Students share unique workouts
Tired of the old standard exercise routine? If you have one to begin with at all? Here are unique workouts that some students of Country Day do to stay in shape. Daily goal: Get Moving! Senior Dylan Breen has been…
Sustainable practices in place on campus, student involvement could drive further change
This story, originally posted Dec. 1, has been updated and reposted to clarify the courses that include instruction on environmental topics, adding content from High School Science Department Chair Kellie Whited. Climate change is worsening, prompting increasing conversations and student…
Senior’s immense work ethic guides artistic pursuits
Senior Lilah Shorey is dynamically artistic. Since elementary school, Shorey’s teachers have described Shorey’s creative ambition and work ethic as a driving force, guiding them into the branching paths of music and artistic expression. Shorey is an integral part of…
Looking Back: The Girls Varsity Volleyball Season
Country Day’s volleyball season ended Nov. 2 after a 3-1 loss to Forest Lake Christian in the California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Girls Volleyball playoffs semifinal. The varsity team ended the season with a 9-3 record, coming in second place in…
EDITORIAL: Locker rooms need to be opened for student use, find storage elsewhere
It’s early in the morning after a Country Day basketball practice, and the players are sweaty, tired and ready to get changed. But instead of entering the locker room — which is now little more than a glorified storage room…
Athletic educators: Teachers play non-competitive sports during their free time
Originally published in the Nov. 16 edition of the Octagon.
BEHIND THE SCENES: The maintenance and custodial team
There are a lot of things that make a school run smoothly. Many people associate the word ‘school management’ with the teachers who engage students in learning or the administrators who raise money for the various activities taking place on…
BEHIND THE SCENES: How the Country Day lunch program works
The clock hits 12:12, it is lunchtime. A wave of hungry students crowd in front of the library to grab their lunch, delivered from local restaurants. As they walk up to the lunch tables, students of all grade levels look…
EDITORIAL: Getting the vaccine is our civic duty
Anti-vaxxers argue that vaccine mandates defy their rights to individual liberty, and yet, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts court case of 1905, the Supreme Court determined that vaccine mandates do, in fact, fall within the state’s power to protect the public…
EDITORIAL: Keep COVID-19 guidelines consistent!
It used to be impossible to imagine high school at Country Day without the traditions that define it, such as the Ancil Hoffman Park trip, where high school students play a game of capture the flag in teams of red…