By Milan Polk ’16 Late 1980s to late 1990s: The Classics Disney experienced a first “golden era” with its first burst of princess movies after “Snow White” (1937) and “Cinderella” (1950). A wave of princess movies in the 90s, including “The Little Mermaid” (1989) and “Mulan” (1998) revived a second “golden era”. The diverse nature of these new movies appealed … Read More
By Lexi Paidas ’17 The school has decided to bring back the teacher-recommendation system as part of the process in which students choose their courses for next year. As students again use the computer-based registration system introduced last year, they will be able to consider whether their current teachers recommend them for on-level, honors or AP classes. “[The recommendation system] … Read More
By Steven Witkin ’16 Think back to YouTube, circa 2008. You probably used the growing video-sharing website to stream pre-VEVO pirated music videos, watch viral dance routines gone bad or learn how to be a ninja. Long before anybody called anyone a youtuber or content creator, when there were no ads before videos, YouTube was just another social media site, … Read More
By Bryse Thornwell ’16 By now, most students are aware of the mobile messaging app, Snapchat, that allows both Android and iPhone users to send pictures or videos to their friends on a contact list. Snapchat Inc. promises to delete those photos or videos after a designated amount of time set by the sender. The company also promises to do … Read More
By Sara Casareto ’16 Social media is a given part of life. The app that’s trending differs, as shown by the hops from Facebook to Instagram to now, VSCO. This photo editing app also allows people to share their photos to a grid where anyone can see them, but there’s a twist: no “like” option and it is completely anonymous … Read More
By Sammie Spillman ’16 Senior Sebastian Tosatto was born in Alabama, moved to Virginia when he was two, and then a year later his family moved to Maryland. Instead of playing field sports as a boy, Tosatto was interested in kayaking. He started kayaking at the age of three, and did his first white water when he turned five. His … Read More
By Zach Stubblefield ’15 To say Michelle Games has been bit by the travel bug would be a bit of an understatement. Having travelled to 42 countries in her lifetime so she was not just bit by this bug she was mauled by it. Games stresses that is never too late to start traveling. She did not start traveling until … Read More
By Betselot Wondimu ‘15 Sometimes, moral sentiments get taken way too far. Dark comedy, or humor that makes light of tragic or taboo topics, has become a prevalent form of mainstream entertainment in modern society. Although a select group of people find the heavy content of the jokes offensive, controversial, ungodly and therefore condemnable, they actually fail to understand the … Read More
By Stacey Wells ‘15 How many times do you laugh per day? A significant amount? Only once? Hopefully you answered with the former because laughter has a multitude of benefits for your mental health and physical well-being. Whether people giggle at a joke or guffaw at Saturday Night Live, they are relieving stress and tension. In a world where teenagers … Read More
By Emily Gilburt ‘16 United Synagogue of Youth (USY), an organization for Jewish middle and high schoolers, proves the importance of forming lasting friendships created through the eyes of religion and similar beliefs and ideals. USY, despite educating its members on Judaism, primarily focuses on building friendships and finding a safe place to be yourself. Due to the open and … Read More