Country Day varsity volleyball team sweeps Sacramento Waldorf in season opener
Country Day’s varsity volleyball team defeated the Sacramento Waldorf Waves 3-0 at home on Aug. 23. After struggles in the first set, sophomores — the only players on the team with club experience — took charge, said volleyball coach Jason Kreps….
‘Outer Banks’ makes a big splash with season two, uses Tiktok songs in soundtrack
“Outer Banks” has taken girls’ hearts and inspired guys to dress like surfers. It also happens to be No. 1 on Netflix in the U.S. The show surpassed all expectations as a typical soap adventure show and has rightfully claimed…
CLASS OF 2021: Nate Leavy, ’21, perfects the pursuit of learning and engineering
Anyone who has seen now-graduated-senior Nate Leavy around campus will know the aura of pure wit and constant excitement that he brought everywhere he went. Equally famous was Leavy’s interest and curiosity in engineering. From etching circuit boards to creating…
Class of 2021: Hana Lee strays outside the norm by attending university abroad
At 8 years old, Hana Lee, ’21, enjoyed cheering from the sidelines with Jesuit Junior Marauders Cheer, but she yearned to be out on the field. “For me, it’s always been about striving to do what I love,” Hana said….
COVID-19 Cases Will Dictate the School’s Schedule
Country Day plans to resume in-person teaching during the 2021-22 school year following a year of remote and hybrid learning. But how the year develops depends on the number of COVID-19 cases rising or falling in Sacramento in the coming…
FRESHMAN FOCUS: Jackson Crawford, ’20, takes on teaching job at University of Southern California
Jackson Crawford, ’20, is fully remote at the University of Southern California and planning to return in-person this fall. He is majoring in business administration, but is considering a dual degree in computer science and business administration. He went to…
Senior’s Chinese heritage plays big role in high school development
In his elementary school classroom in Beijing, a shy and timid Ming Zhu waited patiently in line for his teacher to assign him an instrument to play. Although he is now a senior, Zhu, then a nine-year-old third grader, was…
Class of 2021: Shelly Zalezniak develops her tennis game at Country Day
Senior Shelly Zalezniak is a tennis athlete who immigrated from Israel when she was beginning her sophomore year at Country Day. Zalezniak was born in Israel and started playing tennis at the Arden Hills Country Club when she was 8…
Classical music — it’s more than background noise for studying
One afternoon after school, I called a friend to work on our homework together. Through my phone, I could hear Debussy’s Clair de Lune playing faintly in the background. The music helps him focus, but that wasn’t the case for…
