The Vanguard

By Cami Fitzgerald When Wenli Bao ’13 moved to the United States in 2010 and enrolled at BB&N as a sophomore, she had been speaking, reading, and writing Chinese—her native language—for over a decade. Now, a few years later, Wenli has achieved national recognition for her writing in English as one of eight BB&N students [...]

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By Arron Juang Just four days after the Marathon bombings shook Boston, Sascha Morris ’16 watched from an upstairs window in his suburban Watertown home on Franklin Street as dozens of heavily armed police officers sped by. Seconds later, gunshots echoed across the city for the second time in 24 hours. Unbeknownst to him at [...]

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By Alicia Juang There’s an old saying among a lot of male athletes, a glib sort of phrase used to joke off the rough and tumble of sports: chicks dig scars. Over the last several years, however, as research has improved, it’s becoming clear that these scars are not just physical, but also mental. They [...]

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By Sarah Dahl The two bombs that went off on the afternoon of Monday, April 15, are what made headlines, but before what would become a tragic and tumultuous finish to the Boston Marathon unfolded, BB&N’s Best Buddies club was rallying for runner Bill Courtney as one of 15 local chapters selected to support an [...]

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By Skylar Smith In a departure from school tradition, Junior Prom took place this year at Venu, a nightclub in downtown Boston, rather than at a hotel—a change that both shortened the event and led to some students’ complaints over the lack of a customary sit-down dinner. According to the Junior Class Student Activities Committee [...]

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By Maxine Phoneix We all procrastinate, but after a while we need something new to fill that airy time—something besides getting involved with after-school activities, spending time with friends, and wasting away hours on various forms of social media (trust me, nobody wants to see another Instagrammed photograph of your dog). There’s an easy solution [...]

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By Arron Juang Almost 400 students from over 30 high schools across New England convened at BB&N on April 13 and 14 to partake in the 19th annual High School Students of Color Conference hosted by the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE). Held at the Nicholas Athletic Center (NAC), where hundreds of [...]

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By Emma Toner Click here for the most current playlist! Let me start off by saying that I know exactly what all of you are thinking: “I doubt you’ve heard of them”? I might as well have just admitted that I would rather die before being caught getting coffee at the local Starbucks. However, this [...]

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By Erica Pandey Student Activities Committee (SAC) Representative Anna Espinola ’13 ran into some trouble this February when she tried to organize an unofficial spring Powderpuff flag football game—traditionally played between upperclassmen girls and refereed by senior boys. But the lack of school support following a 2011 accident that left one senior girl seriously injured [...]

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By Sheba Wood Though it is human nature to categorize our world, this very action can be one of the most detrimental setbacks when it comes to the acceptance and comprehension of diversity. This tendency applies to many areas of daily life, but I see it most within the realm of sexuality. The BB&N Gay/Straight [...]

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