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VOL. XXXIX, NO. 3
November 24, 2015
New head of school considers changing high-school schedule By Marigot Fackenthal Opinion Editor
of school, is already formulating plans for the school’s
ulty,’ and what that told me was the school had a sense
Freshmen Bella Mathisen and Heidi Johnson and sophomore Evann Rudek sprint to class to avoid the pouring rain on Nov. 9. (Photo by Adam Ketchum)
Campus preps for El Niño rains
ally changed the pace of our students’ days in a positive
Meteorologists predict it to be strongest season in 18 years By Chardonnay Needler Reporter
Y
ou’ve probably heard the predictions of what some
you an inch here, an inch a few days later over a long period of
ready for the deluge? prepared? “Be wary and pay attention about what is going on from one
However, he said, because olders students have more complicated lives, an emotional counselor for those divisions should “do triage” with emotional issues and then connect students with professionals in the com
need and budget must be further assessed before he can o can but doesn’t always give us a very wet winter,”
See Thomsen, page 10
o,” Holman See Rain, page 10
Alumni, French teacher lament terrorist attacks By Manson Tung Editor-in-Chief
remember strolling down those streets, visiting cafes in the same neighborhood the same canal those restaurants are
tion ricocheted across the city from a lively soccer game in the Stade de
has put the nation under a state of emergency, closed land borders and increased security both within the city
He said the 10th and
“Mostly, it’s because parents are con tricts popular with the bobo, a shortened form of bourgeois boheme, or
and going to concerts have become a
city, and those areas are really popular See Paris, page 10
Head of school Stephen Repsher (right) briefs future head of school Lee Thomsen during Thomsen’s visit on Nov. 20. (Photo by Adam Ketchum)