The Catcher in the Rye: Classic or Outdated?

-By, Haley Kwuon Regardless of your personal opinions on the novel, crossing paths with Holden Caulfield, our protagonist from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, at some point in your high school career is inevitable.  The story is set in New York in the 1950s and follows 16-year-old Holden through his narration of some …

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Winter Concert Provides a Festive Start to the Holiday Season

-By, Katie Tsai This year, the Lower School’s Chorus and Orchestra and the Upper School’s Orchestra, Chorale, Small Chorus, Senior Small, and Percussion Ensemble, as well as the Intergenerational Chorus and Orchestra, which is comprised of students, parents, faculty, staff, siblings, and retired teachers, performed in the Winsor Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 11. The concert …

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Temporary Victory for the Standing Rock Sioux after Months of Protests

-By, Alison Poussaint During January of 2016, the US Army Corps of Engineers approved of the building of a 1,172 mile long pipeline as part of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project in North Dakota (DAPL). The project, which cost 3.78 billion dollars, strove to run a conduit pipeline to transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil …

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