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The Vanguard

The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

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Vanguard Editorial Board April 21, 2024

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Vanguard Editorial Board April 3, 2024

What is the Vanguard? The Vanguard is the official publication of Buckingham Browne and Nichols Upper School in Cambridge, MA. The Vanguard primarily focuses on school events, students, as well as sports....

Children scramble to collect candy from the piñata as it falls to the ground at Multicultural Game Night.

Families celebrate diversity at Multicultural Game Night

Lea Freiin Von Hilgers, Opinions Editor November 6, 2023

When students, parents, and faculty came through the door of the Upper School (US) Community Room during the annual Multicultural Parent Alliance Family Game Night on September 29, they were...

Adapting to my students’ learning style

Richelle Chang, Column Writer November 6, 2023

I’ve figure skated almost all my life, so when I began volunteering for adaptive or therapeutic skating, I was confident in my coaching abilities. A couple of months ago, I waved at Colin, my...

Head Chef Keith Jones departs after 20 years at the school

Head Chef Keith Jones departs after 20 years at the school

Ayana Karthik, Off Campus Editor November 6, 2023

Every Friday, students eagerly await a What’s Happening email from Head Chef Keith Jones detailing the lunch menu for the coming week. But whether the beloved mac and cheese or the less popular...

Seek community input for soup-erior lunches

Seek community input for soup-erior lunches

Kate Rice, Editorials Editor November 6, 2023

The smell of fried chicken wafts down the hallway causing students to cartoonishly float toward a beloved destination: the cafeteria. But wait! The fried chicken turns out to be cod nuggets! With...

How did you observe Indigenous People’s day?

Kate Rice, Editorials Editor November 6, 2023

On October 12 this year, the school community was likely engaged in a variety of different activities, taking a vacation, relaxing, and catching up on work among them. These are all worthwhile...

The myth of ‘no HPTQ’ weekends

Kate Rice, Editorials Editor November 6, 2023

A whole weekend with no homework, projects, or tests and quizzes to study for? It almost sounds too good to be true. Well, that’s because in a way, it is. A “No Homework, Tests, Project,...

A need for new stairways to accessibility

Editorials Board November 6, 2023

Kindness, one of the school’s three pillars, could be better reflected in the diversity of ability of its students and the campus’s accessibility accommodations. There are currently...

Horns and Halos

September 6, 2023

Overthink. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

Richelle Chang, Column Writer September 6, 2023

I sat in a conference room in the Almy Library, adding the finishing touches to my Junior Profile this past April on a stressful Friday afternoon. At this point in the day, most everyone had already left...

From top left to bottom right: Brian Brennan ’24 proudly displays his catch with friends; Alexandra Kluzak and Darius Sinha (both ’24) are The Vanguard’s own Barbie and Ken; Anshika Chadda ’26 embraces his friends at the IFNet camp in New Hampshire; Olivia Lee ’25 rocks out at music camp; Upper School (US) French Teacher Madame Roucher- Greenberg and former US English Teacher Zoe Balaconis run into each other in France; Jemma Harvey, Hadley Earl, Kate Furey, Meghan Britt, Caitlin Mara, and Sophia Recupero (all ’24) are country queens at Morgan Wallen’s Fenway concert; Emilia Khoury ’25 and her friend eat the fine prosciutto and melon Italy has to offer.

Summer Highlights

September 6, 2023

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