FRESHMAN FOCUS: Alyssa Valverde, ‘20, has little time away from heavy workload at Utah State University
Alyssa Valverde, 20, is majoring in early childhood education and deaf education at Utah State University. She is attending classes on Zoom, but she lives with family in Utah, and has attended some extra-curricular in-person activities. Q: Why did you…
Physics teacher’s departure leaves behind ‘big shoes to fill’
Over the past 13 years, high school students have gotten used to a few mainstays of the physics room: the bulky laptops from another era, the dusty “Conceptual Physics” textbooks and the reserved physics teacher, Glenn Mangold. However, Mangold will…
FRESHMAN FOCUS: Becca Waterson, ’20, swims in San Diego while attending classes asynchronously at Brown University
Becca Waterson, ’20, has yet to decide her major at Brown University. She is leaning toward computer science, literary arts or both. Q: Why did you choose to attend Brown University? A: Honestly, there are so many reasons. I was…
FRESHMAN FOCUS: Anu Krishnan, ’20, appreciates Pomona College’s effort to recreate close-knit community online
Anu Krishnan, ’20, attends Pomona College in Claremont while living at home in Sacramento. She plans to study neuroscience and mathematics. Q: Why did you choose Pomona College? A: I wanted a small and intimate community with an undergraduate focus,…
EDITORIAL: Wearing masks during heavy sports just isn’t reasonable
It’s a sweltering hot day, and Country Day soccer players are sprinting around the field at the Cherry Island Sports Complex. The student athletes start with masks all on, but one by one, the rigorous exercise gets to them. Masks…
History teacher leaves mark on National History Day program
After more than a decade of teaching at Country Day, history teacher and college counselor Chris Kuipers is ready to move on to the next phase of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Alicia Perla will be taking over as…
Teacher leaves classroom environment after 30 years
Middle school science teacher Kelly Bornmann is leaving Country Day — transitioning from teaching students to teaching teachers. Bornmann joined Country Day in 2018 and teaches sixth grade science, is a sixth grade advisor, runs a study hall elective and…
Director of Pre-K program plans to return to Singapore to teach at UWCSEA
Director of Pre-K Mitzi Mapa-Contes moved to Sacramento in 2018 and stepped onto Country Day’s campus tasked with re-imaging the Pre-K curriculum. Nearly three years later, Mapa-Contes plans to return to Singapore to teach at United World College of South…
Senior Superlatives
This data is collected from an April 24 poll of 30 SCDS seniors. These are the seniors who are Most Likely To…. Become a world leader – Kenyatta Dumisani He has a very extroverted personality so he’s always voicing his…
