Former Octagon editor-in-chief Sonja Hansen, ’18, and seniors Chardonnay Needler and Harrison Moon recently received commendations from the Columbia Scholastic...
On Feb. 5, junior Naomi Turnbull attended a speech by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra at McClatchy High School. He addressed concerns about the fede...
Whitney Gorton, ’04, is a middle school English teacher who has lived in Chicago for nearly three years. The school she teaches at was closed Jan. 30 and 31 du...
While the 2018-19 Winter Ball may not have a theme, it is sure to be night to remember. The ball will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Tsakopoulos Library G...
The Octagon has been named a finalist for the Online Pacemaker award by the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA).
The online edition’s last nominat...
On Jan. 9, After-School Enrichment (ASE) had its first coding class from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the computer lab. The class, which meets every Wednesday, is avai...
For over 10 years, juniors in former English teacher Patricia Fels’ AP Language and Composition class wrote proposal essays in which they argued for a change i...
Twenty-six of 32 seniors polled Oct. 11 said they were applying to colleges either early action (EA), a nonbinding application with an earlier deadline, or ear...
As a junior in her AP English Language and Composition class last year, senior Gabi Alvarado wrote a proposal about creating an ethnic studies course to replac...
