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The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard
The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

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Mimi Shaywitz ’27 helps staff a campaign meet-and-greet in the Fall River community. Through her fellowship, she gained experience speaking with voters and engaging with a range of perspectives.

2,500 doors later

Mimi Shaywitz, Managing Editor • September 7, 2026
    “Hello, my name is Mimi, and I’m volunteering with Seth Moulton’s campaign for the U.S. Senate. We’re out talking to voters today to get a sense of how they’re feeling for the upcoming Democratic primary between him and Ed Markey on Sept. 1.”
Quinn Conine ’27 works with the FIRST team in his family’s robotics lab. Last year, the school’s VEX robotics team met in a borrowed classroom.

Engineering a home

Christian Chow, On Campus Editor • September 7, 2026
Previously, the Upper School (US)’s VEX Robotics team operated out of a borrowed engineering classroom, with its only storage space being a makeshift area under the staircase in the science wing. This winter, the US will officially gain a separate FIRST robotics team, which has competed at the World Championship in Houston and has spent the last six years working in the family robotics lab of Quinn Conine ’27. Both teams will move into something neither has ever had: a new building of their own.
Students do work during the school day in the quiet room.

Who’s counting the minutes?

Pilar Bowen-Arce, Off-Campus Editor • June 1, 2026

    Forty-five minutes a night, for juniors and seniors, is the amount of time teachers are limited to assigning per subject for homework, according to the Upper School (US) academic policies laid out...

State champions!

State champions!

Jayden Resnick, Contributing Writer • June 1, 2026

    “It was the final 10 seconds against Belmont. Andreas Bai ’27 buzzed in after hearing only half the question and just said, ‘French.’ We won by five points,” You-Yan Wang ’26, a three-year...

Ahna Jung ’27 and Salar Sekhavat ’26 review their speeches while walking outside at the World’s Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship in Bristol, England.

World-class wordsmiths

Bradley Shen, Contributing Writer • May 14, 2026

One-hundred and sixty-five of the most skilled debaters and public speakers from 17 different countries gathered at The World’s Individual Debating & Public Speaking Championship in Bristol, England....

Sydney Ruiz ’27, Sarah Baker ’28, Myriam Lai ’27 and Ilsa Schrag ’28 rowing with coxswain Alice Chung ’28 at the Head of the Charles.

Submerged in sewage

Pilar Bowen-Arce, Off-Campus Editor • May 14, 2026

Last October, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) introduced a proposal to reclassify the Charles River as a “Class-B (CSO)” water body. This change would have allowed Combined Sewer...

Although the school’s Handbook bans parking in Coolidge Hill, some students still leave their cars there. (Photo Courtesy of Ayana Karthik)

Racing for a spot

Vivian Cain-Weingram, Staff Writer • March 10, 2026

By 6 a.m. on a Monday morning, the first-come-first-served parking area outside the Upper School (US) — dubbed “The Strip” — is completely filled. Inside cars, students sleep, study and wait for...

BSU members share a meal at Amy Ruth’s in Harlem after touring the city. (Photo Courtesy of Princess Adeoye)

‘History isn’t static’

Cata Longstreet-Lipson, Staff Writer • March 10, 2026

After a day of touring New York City, students from the Upper School’s Black Student Union (BSU) headed to Amy Ruth’s for a Southern-style meal. To BSU Co-President Princess Adeoye ’27, that moment...

Sylvie Welu ’26 works in the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. (Photo Courtesy of Sylvie Welu)

Microinjections, major impact

Mimi Shaywitz, Managing Editor • March 10, 2026

Working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Annie Zhu, Sylvie Welu and Amanda Berlin (all ’26) spent Feb. 4-7 injecting zebrafish embryos. The marine biology program provided 10 students...

Princess Adeoye ’27 boards the T at the Harvard station. (Staff Photo by Katy Varadi)

No keys, no problem

James Tao, Contributing Writer • February 3, 2026

For decades, a driver’s license has symbolized freedom for teenagers — the ability to go anywhere, anytime, without relying on parents. At the Upper School (US), students are still seeking that autonomy,...

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