Challenge Success redefines student success
Challenge Success is a non-profit organization founded at Stanford University in 2007. It promotes a balanced academic life, rather than one focused solely on grades and test scores. By promoting…
The academic task force puts its best foot forward as it enters the new school year
The Academic Task Force (ACTF) is a group of people who want to develop an environment that both fosters work and the observation of holidays in the district. The ACTF…
The high school’s latest course additions: how Advanced Placement is enriching student opportunity
The start of the new school year marks an exciting expansion to the high school’s academic curriculum with the addition of two new Advanced Placement (AP) courses: AP Language and…
Curtains close on the old theater curriculum… and open for act two
Mimicked voices, scattered footsteps, and muffled laughter fill the Little Theater as Mr. Skylar Grossman, the new theater director at the high school, teaches his Acting II class. Having taught…
The Bradford’s fall featured artists
Each month, the high school’s Visual Arts Department selects student artists to showcase in their 3-D and 2-D art categories. The Bradford is featuring the works of Emily Rich ’25…
The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit
This past fall, students at the high school may have seen several girls dressed up as Adam Sandler, adorned in baggy t-shirts, gym shorts, and backward hats, or decked out…
The senior slide towards sadism
For most of the high school’s seniors, early November is when the multi-year process of readying college applications — test scores, grades, essays, and financial aid, combined with dreadful unpredictability…
Pop quizzes: A pop of terror
Students enter the classroom, homework ready, expecting a lecture. Instead, the seats are in rows and the teacher tells them to quickly choose a desk. You can only have a…
Talking for the touchdown: advocacy for the addition of homecoming
Homecoming, with its roaring crowds, packed dance floors, and rousing school spirit, has not occurred at the high school since 2008. This year, however, the senior class officers, Asia Foland…
The high school’s AI policy: Too restrictive? Too open? Just right.
I grip my pencil tightly as I scribble down what can only be described as a rudimentary summary of what I studied the night before. The side of my hand…