full responsibility for the terrorist attacks killing at least 30 people and wounding 230 early this morning in an airport and subway station in Brussels, Belgium. Police have now found...

Guy's Gig members rehearse with adviser Susan Nace. They will perform in the upcoming spring concert on April 29.

Guy’s Gig to perform in upcoming spring concert

by Raveena Kapatkar and Nisha Shankar March 22, 2016

Vocal harmonies of Guy’s Gig, the upper school’s boys’ a capella group, fill Dobbins room 108 four times a week as they practice for their next performance. This year's members include seniors...

Dr. Muldrew speaks about the 2016 Student Diversity Leadership Conference, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from Dec. 8 to 10. Applications are now available and will be emailed and posted on the PCR board.

School meeting recap–3/21

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 22, 2016

Three upper school students, senior Nikita Ramoji and sophomores Amy Jin and Anooshree Sengupta, received awards from the National Center for Women in Computing (NCWIT), which offers local affiliate awards...

That's a Wrap: Media overstepped its bounds by forcing Lilly Wachowski to come out as transgender

That’s a Wrap: Media overstepped its bounds by forcing Lilly Wachowski to come out as transgender

by Melina Nakos, Reporter March 22, 2016

Lilly Wachowski, of the directing team known as The Wachowskis, recently came out as a transgender female after several media outlets threatened to out her without the director's consent. While people...

Chicago’s response to Trump rally exposes weaknesses in candidate’s campaign

by Michael Sikand, Reporter March 20, 2016

Ever since Republican front-runner Donald Trump began his unforeseen presidential campaign, he has ripped apart the party he represents and divided ideologies nationwide. As his chances of securing the...

Vivian Wang (10) comes up for air during her 100 yard breaststroke. This was the second invitational and the fourth meet of the season.

Upper school swim team competes against other schools in invitational swim meet

by Ashley Jiang, Reporter March 20, 2016

The upper school swim team participated at the Small School invitational at Sacred Heart Prep yesterday at 9 a.m. Swimmers competed in a variety of relay and individual races, including the 400 yard...

BEcon advisor Juston Glass  tests out HTC Vive presented by Google, one of the highlights of the conference. The conference will take place tomorrow in Nichols.

BEcon conference to take place tomorrow in Nichols

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor March 18, 2016

BEcon2016, a business and economics conference, will take place in Nichols hall and the gym from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow to immerse students in business, economics and entrepreneurship. The program...

Arun Shriram (12) gestures as he beatboxes a dubstep song. Arun's performance won the best vocal act award.

Students and faculty perform at sixth annual HOSCARS talent show

by Rose Guan, Reporter March 18, 2016

The Upper School hosted its annual talent show, HOSCARS, which featured various acts ranging from dances to magic tricks, in the gym today. Sign-ups for the show started Feb. 1, while auditions began...

Senator Patrick Leahy met with Chief Judge Merrick Garland yesterday. Obama nominated Garland to fill the vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland as 113th Supreme Court justice

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2016

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court early Wednesday morning in order to fill the highly controversial vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia’s that has been used...

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