ZOOMING AWAY: My Country Day career is complete — it’s time for the next chapter
Wow. Just like that, my four years of high school are over as it’s time to bid farewell to Country Day. When I transferred to SCDS as a fourth grader, I never could’ve predicted the next eight years of my…
Feats, flaws, findings: A glimpse of quarantine life for administrators, faculty, students
Inspired by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Octagon asked administrators, teachers and students about their best and worst habits picked up during the quarantine as well as their best discoveries. Head of school Lee Thomsen Best habit: “I’ve been regularly…
QUARANTINE CRASH COURSE: Freshman turns to CrossFit in place of swimming
Normally, I would be in the middle of swim season right now, spending most of my free time in the pool working out. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been unable to swim for almost two months. I…
Chlorine Chronicles: My ode to the comma splice, and gratitude as Senior year comes to an end
Ms. and Mr. Bauman, you have both patiently tried to disavow me of my affinity for the comma splice. I feel that no amount of red ink can change my sentence-building ways. Know that every time I write one, I…
ZOOMING AWAY: Despite challenges, spirit of the Octagon remains strong
Trying to come up with something meaningful to sum up my high school experience and say goodbye to this chapter of my life has not been easy — especially after sitting in isolation for over two months. My spirits right…
Quarantine Recipes: Easy and delicious treats to make at home
Traditional Cantonese milk pudding (from the Xiaohongshu app) Start-to-finish time: 45 minutes Active time: 15 minutes Servings: 1 Ingredients: ⅞ cup whole milk, 2 eggs, 1 ½ tablespoons sugar. Heat the milk in a pot until it starts bubbling. Pour the…
Director of admissions departing for Montessori school in Boston
After working as Country Day’s director of admission for three years, Hadley Keefe has accepted the same position at Kingsley Montessori School in Boston. She worked in admissions at Lycée Francais de San Francisco before Country Day. Before Keefe, Lonna…
GAMING SPOTLIGHT: Uncharted is undeniably perfect
In the first installment of the Gaming Spotlight series, junior Dylan Margolis reviews one of his all-time favorite video games: Uncharted. This is probably the best series of video games ever made. Uncharted follows a story in which players fight…
ZOOMING AWAY: Thank you for making me actually miss school
I’ll be blunt: I was sorely tempted to use this story to rant about Country Day’s shortcomings. But with the current state of the world, I figured we’re all sad enough as it is. Instead, here are five reasons the…
My Angle: College Board did OK job with online AP exams
More than 3 million high school students took AP exams last month, according to the College Board. And because of the coronavirus, they were quite different this year. AP exams were held online and didn’t include material from the end…