Happenings on The Hill

1 Upper School Chorale performs during Modern Voices 2025

2 Savvy Horne-Lalande ’27 competes in the mattress surfing competition at the winter pep rally

3 Joel Tornabeni GP ’28 and Keenan Hardy ’28 enjoy ice cream together in the dining hall on Grand Day

4 Dawn Okoro, a Nigerian American artist, delivered the keynote speech at the regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards reception hosted by St. Stephen’s in January

5 (L to R) Minika Ani ’25, Hana Hassibi ’25 and Gabby Lassalle ’25 performing a contemporary dance in the Spring Dance Concert

6 Jaya Udezue ’28, Eline van der Valk ’26 and Anwyn Wang ’28 enjoying the 2nd annual Holi on The Hill

7 Edison Leigh ’26 reading his poem at the “Proteus” release party

8 Allie Nelson ’29 and Vihaan Subramanian ’29 perform “Much Ado About Nothing” during the Middle School Theatre in

In her first year teaching on The Hill, 6th grade English instructor Claire Zagrodzky ’16 revived The Book Project, which she loved being part of as a student at St. Stephen’s. The long-standing tradition inspires and challenges Spartans to write an original short story containing essential key elements of a compelling narrative. “It really set me up for the rest of my St. Stephen’s career,” she explained.