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A Sacramento Country Day School Newspaper

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Short-staffed Cavs fall to Sacramento Adventist Capitals

The Cavs varsity basketball team lost its Jan. 6 home conference game against the Sacramento Adventist Capitals 56-28. The Cavs had only seven players and were missing two of their starters, juniors small forward Jacob Chand and point guard Felix…

Country Day Queer Voices panel to be held Jan. 12

English teacher Jason Hinojosa will moderate a one-hour Country Day Queer Voices panel on Jan 12 at 1:30 p.m. in the Matthews Library. All seniors will be attending the panel, but Hinojosa encourages interested students of other grades to attend,…

Bring back the vending machine

Whether your lunch has just been stolen by a mysterious thief or you’ve forgotten your water bottle at home, everyone has a day where they’re forced to stay hungry or thirsty. While there used to be a quick, simple solution…

COVID-19 surges in lower school due to low vaccination rate

With the increased spread of the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron variants, everyone remains at risk for infection, particularly the unvaccinated. As of Dec. 6, 20 individuals in the Country Day community have tested positive for COVID-19 this school year, according…

Alumni panel scheduled for Friday; Eleven class of 2021 alumni confirmed

Country Day’s annual alumni panel featuring ’21 graduates will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 17, an early release day for the beginning of Winter Break. At 11:30 a.m., academic classes finish and high school students will pick up lunch…

EDITORIAL: Don’t steal other students’ lunch

As hungry students pile out of classes for their lunch break, some students stay behind for meetings or to ask teachers questions. When they finally exit their classrooms, ready to eat, some find their lunches have disappeared. That’s right, students…

Metroid Dread revitalizes the Metroidvania genre with the polish of a Triple-A publisher

Samus Aran, Space Bounty Hunter Extraordinaire, wakes up on the unknown Planet ZDR suffering from what her computer describes as physical amnesia. A mysterious message showing an image of the genocidal Parasite X brought her to ZDR. On arrival, she…

Middle, high school music groups to perform on Dec. 14, Dec. 15

Middle and high school concert band, garage band, chamber music, orchestra and choir will perform in the gym on Dec. 14 and on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Only the parents of the students performing in each concert are allowed…

Cavs face hard loss in the second game of the pre-season versus the Winters Warriors

The Cavs boys varsity basketball team faced a hard loss against the Winters Warriors with a score of 43-13 on Dec. 2 at Country Day.  Juniors point guard Jonah Angelo David,  power forward Rod Azghadi and small forward Tonye Jack…

Cavs girls basketball defeated in season opener despite improvement in second half

Country Day’s  girls basketball team lost 39-10 to Pine Hill Adventist on Nov. 30 in the first game of the season. “They played OK for the first game,” said coach Latonia Pitts. “We have lots of room for improvement, but…