It's a scene from countless dystopian films like "Ex Machina" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" — an artificial intelligence (AI) mimics human behavior, emotions and empathy, and people repeatedly fall for this form of fabricated humanity. What has always been science fiction has finally become reality. Although Character.ai went public last September, it has skyrocketed in popularity this past month,...

Following a series of elections and runoffs throughout March, April and May, the student body elected the Prefect Council for the 2023-2024 school year. Sophomores and juniors elected Bari LeBari '24 and Assistant News Editor Davis Marks '24 as Head Prefects. Juniors elected Ryan Cheng '24, Glory Ho '24, Elizabeth Johnstone '24 and Nyla Shelton '24 as Senior Prefects. Sophomores...

The school hired Sarah Miller, Jesse Reuter and English teacher Adam Levine to serve as deans beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. Miller, who currently works at Marymount High School as the Co-Director of College Counseling, will replace departing Dean Sara Miranda, inheriting her existing group of sophomores and juniors . Reuter, a counselor at Loyola High School, will do...

Olivia Baradaran '24, Jordan Dees '24, Casey Reims '24 and Stella Stringer '24 will serve as Peer Support coordinators for the 2023-2024 school year, Head of Peer Support Tina McGraw '01 announced in an email April 17. Peer Support trainees and the current Peer Support coordinators elected Baradaran, Dees, Reims and Stringer after hearing speeches from 14 candidates. The Peer...

As the school year comes to a close, the student body will soon participate in one of our most important traditions: Head Prefect elections. During 11th grade class meeting last week, junior candidates stood before their peers in Rugby Theater and bravely spoke about the ways our community can change; a select few will move to the final round, where...

ella, please relisten to all interviews and verify that you have written everything exactly correctly1:30 quote about math quiz is really good from CandaceAt 10:45 p.m. on a Saturday, Willow* '24 and her friends approached the entrance to a bar. Fake IDs in hand, they nervously crossed their arms over their dresses, waiting in line to enter the bar. Once...

Head Prefect candidates delivered speeches to juniors in Rugby Theater as part of the election’s primary round March 17. Candidates introduced themselves before being asked a prepared and unprepared question by Head Prefects Simon Lee '23 and Yoshimi Kimura '23. Junior Prefects Bari LeBari ’24, Assistant News Editor Davis Marks ’24, Isiuwa Odiase ’24 and Nyla Shelton ’24 are running...

The upper school campus has a sustainability problem, and it’s nothing new either. We all know about our plastic-packaged food in the cafeteria, excessive food waste problem and extravagant energy use — and the list goes on. Contrast this with the new River Park campus, whose team has taken great care to bring environmental initiatives — like stormwater capture systems,...

One of my first introductions to the demanding expectations of the Upper School was the rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) European History course’s grade prerequisites and placement exam. I needed an A in ninth grade history and my teacher’s recommendation to move onto the essay exam — even then, only 19 students from about the 60 who took the test got...

It's quiet on campus. Georgiana* and the rest of the girls from the theater department gather in a circle, tucked away in one of the campus's most secluded locations. They believe they are alone. These students are participating in the girls pre-show before their first performance of the school play––a secret ritual, passed down through the department's generations, restricted only...