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Culture Week Day 5: Performances and street-food fair

Culture Week Day 5: Performances and street-food fair

by Jonathan Szeto and Charlie Wang March 4, 2025

Students and faculty wrapped up Culture Week on Friday with performances in the Zhang Gymnasium and street food bites during lunch. Take a look at how students shared their cultural traditions with the...

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Culture Week Day 3: Booths and Mosaic of Culture

by Lily Peng, Chelsea Xie, Heather Wang, and Cynthia Xie March 1, 2025

Students and staff sampled cultural food from 20 different booths set up in the Aux Gym and learned about different cultures during the Mosaic of Cultures assembly on Wednesday. Take a look at how students...

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 24, 2025

Culture Week kicked off with a sidewalk chalk activity on Monday in the Orchard. Take a look at how students expressed their identities through art, and stay tuned for more Culture Week coverage. Lily...

This I Believe: Measured in moments

This I Believe: Measured in moments

by Katerina Matta, Winged Post Co-Editor-in-Chief May 4, 2024

Beads of sweat dot our brows as my grandmother and I labor over a pot of tabikh, a classic Egyptian stew made primarily from meat, tomatoes and a vegetable called bamia. I insisted on learning to make...

Spanish teachers Diana Moss and Isabel Garcia dance the cumbia to "Baila Esta Cumbia" by Selena. Attendees also danced the salsa at the end of the night in a competition.

La Noche Cultural celebrates diverse Hispanic culture

by Lily Shi and Ashley Mo April 26, 2024

Students and faculty gathered to celebrate La Noche Cultural, Spanish Culture Night, on April 19. Hosted by the Spanish National Honor Society, the annual event welcomes past and present Spanish students...

Rae Ann Prado stretches skyward during her dance. She co-founded Aztec dance group Calpulli Ocelocihuatl in 2023. (Provided by Rae Ann Prado)

Meet your staff: Revive the past

by Kairui Sun, Photo Editor April 26, 2024

Silence. A few taps on the keyboard, a click and another silent pause. Suddenly, the door swings open and a student enters, rushing into the college counseling office. As they check in, the woman at the...

Stepping into the world of shoe culture

Stepping into the world of shoe culture

by Kevin Zhang, Co-Managing Editor April 24, 2024

Wander into the back of a Nike store, and you’ll find yourself amidst a labyrinth of shelves filled to the brim with bright orange shoe boxes. Take one step into a Foot Locker, and you’ll see sneakers...

Students David Jiang (9), Tiana Salvi (11), Harshini Chaturvedula (11) and Ivanya Sadana (9) express their cultures by playing musical instruments, dancing and singing while wearing cultural apparel. (Illustration by Young Min, Photos by Margaret Cartee and provided by Tiana Salvi)

Creativity builds cultural bridges

by Tiffany Zhu March 28, 2024

Every step to a dance, every stitch for a keychain, every note from an instrument and every lyric in a song form a vibrant tapestry of cultural expression, weaving a connection between artists and their...

Students traveling to France relax in the lounge of the Paris airport. They awaited their flight to Rennes, where they would start their trip.

Out of the nest: A glance at France

by Suhani Gupta March 8, 2024

France is best known as the country of love. This renowned love can be found in quiet moments, like in the crispness of a croissant or the aroma of the muguet. It is also present on more momentous occasions,...

Mandarin students hold poles supporting a dancing dragon in the Quad on Feb. 22. The dragon followed the movement of a spherical pearl which represents wisdom.

Lunar New Year Gala rings in the year of the dragon with song and dance

by Margaret Cartee and Felix Chen March 8, 2024

National Chinese Honor Society held the first annual Chinese Lunar New Year Gala to welcome the year of the dragon in the Quad during lunch on Thursday. Chinese students and students taking Mandarin...

Alicia Ran (11), Mina Okamoto (12), Yifan Li (11) and Harshini Chaturvedula (12) smile and pose for a photo together. Many students wore traditional attire from their cultures to celebrate Culture Day.

Culture Week Day 3: Students explore culture and cuisine through booths and food trucks

by Janam Chahal and Lily Shi February 29, 2024

Upper school students and faculty visited student-run culture booths inside the Auxiliary Gym and tasted various cuisines from food trucks outside the Rothschild Performing Arts Center for Wednesday’s...

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