As of May 10, COVID-19 vaccines are now available to all high school students. It falls on Country Day, then, to decide how much to encourage students to be vaccinated by the next term. We think that the school should…
COVID-19 has brought Country Day’s traditional end-of-the-year celebrations to a halt for the second year in a row. The replacements are expected to be small but are not yet official. In past years, high school students have been able to…
AP exams, an integral part of many high school curriculums, have shifted partially in-person this year. Last year, exams took place entirely online with a platform that some had technological issues with. Advanced Placement classes provide a more rigorous curriculum…
It was a bright day on March 13 and after hours of long volunteer work, junior Lilah Shorey rushed to get her first vaccine. Aiding one of the vaccinators at the pop-up clinic in the Jesuit High School parking lot,…
Despite Country Day being in a hybrid schedule, many students have chosen to remain at home. Some recent schedule changes and COVID-19 concerns have affected high school students’ decisions. Fridays now follow a club schedule, with meeting times for advisory,…
After nearly a year without athletics, Country Day sports returned when the ski and snowboard team hit the slopes on Feb 15. The team had two competitions during the mid-winter break. Golf and cross country followed with their first matches on…
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…
Due to the constant switching between the hybrid and remote schedules this school year, teachers have had significantly less time with their students, leading them to make adjustments in their curriculum, such as cutting out content, using online resources, and…
Several Country Day parents in the healthcare field have received some of the more than 2 million vaccine doses that have been administered as of Jan. 26 in California, according to the California Department of Public Health.Although distribution has been…
On Jan. 19 the College Board announced it was scrapping the Scholastic Aptitude Test Subject Tests and the optional essay. The SAT Subject Tests are hour-long, multiple-choice tests scored on a 200 to 800 point scale. The number of questions…
