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Students Fight Harder for Transfer in Math Revolution
by WRIGLEY ZBYSZEWSKISECTION EDITOR If there’s one thing that every Chadwick student loves, it’s grades. Eagerly waiting for their release, peers bond with each oth-er over their favorite subjects and assignments. It’s a shared Chadwick experience to talk about tests, how much students loved them, and most of all, how easy they were. But as…
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The Book Nook
by ABBY LUONGEDITOR IN CHIEF The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang Genre: Historical Fiction/MysteryReading Level: Adult In 1906, San Francisco was a rapidly developing “Wild West” city, built with brand-new wealth unencumbered by the rigid traditions and regulations of the East. This city was also America’s window to Asia, with a distinct…
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Emma Schleifer: Volunteering to make a difference
by ABBI DAVIES and and KAYLA GROHMAN Sophomore Emma Schleifer has been volunteering for as longas she can remember. Schleifer volunteers for sever-al South Bay organizations, includ-ing health and homeless shelters. She cooks meals for those inneed and volunteers her time to canning and packaging food at lo-cal churches. Schleifer realized in elemen-tary school that…
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Tish Melton’s Album Reviews
By Tish Melton Folk lyricist Adrianne Lenker gifted fans last month with her third studio album release, Bright Future, a combination of introspective and outward-looking songwriting and a seamless mixture of childhood and adulthood memories culminating in a raw and emotionally intense listening experience. Real House Lenker’s undeniably piercing lyricism begins with the first chord…
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Martin’s foreign exchange creates family across cultures
by EMILIE ALDEN and ALEXIS MARTIN Meet sophomore Anita Martin and junior Devon Dawson- a friendship turned sisterhood. Martin came to Southern California from Zaragoza, Spain, 195 miles east of Barcelona. Throughout the entirety of this school year she’s stayed with a new Chadwick family every three months in various homes within the South Bay.…
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Food Festival serves up Chadwick diversity
by JEANIE CHUA and EVAN YAO There wasn’t a more lively booth at the recent MulticulturalFood Festival than the Chinese culture booth. Student volunteers served authentic specialties such as Zha-jiangmian, lotus root stuffed with sticky rice, Tanghulu, lamb skew-ers and Mapo Tofu, as visitors were accompanied by the graceful melodies of a traditional guzheng (Chinese…
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Class of 2024: Honoring our legacy and love for Mainsheet
STAFF EDITORIAL In a few short weeks, the Class of 2024 will graduate from Chadwick and depart for new horizons. We’ve already had our last first day of school, Homecoming, winter break and Social Justice Day, along with many more. While some of us have been here for 13 years and others only two, Chadwick…
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Backpage: Women of the Year
by PARKER ALBARIAN
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Shohei Ohtani’s global odyssey continues in Dodger Blue
by SEBASTIAN POLONIS Last December, the baseball world witnessed the largest contract in the history of not only baseball, but of all sports. With an unprecedented $700-million contract, Shohei Ohtani signed with the LA Dodgers, marking one of the biggest moves in MLB history. His debut immediately showed his worth, as Ohtani crushed a home…
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Tish Melton’s Album Reviews
by TISH MELTON Alternative singer-songwriter Faye Webster’s fifth studio album is a 40-minute almost equal combination of lyricism and musicality. Her often short-lived lyrical moments remain reserved and repetitive, but somehow still effective as her love for funky instrumentals and intense dynamics becomes more and more evident. Thinking About You The album’s opening track is…
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Pool play: Davies leaves legacy on way to new heights
by EVAN YAO and TOMMY LI Down by the Chadwick Pool, the record board marks the names of extraordinary swimmers who have left remarkable legacies during their careers at the school. One name stands out, particularly with his back-to-back accolades: senior and Chadwick varsity swim captain Alex Davies. As the current holder of Chadwick’s 200-meter…
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Fire it up! Segal brings passion and creativity to class
by ELLA GOEDEMANS and CADY MAAS For the past 10 years, Meagan Segal, a Chadwick alum turned ceramics and graphic design teacher, has been sharing her passion for art with students. The story of her art career, however, started long before. “I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing or folding paper and building…
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MUN students off to NYC for global conference
by LINA GU and KELLY ZHANG Earlier this week, Chadwick’s Model United Nations program embarked on a journey to New York City, where students are participating in the 50th anniversary of the National High School Model United Nations conference, hosted by the International Model United Nations Assn. Model United Nations, better known as MUN, is…
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A Shared Message to the Community
In the past four weeks, three threats of violence have been found in bathrooms around campus. These threats, though likely non-credible, are impacting every pocket of our community. Every time one of these notes is found, the Chadwick community is shaken. When I first entered this community in the fall of 2020, I was surprised…
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Innovative Storey (Kuo) adds exciting new chapters
by ALEXIS MARTIN and LORELEI BURKE Storey Kuo was distraught. After battling COVID-19 during the pandemic, it was official—she had lost hearing in her left ear. Yet Kuo, now a Chadwick sophomore, wasn’t phased by this challenge … instead, she was empowered. With pen in hand, Kuo brought her narrative to life through her first…
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Teacher Spotlight: Nelle brings a worldly perspective
by WRIGLEY ZBYSZEWSKI and VICTORIA GEORGE Dr. Bryan Nelle’s career has taken him across the world and back, and now that he has returned to California, he hopes to bring his vast life experiences to his students. A Southern California native, Nelle, a Chadwick history teacher, hails from San Diego, where he spent much of…
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Best Picture Award: ‘Best’ or ‘Biggest’?
by GEORGE RAMOS How often does the Oscar for Best Picture actually go to the best movie that year? Critics often disagree with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about this award. Some award-winning films in my memory that probably should not have won Best Picture, according to the entertainment website The A.V.…
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The Death of Art: When We Define It
by TISH MELTON I was listening to Joni Mitchell’s A Case of You a couple weeks ago and thought to myself, “This is good art.” What I meant was that the slow, dulcimer-driven melody paired with Mitchell’s steady voice took my breath away; the lyrics were vulnerable and honest, which is how I believe the…
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Rewriting the Narrative of Climate Change Story
by GRAHAM GALUSHA We’ve all heard the warnings. Whether it’s a distressing news headline or a concerned friend, we are constantly confronted by the growing threat of climate change. In the past year, record-breaking atmospheric storms have caused widespread flooding in California, and wildfires created alarmingly high levels of air pollution across the Northeast. The…
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Good Referees Are Vital to All Sports’ Integrity
by AMMA MELTON Many different components play a part in the outcome of an athletic contest: coaching, players, and, of course, the uncontrollable: the referees. In a soccer match, there are three officials: two assistants and amain referee. The assistants’ job is to follow the plays from the sidelines, making sure to keep track of…
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