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The Vanguard

The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

Editorials

Stop the trending

Scarlett Hawkins • October 13, 2026

    Walking through the Upper School (US) halls, you may see one common thread among the students: a brand name on their backpack, sweatshirt or water bottle. If you calculated how many girls wore a...

Let’s remember 9/11

Scarlett Hawkins • October 13, 2026

    Earlier this school year, Upper School (US) students and faculty went about a normal day, walking to advisory and classes, while the date Sept. 11 appeared in tiny letters on a TV screen outside...

Daniella Hammerschlag, JJ Lally and Zaria Wellsley (all ’28) meet three Scottish tourists in Boston Common. Scottish fans flooded Boston after
Scotland played two World Cup group-stage matches at nearby Gillette Stadium.

Boston welcomes the world

Scarlett Hawkins • September 7, 2026
    This summer, the most-watched sporting event in the world took the United States by storm. Records were broken. Players left. Cultures merged. Referees were deported. And Spain lifted the trophy.
Tr-AI-ling behind

Tr-AI-ling behind

Scarlett Hawkins • September 7, 2026

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a question or theoretical idea that could someday change our education. It is here.     AI is already running schools through Alpha programs in San Francisco,...

Bring back the NAC cafe!

Bring back the NAC cafe!

Scarlett Hawkins • May 30, 2026

Hungry after practice? Grab a slice of pizza ... Oh, wait, we no longer have the NAC Cafe. This has become a recurring frustration for many Upper School (US) students. Students want an easy burrito or...

Colin Hoffman ’27 performs a clipper kick in a hacky sack circle.

Touch grass

Scarlett Hawkins • May 30, 2026

    Spring is finally in full swing. We recently had the hottest May day in Massachusetts in 10 years, reaching a high of 95 degrees! What does that mean for our Upper School (US) community? It means:...

School's overlooked gems

School’s overlooked gems

Scarlett Hawkins • May 16, 2026

As we get wrapped up in the final trimester of our school year, often denoted as the scariest trimester, culminating with the notorious AP Exams, the freshman history paper, the sophomore debates and the...

The Vanguard’s NeeDoh collection.

Retro is the new now

Scarlett Hawkins • May 16, 2026

Often, people try to turn back time by replacing the present with pieces of older decades. We hear our parents say “back in the 80’s...” which, in our minds, brings up images of “The Breakfast...

Photos Courtesy of Ayana Karthik and Doug Zhang

Editor’s farewell

Gabe Cooper • March 10, 2026

 It’s hard to believe my Vanguard tenure began around the time of the now-infamous freshman editorial (See — or don’t see — Volume 51, Issue 8: “Words of encouragement for the Frosh <3”)....

Drawing by Sonja Peetz-Larsen

One last time

Sonja Peetz-Larsen • March 10, 2026

This time last year, Kate Rice ’25 passed the Editorials Editor torch off to me. A valuable piece of advice she left? Listen to the “Hamilton” soundtrack before you start writing, and you’ll achieve...

Have we killed young love?

Sonja Peetz-Larsen • March 10, 2026

 Gone are the days of hearing, “Could I have your number?” or “Will you go out with me?” It’s official: The teen love our parents experienced is drastically different from the war zone that...

Let’s take a well-deserved breath

Let’s take a well-deserved breath

Sonja Peetz-Larsen • February 3, 2026

It goes without saying that our world is pretty crazy right now. So, let’s all take a collective deep breath.  1 ... 2 ... 3 ...  Better? We hope so. For now, take this as a formal reminder to...

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