Category Archives: Features

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

Fall Festivities at Carter Mountain Orchard

By Harper Hope         On a recent weekend in October, I had the pleasure of visiting Carter Mountain Orchard….

In Comeback Stories, Sha’Carri Richardson Takes Gold

By James Galgano With the sound of the gunshot, they are off. The racers barrel down the track as the once-silent crowd…

Dead and Company Summer Tour: Saratoga Springs

By Kate Nanavati As we walked along the streets of the quaint town of Saratoga Springs, New York, bright multi-color tie-dies with…

Adventures On The Nile

By Olivia Bowman As the sun sets in Giza and the last of the tourists depart, a lone, brave party of 25,…

My Dad and Superstars Pizza

By Rhodes Sinnott Decades ago, in 1994, my dad Ned Sinnott (‘86), and childhood friend Arch Wallace started the famous restaurant Superstars…

Bleeding Green and Gold: Alex Smith, A Lifetime Cougar

By Maddie Jewett I am lucky enough to call my grandfather one of my best friends and have learned countless intangible lessons…

Rachael Barker: A New Face in the Upper School Science Department

By Sanjum Sandhu Upper School Biology teacher Rachael Barker says that, sadly, when she was younger, “I realized chemistry was not for…

Carter Reifsnider Toohers (’12): Alumna Returns as Girls Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach

By Lawson Vaughan When my teammates and I first learned that there was going to be a new coach for varsity lacrosse,…

New To The Upper School: English Teacher Leigh Glatt

By Sam Hurst Collegiate School has seen its share of changes in the past few years, from updates to the dress code…

A Cougar From Space: New Upper School Science Teacher Kat Melton (’93)

By Oreoluwa Tokan-Lawal A rocket scientist turned AP Physics teacher? A costume connoisseur? A cat and dog fanatic? This is new Upper…