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Refining journalism skills during camp in Hawaii

Refining journalism skills during camp in Hawaii

by Samantha Hoffman, Nayeon Kim, and Kevin Lin June 21, 2012

From June 19 to July 3, 19 students, accompanied by two chaperones and one advisor, traveled to Kihei, Maui for the annual summer journalism trip. Living together in one house, the students will prepare...

Class of 2012 Valedictorian gives speech at graduation ceremony

Class of 2012 Valedictorian gives speech at graduation ceremony

by Sheridan Tobin May 31, 2012

On Saturday, May 26, Valedictorian Ramya Rangan spoke at the class of 2012's graduation ceremony. She was granted this opportunity by maintaining the highest cumulative grade point average of her class....

Salutatorian Michelle Deng speaks at Baccalaureate

Salutatorian Michelle Deng speaks at Baccalaureate

by Samantha Hoffman May 25, 2012

Salutatorian Michelle Deng addressed members of both the senior and junior classes during the Baccalaureate ceremony, which took place on May 24. The honor of salutatorian is bestowed upon the senior with...

Costa Rica trip expanded to include rising juniors

Costa Rica trip expanded to include rising juniors

by Darian Edvalson May 14, 2012

The Science Department’s trip to Costa Rica has been extended to include rising juniors in addition to the rising seniors who can attend every year. Due to various summer internships, many of the...

Annual Art Show held in Nichols Hall

Annual Art Show held in Nichols Hall

by Mercedes Chien May 4, 2012

During lunch on Wednesday May 2, students heard an unfamiliar sound as they rushed to Manzanita hall. A DJ was blasting dance music outside of Nichols Hall. In hopes of alleviating stress for Advanced...

Senior Margaret Krackeler donned a Georgetown hoodie to celebrate her commitment to the university. Many members of the class of 2012 wore similar apparel representing their respective universities for "college sweatshirt day."

Seniors represent universities through “college sweatshirt day”

by Sabrina Sidhu & Shilpa Nataraj May 2, 2012

Typically, it would be fairly common for students to wear sweatshirts of colleges they aspire to attend one day. But for more than half of the senior class to wear college sweatshirts on the same day--that...

Upper School girls play Powderpuff for Spirit Week

Upper School girls play Powderpuff for Spirit Week

by Arjun Ashok & Emily Chu April 26, 2012

On the third day of Spirit Week, April 25, both students and staff gathered on Davis Field, donning their Decades Day gear either to participate in or to cheer on the Powderpuff teams. Though both...

Freshman Spring Skit Meeting Held During Wednesday Long Lunch

Freshman Spring Skit Meeting Held During Wednesday Long Lunch

by Rachel Salisbury & Sheridan Tobin April 18, 2012

Preparations for the Freshman Spring Skit continued today during long lunch. A group of freshman interested in writing and performing in the skit came together today to begin going their Fantasy themed...

Challenge Success team presents goals to Upper School student body

Challenge Success team presents goals to Upper School student body

by Kevin Lin April 10, 2012

During school meeting on Monday April 9, Jenny Chen (11) and Darian Edvalson (10), student representatives of the Challenge Success team, presented their goals for restructuring the Upper School to the...

Lacrosse team defeats Notre Dame in first league win

Lacrosse team defeats Notre Dame in first league win

by Patrick Yang & Sarai Rojas March 26, 2012

On Friday, March 23, the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team defeated Notre Dame 16-11 in their first league game of the season. The win, which boosted the team's season record to 3-2, was the first time Girls...

Softball team defeats Alma Heights with perfect game

Softball team defeats Alma Heights with perfect game

by Sarah Bean & Vivian Isenberg March 22, 2012

The girls’ softball team made history Tuesday, beating Alma Heights High 6-0 when pitcher Alison Rugar (11) pitched a perfect game. A first in Upper School history, a perfect game is the term used...

Ten of the journalism students accept the award form C. Bruce Watterson at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association(CSPA) spring convention in NYC.

TALONWP.com awarded Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown

by Anisha Padwekar & Michelle Deng March 20, 2012

On March 16, the Upper School journalism’s news website, TALONWP.com, was awarded the prestigious Gold Crown Award at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s (CSPA) 88th annual Spring Scholastic...

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