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Finding Home: The College Decision Process

By Finley Wittkamp Senior year is basically one long press conference about college. The second anyone finds out you’re a Senior, they…

Nathan Goodwyn: Moving Up

By Tee Haskell As I walked into the Middle School’s Flippen Hall and into F125, I was immediately brought back into a…

Honors Feature: Richmond’s Project Exile

By Cara Crawford A headline from the October 7, 1997 issue of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reads “WE’RE NUMBER ONE.” This formal title…

Honors Feature: Looking Back on COVID-19 and 2020

By Ellie Grace Grinnan When you ask people what they remember from 2020, many will respond with the same answer: COVID-19. This…

Honors Feature: A Cougar’s Journey—Peyton Jenkins (‘00) 

By Taylor Jenkins Twenty-six years ago, my uncle Peyton Jenkins (‘00) walked across the stage at Collegiate’s graduation, shook then-Head of School…

Over The Years With Melanie Gorsline

By Lacey Chenault Middle School art teacher Melanie Gorsline (‘74), who has been calling Collegiate home since she was a student in…

Brent Miller: Our Sort-Of New Woodworking Teacher

By Beau Hurst What has been a familiar face in the Upper School is now also a familiar face in the Middle…

Honors Feature: Farm to Ford—My Grandmother’s Journey

By Maddy Privasky I grew up knowing my grandmother, but not her full story. To me, she was simply “Grandma,” someone steady,…

What Are Today’s Kindergarteners Really Like? 

By Cara Crawford After spending an hour and forty-five minutes with Collegiate’s current Kindergarteners, members of the class of 2039, I have…

4th Grade Through the Eyes of Jack Jenkins 

By Taylor Jenkins At Collegiate’s Lower School, 4th Grader (and my cousin) Jack Jenkins (‘34) starts his day with competition, enthusiasm, and…