Despite the COVID-19 lockdown and remote learning on Zoom, students are still performing music at SCDS. However, online learning provides new challenges for these students Director of High School Bands Bob Ratcliff expressed his concerns about playing on Zoom. “A…
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee former Vice President Joe Biden, took the stage tonight at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Fox News anchor Chris Wallace moderated the debate, the first of three that have…
During quarantine, 10 out of 58 surveyed students from the SCDS high school have adopted new pets. Here are short stories from six of them about their animals. They’ve been adopted from the Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
In a lower school Zoom meeting on Friday, Sept. 18, Head of School Lee Thomsen, along with the lower school faculty, explained to families that K-5 students are no longer returning to school on Sept. 22. A few days before…
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Country Day’s pre-K students have returned in-person. The pre-K operates under a child care license, meaning its rules are different from the rules for the rest of the school. The class is taking precautions while the…
On Aug. 14, zoning administrator Evan Compton of the City of Sacramento approved Country Day’s request to modify its Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The modifications include a 12,000-square-foot increase in building space for the planned replacement of the Multipurpose Room…
In a July 30 public hearing on Country Day’s request to modify its Conditional Use Permit (CUP), zoning administrator Evan Compton of the City of Sacramento said he would issue a decision in about one week. Country Day’s request includes…
On July 20, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced all sports have been pushed back to December or later due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports in 2020-21 will be divided into two seasons instead of three. Country Day is part…
Following parent responses, head of school Lee Thomsen and the High School Task Force, led by head of high school Brooke Wells, adjusted the return-to-school policy. Wells said the high school has four schedule models for the fall, depending on…
“High School Musical: The Musical — The Series” was released last year on Disney+. The series centers around a group of high school students doing a musical production of the “High School Musical” movies at their school. Carlos Rodriguez, a…
