EDITORIAL: Follow social distancing guidelines; it’s the only way to get out of this pandemic
With the school year starting online, many students and parents are wondering when grades 6-12 will be able to return to campus. A waiver filed by the school, which was approved, now allows grades K-5 to attend school in-person. The…
Students spend quarantine summer camping, gaming, working
Bored during quarantine? High school students share the highlights of their summer. — By Samhita Kumar Originally published in the Sept. 22 issue of the Octagon.
Thousands of lightning strikes spark hundreds of fires across California
Jennifer Daugavietis recalls being shaken awake by her husband at 5:45 a.m. on Aug. 19 to the smell of smoke and an orange sky. “Sirens started going off in our neighborhood around 3 a.m., and my husband and I slept…
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ is the best TV show you’ll ever see
Long ago, families tuned in every week to watch Michael DiMartino’s and Bryan Konietzko’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Fifteen years after its premiere, the show is enjoying a resurgence in popularity — evidenced by its May 18 arrival on Netflix,…
‘The Legend of Korra’ embraces mature themes, modern problems
“The Legend of Korra,” the sequel Nickelodeon show to “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” gets a mixed reputation. Some say it’s terrible, not living up to fan expectations after “The Last Airbender.” Others say the show is equal to, or even…
‘Re: Zero’: Thrilling adventure in a fantasy world to evolve through deaths and revivals
Stepping out of the convenience store on his regular evening routine, Subaru Natsuki (voiced by Yūsuke Kobayashi in Japanese), a high school dropout, is summoned to a fantasy world — with only his old sportswear that hasn’t been washed for…
‘My Hero Academia’ goes ‘plus ultra’ with animation and complex characters
“Boku No Hero Academia,” or “My Hero Academia,” is a superhero manga series created by Kohei Horikoshi and adapted into an anime in 2017. The show’s fifth season is set to be released in early to mid-2021. The series revolves…
Enrollment stays over 500 with online learning
Despite going online, Country Day started the school year on Sept. 1 with 503 total K-12 students (94 new students and 55 new families) — only four fewer than the previous year. The high school and lower school enrollment increased…
Quarantine companionships: Students adopt pets during quarantine
During quarantine, 10 out of 58 surveyed students from the SCDS high school have adopted new pets. Here are short stories from six of them about their animals. They’ve been adopted from the Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
BREAKING NEWS: K-5 in-person return postponed last minute
In a lower school Zoom meeting on Friday, Sept. 18, Head of School Lee Thomsen, along with the lower school faculty, explained to families that K-5 students are no longer returning to school on Sept. 22. A few days before…