Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

Photography Through The Lens of a High Schooler

By Jack Hill The dim lighting, the peeling paint from the back walls, the framing, the color scheme, and the emotion of…

Bocata Arepa Bar: A Taste of South America

By Hayden Rollison A taste of Venezuela, Colombia, and other South American countries can be found at Bocata Arepa Bar in Innsbrook….

The Greatest Athlete You’ve Never Heard Of

By Jack Henry The modern sports world is filled with debate. If you flip to ESPN, or any other sports broadcasting channel,…

Sprinting vs. Distance

By Lauren Lucy and MK Myers Track and field is a sport involving many different kinds of competitions, ranging from pole vault…

Justin Brown: Collegiate’s New Sports Performance Assistant Coach

By Hayden Rollison Collegiate’s new Sports Performance Assistant Coach, Justin Brown, didn’t quite know where his future was heading in college. Attending…

Richmond’s Very Own Superstars Pizza and Subs

By Hayden Ronga Superstars Pizza, a locally-owned pizza and sub shop located on 5700 Patterson Avenue, is home to some of the…

The Beginning and End of My Career As a Chef

By Amani Kimball-McKavish “I am not a good cook,” is what I should have prefaced my meal with as I set four…

Saying Farewell to Kate Parthemos

By Emily Deskevich For the past 30 years, Kate Parthemos (‘71) has been a staple of the Collegiate community as a Lower…

Burlington Plantation’s Role in The Civil War

By Silas Gwathmey I grew up on a farm in King William, Virginia, named Burlington Plantation. Like most children who were raised…

Nate Jackson: Undercover Hockey Star

By Georgia McManus Upper School history teacher Nate Jackson currently works at Collegiate School, but there is far more to him than…