Natalie O'Dell, Business Manager

December 2, 2018

The annual Red Cross Blood Drive is offering higher incentives this year, due to a shortage of blood supply. These incentives include a T-Shirt, a 5 dollar amazon gift card, and donuts provided by Dunkin’ Donuts. “They told us...it's always a little bit more serious in winter months to have that shortage...because more people will need blood in the winter,” Makerspace teacher and STUCO adviser Laura Schuwerk said. Because an issue with...

Jessica Carter, Staff Writer

December 1, 2018

The first choir concert of the school year, GCAA Fall Choir Concert, was on October 11, 2018 in the Sun Theater.  The concert featured  Middle School choirs Girls’ Choir, Boys’ Choir and Ars Nova directed by Patrick Mattia. It also included High School choirs Concert Choir Treble, Advanced Treble, and Camerata directed by Nick Rhodes. “We would do warm-ups to get our voices ready like solfege and sight reading and then we would practice...

Natalie O'Dell, Business Manager

November 30, 2018

Environmental journalist Amy Martin gave a presentation about her work on her podcast, Threshold, in science teacher Bradford Buck’s classroom as part of her three day trip to St. Louis visiting schools. She was brought in by gifted education specialist Christine Nobbe through the Civitas Institute. Martin’s presentation focused on the eighteen months of research and reporting for her podcast’s second season, Cold Comfort, which covered...

Mario Harris, Staff Writer

November 29, 2018

The opening of the Angad Arts Hotel, located right across the street from the school, has opened up opportunities for collaboration. The hotel is wanting to use the arts as a special touch to the hotel’s atmosphere. The director of special events and Nightlife at the hotel, Ozzie Salcedo, discussed with Ashley Olsen, head of school, thinking of different ways to collaborate and bring the attention to the arts and the hotel. The first thing that...