Someone is causing trouble on Latham Drive. Is it the small private school that wants to increase its enrollment by 10%, or the residents who oppose the increase and say traffic will worsen? Both parties have understandable needs, but the…

With the school year starting online, many students and parents are wondering when grades 6-12 will be able to return to campus. A waiver filed by the school, which was approved, now allows grades K-5 to attend school in-person.  The…

I was born in 2003 and grew up watching movies like “Toy Story” and “Cars,” which turned out to be some of my all-time favorites. Being a product of this generation has positively affected who I am today. In terms…

Wow. Just like that, my four years of high school are over as it’s time to bid farewell to Country Day. When I transferred to SCDS as a fourth grader, I never could’ve predicted the next eight years of my…

Ms. and Mr. Bauman, you have both patiently tried to disavow me of my affinity for the comma splice. I feel that no amount of red ink can change my sentence-building ways. Know that every time I write one, I…

Trying to come up with something meaningful to sum up my high school experience and say goodbye to this chapter of my life has not been easy — especially after sitting in isolation for over two months. My spirits right…

I’ll be blunt: I was sorely tempted to use this story to rant about Country Day’s shortcomings. But with the current state of the world, I figured we’re all sad enough as it is. Instead, here are five reasons the…

More than 3 million high school students took AP exams last month, according to the College Board. And because of the coronavirus, they were quite different this year. AP exams were held online and didn’t include material from the end…

This story marks the end of about 1,000 hours poured into the Octagon this year. That’s an average of 27 hours per week! Between attending paste-ups, elective periods and meetings with Mr. Bauman and the other editors-in-chief; writing, editing and…