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New teachers get schooled

Scarlett Hawkins, Features Editor | October 8, 2025

After a decade of the Middle School’s involvement in the Lesley University postgraduate teacher program, the Upper School (US) partnered with the University of Pennsylvania through the Penn Fellows Independent School Teaching Residency. Twenty-one other independent schools are involved in the two-year program that brings teachers-in-training from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of...

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Co-presidents like it’s 1999

Christine Tao, Arts Editor | October 8, 2025

For the first time since 1999, both Upper School (US) student body co-presidents are boys — due to a change in the election process. Historically, there were three spots available in the primary elections for boys and three spots for girls. From those primaries, one boy and one girl were elected co-presidents.  Now, the junior class puts forward four students, regardless of gender identity, for...

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Miley performed "Fair Ophelia" as her first play at USC. (Photo Courtesy of Miley Chen)
‘Remember why you’re doing it’
Vartan Arakelian, Digital Media Editor • October 8, 2025

Upper School (US) students who have attended plays and musicals at the US Lindberg-Serries Theater might remember Miley Chen ’25 from the plethora...

Poet Laureates Face Off
Gabe Cooper, Editor-in-Chief • September 5, 2025

The Upper School has two poet laureates for the 2025-26 academic year for the first time since the program’s creation in 2023. Throughout the...

Salar Sekhavat ’26, Justin Hildebrandt and Gordon Miller (both ’27) attempt to ward off Evelyn Marks’ ’29 deadly bad breath performing with Improv Jones at the Regent Theater. (Staff Photo by Yancheng Zhao)
Yes, and…
Yancheng Zhao, Managing Editor • June 2, 2025

Acting out a historical retelling of the war between two families of marshmallows, the cast of Improv Jones lunged forward with an imaginary...

Sundays, stats and social circles

Ethan Moran, Sports Editor | October 8, 2025

Scroll through TikTok toward the end of football season, and you may see a group of friends dumping condiments on someone in a cage. At first glance, this might seem like bullying and something that should be reported, but the video’s caption clearly says, “Don’t lose fantasy football.”  Fantasy football is an online game where fans serve as team managers, drafting real NFL players to create...

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Is minimum wage worth it?

Rima Demir, Contributing Writer | October 8, 2025

Between juggling schoolwork, social life and sports, some Upper School (US) students also have to manage work shifts and collect paychecks. From retail workers to soccer refs, these students get an early glimpse into the working world.  US College Counselor Hermance Septembre said students are constantly searching for résumé-building extracurriculars, including jobs.  “These jobs do not...

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My favorite crime
Louisa Kirk, Columnist • October 8, 2025

 Crime. I like to focus on the scandalous, salacious, headline-grabbing ones — the crimes that rip apart families, destroy lives and keep...

Drawing by Sydney Ruiz
Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and Andres Borregales!
Matthew Walsh, Opinions Editor • October 8, 2025

“Looney Tunes.” Watching the Patriots this season has felt like watching a group of “Looney Tunes” characters run around for three hours...

Recent Sports Stories

It’s a BVS ‘tug of war’

October 8, 2025

 This fall, three Upper School (US) students are choosing to skip the US athletic team season to train...

Built for the boat

Built for the boat

September 5, 2025

After nearly seven minutes of continuous rowing, Emma Kirk '26 said she felt a mixture of exhaustion...

Breaking the ice

Breaking the ice

September 5, 2025

Once skating across the ice at the Nicholas Athletic Center wearing blue and gold, Jori Balsam ’19...

Fall Drinks
Mimi Shaywitz, Katy Varadi, and Lucia Longstreet-Lipson October 8, 2025

Drawing by Sydney Xu
Happiness Tips
October 8, 2025
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