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,…
Emme Bogetich, ’20, is a freshman at University of California, Davis. She attends online courses due to the pandemic and is studying life science. Q: Why did you choose to go to UC Davis? A: I think mainly because I’m…
Shimin Zhang, ’20, is majoring in chemical biology. She lives in Qingdao, China, and takes online classes at the University of California, Berkeley. Q: Why did you decide to attend UC Berkeley? A: I decided to go to UC Berkeley…
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…
Savannah Rosenzweig, ’20, is majoring in psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Q: Why did you choose to attend UC Santa Cruz? A: If I’m being honest, I chose UC Santa Cruz because of the location. It’s right…
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…
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…
Larkin Barnard-Bahn, ’20, is a freshman at Scripps College in Claremont, California. She is fully online due to the pandemic and is double minoring in data science and Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures. Q: What college are…
