Category Archives: Features

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

Wacky Christmas Traditions

By Maddie Jewett With the holiday season approaching, everyone is starting to feel a little sparkle of magic in the air. Everyone…

Middle School’s Nathan Goodwyn, English Teacher and Coach

By Brennan Heims When I was in 8th Grade in 2020, everyone at Collegiate was returning from the spring of online school….

A Day In The Life of a Middle School Science Teacher

By Mary Ann Zyglocke As I sit and anxiously await the 8:10 bell, I run the lesson plan through my head one…

Thanksgiving in London

By Mary Ellis Logan Turkey, I firmly believe, is the most disgusting food ever fed to humankind. While many of you were…

Re-Lax Sports Company: Making Lacrosse Green

By Jackson O’Keefe On July 18, I contacted a lacrosse company that sells equipment such as lacrosse heads and shafts. They had…

Honors Feature: The John Maloney Project

By Chloe Miles Each Sunday during the fall and spring, I venture from my home in Short Pump to Collegiate’s West Gym….

Ajji’s Cooking: South Indian Cuisine with My Grandmother

By Benjamin Jesudian McLoughlin If you want to know what my childhood smelled like, throw raw black peppercorns into a dry frying…

On The Bay: A Marine Biology Field Trip

By Abby Rosenstock This past October, students in Upper School science teacher Dave Privasky’s Marine Biology science elective traveled to the Chesapeake…

Travel in the United Kingdom

Harper Hope  Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to the United Kingdom for eight days with my mother and father….

Seasonal Drinks from Starbucks

By Sanjum Sandhu THE Pumpkin Spice Latte. Hot or iced. Pick your poison. Everyone knows and loves Starbucks, especially their seasonal menus….