Category Archives: Upper School

Snapshot: Let’s Get Ethical

By A.V. Musick and Riley Savedge As we clumsily opened the door to the silent boardroom, we were greeted by 17 Ethics…

Snapshot: Rosie & Ceramics Class

By Emily Beggerow and Amber Aldrich If you go to Collegiate, you know one of the most popular art classes is ceramics,…

Snapshot: Sophie Day Blackburn’s Caffeine Addiction

By Sophie Yablonski and Ella Siebert The scent of sugary vanilla syrup in a plastic venti cup marks the beginning of Sophie…

Honors Feature: Inside Swimmers’ Lives

By Crawford Craig Before dawn—long before most teenagers wake up—high school swimmers trade warm beds for pool lanes.  Alarms sound at 4:00…

Torch 5804 at FIRST Worlds: Losing Isn’t Failing

By Hunt Brabrand The almost deafening roar of the enormous space hit me first. The sounds of multiple announcers talking over one…

Snapshot: Catching Up with Annie Richards

By Kate Hogan On a recent chilly morning, Upper School health and wellness teacher Annie Richards, clad in her iconic black puffer…

Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Collegiate Senior Owen Lingerfelt (’26)

By Alex Yu and Sam Settar A typical day for golf prodigy Owen Lingerfelt (‘26) starts with getting up at 7:30 a.m….

Snapshot: Spend a Day with Sam Slater’s Brother Jake

By Owen Prusek and Emery Williamson  Rolling out of bed at 7:23 a.m., Jake Slater (’26) starts his day with a shower…

Do You Hear the Students Sing? Behind the Scenes of Les Mis

By Kate Hogan On Thursday, October 23, Baxter Phillips (‘26), as Jean Valjean, stole a loaf of bread. And with that, the…

The Upper School Café’s New Look

By Sophie Yablonski Picture this: You’ve hit snooze on your alarm one too many times, you are rushing to your first period…