“Boku No Hero Academia,” or “My Hero Academia,” is a superhero manga series created by Kohei Horikoshi and adapted into an anime in 2017. The show’s fifth season is set to be released in early to mid-2021. The series revolves…
Despite going online, Country Day started the school year on Sept. 1 with 503 total K-12 students (94 new students and 55 new families) — only four fewer than the previous year. The high school and lower school enrollment increased…
Public discussion on race and criminal justice issues has steadily increased since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25. Over this past month, support for Black Lives Matter increased by nearly as much as it had…
Coaches, players comment on 2019-20 season highlights. Originally published in the May 26 edition of the Octagon.
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…
Assistant head of school Tucker Foehl was named in July 2019 to replace retiring founder Janet Durgin as the head of Sonoma Academy, the only independent high school in Sonoma County, beginning July 1, 2020. Then came COVID-19. Sonoma Academy, like Country Day,…
This past basketball season, the Country Day boys were out-toughed every single game. As one of the tallest players, I’ll take some of the blame, but I’ll also take the initiative to make sure we don’t have another one-win season….
In the second installment of the Gaming Spotlight series, junior Dylan Margolis reviews the new Call of Duty battle royale, Warzone. Released March 10, the most recent Call of Duty game, Warzone, provides a new take on the battle royale,…
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…
Inspired by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Octagon asked administrators, teachers and students about their best and worst habits picked up during the quarantine as well as their best discoveries. Head of school Lee Thomsen Best habit: “I’ve been regularly…
