Girls swimming team makes school history
Despite losing its fastest swimmer, Amalie Fackenthal, ’18, last year, the girls team made Country Day history with...
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Junior finishes seventh, ninth in state swimming championships
Junior Rebecca Waterson and senior Joe Zales were Country Day’s only swimmers in the 2019 California Interscholastic Federation...
MY ANGLE: Extroverts — silence really is golden
Though I’m undoubtedly an extrovert, I recently discovered that while talking can get a person far in life,...
BALLERINO BALLER: My life in a rap song
Junior Jackson Margolis’ biweekly blog, Ballerino Baller, is a collection of responses to the book “500 Writing Prompts,”...
Class of ’18 gap year experiences vary from ‘amazing’ to ‘tough’
Former classmates Jake Longoria and Atsuo Chiu, ’18, have made their gap years count. Longoria has befriended celebrities,...
BALLERINO BALLER: Costco puts the ‘super’ in supermarket
Junior Jackson Margolis’ biweekly blog, Ballerino Baller, is a collection of responses to the book “500 Writing Prompts,”...
BALLERINO BALLER: A mission that began with a book
This is an introduction to my weekly blog: Ballerino Baller. Unlike the posts to follow, this entry is...
UNCOVERED: A look into junior Jackson Crawford’s Basketball Mind (PODCAST)
“Uncovered” is the Octagon’s weekly podcast show hosted by junior Jackson Margolis. Listen along as Margolis interviews a...
B Street Theatre’s ‘We’re Gonna Be Okay’ enjoyed for its developed characters, edgy perspective
Junior Jackson Margolis and his brother, freshman Dylan, regularly review plays presented by the B Street Theatre, which is now part of The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts and is located at 2700 Capitol Avenue.
B Street’s all-female version of ‘The Foursome’ boasts intriguing storyline, characters
Junior Jackson Margolis and his brother, freshman Dylan, regularly review plays presented by the B Street Theatre, which...
Country Day Stereotypes: SCDS works to combat views of school as ‘white,’ ‘exclusive,’ ‘rich’
Twice in the past two months I stood outside the Save Mart in Loehmann’s Plaza for an hour...
Athletically competitive class hangs up their jerseys
It was spring 2015, and then-freshman Amalie Fackenthal had just won Country Day’s second-ever individual section championship in...
B Street’s ‘Airness’ delves into air-guitar culture but lacks strong characters
Sophomore Jackson Margolis and his brother, eighth grader Dylan, regularly review plays presented by the B Street Theatre,...
MY ANGLE: Dear LeBron James, apologies are in order
It was July 7, 2010, and I was at California Pizza Kitchen – unaware that I was moments...
MY ANGLE: Layering is as corrupt as embezzlement
Whether asking the Starbucks barista to take the granola out of the yogurt parfait or the Beach Hut...
A tale of three sex ed teachers; school profits from qualified instructors, but methods, ideologies differ
Before any discussions or lectures, Internationally Certified Childbirth Educator (ICEE) Sue Simonson – who teaches sex education and...