Italian Immersion Club, founded by Makenna Dovel '23 and Lou Zapata '23, will create a place for students to immerse themselves in Italian culture. Zapata said she and Dovel started the club to explore Italian culture beyond the classroom after taking the Intermediate/Advanced Italian Language and Culture Directed Study. "Even though most of the people in the club take Directed...

As I strapped on my new Aircast and picked up my crutches, I felt surprisingly calm. As an athlete, I am no stranger to working through injuries. Whether it be a scraped knee, a bloody nose or even a chipped tooth, my time wrestling has taught me to persevere through it all. On my fifth-grade trip to Philadelphia, I was...

Defensive midfielder Dani Lynch ’23 announced her commitment to attend and play at Clemson University on Aug 23. Lynch will play on the team with her older sister Ally Lynch ’21 and said she plans on double majoring in sports communication and business management. Lynch said she is looking forward to her continued time as a student-athlete.“I’m so excited to...

Prefect Council announced a partnership between the school and the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 22. The partnership offers every upper school student, faculty member and alumnus living in Los Angeles two free tickets, with four Kingsgames to choose from. The Kings have a program offering schools free tickets to encourage turnout to games and build community, according to Junior...

The Upper School Deans began hostingfullyin-person college representative visits to the school this fall. Open to juniors and seniors, the visits include 25-minute sessions that allow students to have specific questions answered. Due to COVID-19 constraints, many college representative meetings in the past two yearswere held through Zoom. However,the school arranged strictly in-person visits this year. Starting Sept. 6 and...

The Upper School Visual Arts Department hosted an opening reception for the year’s first visiting artist series in Feldman-Horn Gallery on Sep. 16. The exhibition displays work from four artists at Slanguage Studio, a Los Angeles-based public art space, and will remain open until Nov. 4. The artwork, collectively titled “Use What You Have…Do Your Best…” features photographs, drawings and...

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) selected 40 seniors as Semifinalists in the National Merit Program on Sept. 19. . Each year, the NMSC hosts a nationwide program, founded in 1955, where students contend for college scholarships, worth a combined $28 million, based on academic merit. Last year, 497 students at the school , 284 sophomores and 213 juniors, took...

Varsity girls volleyball outside hitter Ava Lange ’23 won the Los Angeles Daily News Girls Athlete of the Week award for her contributions to the team Aug. 30. Lange led the team’s offense with 18 attacks in victories against Bishop Montgomery and Village Christian during the week of Aug. 22, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. The team currently...

The Community Health Office (CHO) held optional COVID-19 booster and flu shot clinics at the Upper School in St. Saviours Chapel. Booster shots were administered Sept. 12 and 13, and flu shots were administered Sept. 19 and 20.he school partnered with ">he school partnered with " class="inline-comment collapsed">For the second year in a row, the school partnered with Elements Pharmacy...

Prefect Council announced "Fly Me to the Moon" as the theme for the homecoming formal in an email Sept. 14. The formal will take place Oct. 8 at the upper school campus from 7 p.m to 11 p.m. Senior Prefect Rowan Jen '23 said “Everyone [on the homecoming committee] pitches in what ideas worked or didn’t work in the past,...