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Navigating the divide, finding the similarities

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...

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...

Lower School teacher arrested on child pornography charges

Chloe Taft, Editor in Chief February 6, 2025

Lower School (LS) Music Teacher in grades 3-6 Joshua DeWitte was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 9 on child sexual abuse material charges. At his arraignment in Cambridge District Court, Mr. DeWitte...

Female students GAIN confidence as women in STEM

Female students GAIN confidence as women in STEM

Sonja Peetz-Larsen, Arts Editor December 14, 2024

While some choose to hit the gym or eat healthy to make “gains,” members of the Girls Advancing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Club (GAINS) find themselves learning...

First and ten, BB&N’: Student announcers join the game

Arun Jayaraman, Contributing Writer November 11, 2024

In the Upper School (US) Athletic Department, students have been able to serve as managers, timekeepers, and even data analysts. Two new roles made their debut at this year’s Homecoming Varsity...

Kulkarni-Kewalramani family pays it forward

Kulkarni-Kewalramani family pays it forward

Yancheng Zhao, Features Editor November 11, 2024

Upper School Science Teacher Mike Willey has been coaching football at the school since 2008 and became head coach in 2013. This year, his role has a new name: The Kulkarni- Kewalramani Family...

Families attend Diwali celebration in record numbers

Families attend Diwali celebration in record numbers

Chloe Taft, Editor in Chief November 6, 2024

Knight of Lights, the school’s annual Diwali celebration, hosted by the South Asian Parent Association (SAPA), garnered record- high attendance this year. On Friday, Oct. 25, over 180 members...

Students take round trip to Colombia

Students take round trip to Colombia

Ayana Karthik and Matthew Walsh October 27, 2024

Whether watching the sunrise from the mountains of Minca at 4 a.m. or listening to music on the beach in Palomino at 9:30 at night, members of the Upper School’s (US) Round Square club immersed...

Knights host inaugural HacKnight

Knights host inaugural HacKnight

Jordan Price, Contributing Writer September 16, 2024

Some Upper School (US) students might choose to spend an all-nighter binge watching their favorite TV shows, eating a pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, and listening to their favorite songs...

‘I hope we thrive:’ GSA marches in Boston Pride

‘I hope we thrive:’ GSA marches in Boston Pride

Scarlett Hawkins, Staff Writer September 16, 2024

Waving a rainbow banner through the streets of Boston, 25 students and faculty gazed out at the energetic crowd around them, full of people decked out in vibrant clothing and carrying mini multi-colored...

Shifting gears for the Pan-Mass Challenge

Shifting gears for the Pan-Mass Challenge

Yancheng Zhao, Features Editor September 2, 2024

Busking on Newbury Street, selling art, and sending emails to family are just some of the ways Upper School students raised thousands of dollars for cancer this summer as part of the Pan- Mass...

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