By Cindy Jin, Banner Staff Pumpkin carving, creepy dolls, and haunted houses are common sights as October rolls around each year. Often, people fill their fall with eerie activities and superstitions, and so do many of Winsor’s fall sports! The Banner interviewed Winsor’s Cross Country, Junior Varsity Volleyball, and Varsity Soccer teams to hear about …
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Banning Books is Banning Brilliance
By Nina Gersen, Banner Staff As a child, my favorite activity was reading. Before I had a cell phone or homework to do after school, I would go home and read a book. I remember sitting on the floor of my fourth grade classroom while my teacher read Charlotte’s Web aloud to our class, listening …
Unleashing Imagination: Creative Writing Club
By Yara Kaarfarani, Banner Staff This fall, Winsor welcomes the new Creative Writing Club, co-headed by Bonnie Shao ’27, Carmel Harrison ’27, and Elyse Hychong ’26, and advised by English Teacher Ms. Jackson. The club offers a space for writers of all levels to get creative and express themselves in a supportive environment. The Creative …
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Casual Vacancy Review
By Abigail Parker J. K. Rowling’s new novel, The Casual Vacancy, is not a Harry Potter book. Far from an adventure to inspire millions of children, the novel treats many of the most sensitive and difficult issues in society: poverty, abuse, mental illness, rape, addiction, self-harm, and death. The book follows the story of several …
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