Every year, graduating seniors on The Octagon write a final piece to say goodbye to Country Day. This is one of nine pieces by the class of ’22. I entered SCDS in ninth grade, much later than most of my…
Newly appointed Director of College Counseling Alicia Perla left her career as a corporate and securities attorney at a private Chicago firm and moved to Sacramento for a fresh start: college counseling. She was first introduced to the college application…
Only a few weeks into the new school year and Country Day is setting new enrollment highs and working to meet the challenges that come with that. The year started on Aug. 31 with 122 of the 548 Pre-K-12 students…
Over the past 13 years, high school students have gotten used to a few mainstays of the physics room: the bulky laptops from another era, the dusty “Conceptual Physics” textbooks and the reserved physics teacher, Glenn Mangold. However, Mangold will…
Anu Krishnan, ’20, attends Pomona College in Claremont while living at home in Sacramento. She plans to study neuroscience and mathematics. Q: Why did you choose Pomona College? A: I wanted a small and intimate community with an undergraduate focus,…
At Country Day, students have taken the lead in spreading cultural awareness. But more could be done. The LatinX Student Union, the Black Student Union, the Gay-Straight Alliance, the Food Club and the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council all…
Walk into art teacher Andy Cunningham’s classroom and you’ll find students working with graphite pencils, paintbrushes and even digital pens. Students are able to experiment with all sorts of mediums, traditional and digital included. Senior Meghan Kaschner makes digital collages….
Country Day has five international students — four in China and one in Taiwan — who, despite the pandemic, plan to come back to the U.S. sometime this year. In China, where senior Stephanie Ye and juniors Tina Huang and…
That search bar is a click away. And that cell phone is just waiting for a text to come in. It’s just so easy for students to cheat during remote or hybrid learning. With finals coming up in five weeks,…
Finding a school that is the right fit for students is the job of Country Day’s college counselors. Director of College Counseling Jane Bauman and Associate Director of College Counseling Chris Kuipers have been counselors at Country Day for the…
