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Sonja Peetz-Larsen, Arts Editor | February 6, 2025

During Thanksgiving break, the junior class received an invitation to a Service Learning Canvas page. Students quickly discovered that multiple service learning assignments were due after the break, including a 500- to 700-word essay and a recorded video. With only a brief class meeting announcement for a warning, students felt confused about the new Service Learning Program. Previously,...

Student councils organize senior and sophomore bake-offs

Santi Cavallo, Contributing Writer | February 6, 2025

The scent of chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cupcakes, lemon bars, and other baked goods has filled the Commons during recent lunch blocks as the sophomore and senior “bake-offs” began at the Upper School. In this new take on a bake sale, two teams bring in a homemade batch of around 40-50 baked goods to sell to students, a concept that has drawn enthusiasm from participants and consumers...

Arts

‘King Lear’ inundates Upper School with madness

Christian Chow, Contributing Writer • December 14, 2024

Dysfunctional families, questionable loyalties, and aging patriarchs with mental health issues make up the world of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,”...

Review: Is ‘Wicked’ Oz-some or ‘something bad’?

Emilia Khoury, Managing Editor • December 14, 2024

The excitement for “Wicked” has been building since rumors anticipating the movie surfaced in 2016, fueled by controversies like...

Princeton a cappella group serenades Upper School audience

Mimi Shaywitz, Staff Writer • December 14, 2024

From "Loves in Need of Love," to "Just the two of us," Princeton’s a cappella group Old NasSoul performed a wide range of songs celebrating...

Off Campus

Navigating the divide, finding the similarities

Ayana Karthik, Off-Campus Editor | February 6, 2025

With just 543 students, the Upper School’s (US) student body is around half the size of the average American public high school. Most of us know the names of our classmates by heart and are quite close with many of our peers. Compare that to a school like Newton North, with a student population of 2,099, and you might not be surprised to find out that students there know a small portion...

Jorge Delgado to depart school after five years

Aggie Grant, Staff Writer | February 6, 2025

As prospective families submitted their admissions and financial aid applications to the school on Jan. 10, the Admissions Office was also preparing for a different future next year. After five years working as the director of enrollment management, Jorge DelgadoannouncedinJanuarythat he plans to leave the school in June. Although his work is generally out of students’ views, his role encompasses...

Sports

Emi Biotti ’25 takes silver with national ice hockey team

Olivia Bell, Contributing Writer

February 6, 2025 • No Comments

While students returned to school after winter break, Emi Biotti ’25, one of six co- captains of Girls’ Varsity Hockey (GVH), flew to Finland to represent Team USA in the International Ice...

Recent Sports Stories

Winter Athletics Carnival attracts fans

February 6, 2025

An enthusiastic crowd of athletes, students, and families tried their hand at cornhole, posed...

Knight Knocks: December

December 14, 2024

Cross Country ‘family’ succeeds

December 14, 2024

On a frigid November afternoon, parents and spectators gathered next to the finish line at...

Knights in Conversation: Athletic Trainers

Ayana Karthik, Off-Campus Editor • December 14, 2024

Five teams made it to postseason play this fall in the best school-wide performance of the season in decades. This success was, of course, due to our school’s players, coaches, and fans, but the people behind the scenes...