FRESHMAN FOCUS: Emma Boersma, ’20, attends in-person school at Tufts University; takes Korean at Brandeis University
Emma Boersma, ’20, attends Tufts University. She is majoring in computer science. Q: Why did you choose your major? A: I completely made the decision in like five seconds. Very little thought went into it. A major declaration deadline was…
Zoom-bomber found; apologizes for previous attacks on Country Day morning, class meetings
Students logged onto the March 5 high school Zoom morning meeting expecting club announcements and a few words from teachers. They got the f-bomb. An unwelcome visitor, assuming the name of a student, dropped in halfway through the meeting, interrupting…
CLASS OF 2021: Senior athlete rekindles love for art while enduring concussion
Quarantine started early for senior Erin Wilson. It was Sept. 20, 2019; the high school campus was streaked with red and masked in black. Excited students were awaiting buses to Ancil Hoffman Park, where they would begin the annual high…
School and studying
Schoolwork is a major factor in the amount of sleep students get, especially when large tests and finals are looming on the horizon. Senior Hayden Boersma knows this all too well. He often finds himself staying up to catch up…
A deeper look into student sleep schedules
“I usually wake up around 10 minutes before class.” That’s junior Dylan Margolis. It’s 8:10 a.m. when he opens his eyes to the sound of his phone playing “By the Seaside.” Rolling out of the lower bunk, Margolis sleepily slips…
CLASS OF 2021: Senior swimmer commits to Divison I university
The sun was smiling down on the large limestone Sample Gates of Indiana University. Standing before them was senior Sydney Turner, smiling just as brightly. She had just come to a conclusion: she would spend the next four years of…
Octoblock #3
Across: 1. She and her husband were killed by the French National Convention 7. Popularized diagram type 8. The opposite of altruists 11. S = rϴ 12. Acronym for the type of infections that occur in the nose, mouth and…