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Senior traditions face uncertainty nearing SSP

Sonja Peetz-Larsen, Arts Editor | March 8, 2025

In a senior class meeting on Jan. 29, Senior Grade Deans Leah Cataldo and Cecile Roucher-Greenberg announced the establishment of a “Senior Holiday,” which took place on Feb. 24 and replaced the typical “Senior Skip Day.” In the same meeting, it was announced that “Senior Stealth Tag” would be changed. With two traditions altered, concern grew among the senior class about the...

Dajae Williams encourages Upper School to dream big

Lucia Longstreet-Lipson, Staff Writer | March 8, 2025

“Close the gap on your challenges,” former NASA engineer Dajae Williams advised Upper School (US) students on achieving academic success during a Feb. 10 assembly. “Whatever challenges you are dealing with in life right now, you’ve got to get your reps in.” The Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) hip-hop artist and motivational speaker visited the...

Arts

Music, art combine for a knight

Pilar Bowen-Arce, Contributing Writer • March 8, 2025

“Music is a special pursuit because it allows connections between people on a deeper level, and it has the power to heal,” Vartan...

Review: You ‘Ody-ssey’ Kate Hamill’s epic adaptation

Gabe Cooper, On Campus Editor • March 8, 2025

Nowhere else in the Upper School’s (US) English curriculum is a text packed with comparable moments of adventure and fantastical depictions...

‘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,”...

Off Campus

Upper School hosts second annual AANHPI conference

Ayana Karthik, Off Campus Editor | March 8, 2025

Students from five private schools in the Boston area gathered at the Upper School (US) on Thursday, Feb. 27 to celebrate their Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) heritage. The Noble & Greenough School hosted the inaugural event last year for two other Independent School League (ISL) institutions: the US and The Rivers School. This year, over 60 AANHPI-identifying...

MUN Club goes local, attends Harvard Conference

Matthew Walsh, Sports Editor | March 8, 2025

Marilyn Monroe once traveled back in time to save Julius Caesar from the Senate and failed but persuaded Octavian to decentralize government power and convert Rome back to a democracy. While that may not be historically accurate, Co-President of Upper School (US) Model United Nations (MUN) Club Matthias Paulson ’26 made it happen. Embodying his assigned character of Marilyn Monroe, Matthias...

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...