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  • Class of 2025 begin senior projects on Apr. 28.
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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

BUNNY PICS. The spirit of Easter in full display as a child poses with the Easter bunny.

Egg-speriencing Easter in different households

Andrew Lipinsky, RubicOnline April 29, 2025
Easter celebrated Apr. 20, served as a reminder of joy, renewal and the importance of spending time with loved ones. Whether through food or traditions, the SPA community found its own way to celebrate the season.
READ-ALOUD. Librarian Cat Mullen's talent would encourage listeners to share her passion. "I feel like my greatest skill is reading. So maybe I would read a dramatic rendition of something...like the book I'm reading now, the new Hunger Games book. I'd make a BookTok and read a very dramatic part but leave it on a cliffhanger so then people would come [to the library]."

[SPA THINKS] What’s your talent?

RubicOnline Staff April 28, 2025
We asked students and faculty what they would do if they had to partake in a talent show with no advance notice. Here's what they said.
SNAZZY SHOES. College Counseling Administrative Assistant Carey Otto's passion for sneaker-collecting began when rising star Michael Jordan dropped the Air Jordan 1s in 1985. (Photo submitted by Carey Otto)

Otto shares lifelong love for sneakers of all shapes and colors

Juan Miguel Adams, Managing Editor April 28, 2025
What started as a five-year-old’s fascination with a pair of Jordans has since evolved into a lifelong passion.
ACQUAINTANCE THROUGH BASEBALL. Sophomore Eddie Sofen and junior Cutler Crook met while playing on the Minneapolis Millers Youth Baseball team. Sofen and Crook are the only two not wearing hats in the top-middle row of the photo. (Photo submitted by Cutler Crook)

From teammates to best friends: Eddie Sofen and Cutler Crook’s bond beyond the field

Allan Wang, RubicOnline April 27, 2025
Sophomore Eddie Sofen’s and junior Cutler Crook’s friendship began through Minneapolis Millers Youth Baseball.
BUG APPRECIATION LaTarte reflects that her experience with the critters has evolved but followed her in her life and art. Beetle flickr Creative Commons: GREGORIUZ

Birds and bugs drive student curiosity

Ivy Evans, The Rubicon April 24, 2025
Birds and Bugs are everywhere. Find out how they impact a few students.
EAGER ENGAGEMENT. Senior Mason Hang reminisces on his 3/4B teacher Jill Chang, whom he formed a close bond with during his time at the LS. “She was very nice, and I don’t know, I always felt a familial kind of connection to her. She was very helpful and she would laugh at jokes, and she was not afraid to have fun with us,” Hang said. (Photo: SPA Smugmug)

Students reflect on impactful LS teachers that shaped hearts and minds

Carys Hsiung, The Rubicon April 24, 2025
Seniors Mason Hang and Ben Lorenz-Meyer reminisce about their time at the Lower School before they graduate.
AT WORK Solomon Beardsley crafts drinks for the Cat Cafes customers.

Student employees share familiarity of Catzen Cafe

Wynter Feiner, The Rubicon April 23, 2025
Discover the story of the catzen cafe, that took a dream into reality for SPA parent Vanessa Beardsley.
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[GOOD QUESTION] When is it sound advice to follow a medical myth?

Sam Galarneault, The Rubicon April 22, 2025
Some of these sayings range from harmful to helpful and even sometimes random.
Adams (front right) sits with his Troop 9419 after a weekend of service projects and environmental cleanups at Tomahawk, a Boy Scout-run campsite. (Submitted photo by Hugh Adams)

Eagle scout Hugh Adams puts the community in community service

Allan Wang, RubicOnline April 16, 2025
Volunteering was initially something his dad made him to do, but he eventually found joy in helping others.
Senior Josh Holloway demonstrates his "water roomba" that is able to chop up algae in bodies of water.

Josh Holloway’s water roomba turns the tide on algal blooms

Yassin Mokbel, RubicOnline April 16, 2025
The pollution of his neighborhood lake inspired this Advanced Engineering project.
UNITED. Black Student Alliance members chat and eat snacks in the East Conference Room in the library. Junior Boki Mullataa, “I joined BSU to participate in an environment [where] I was welcomed in and […] where a lot of people share some of the same experiences.”

Black and Brown Student Union brings the fundamentals of community: games and treats

Peter Lipinsky, RubicOnline April 13, 2025
The affinity group fosters meaningful connections in a chill, relaxed space.
BRINGING IT BACK. The economics elective was previously taught by Nan Dreher, but dissolved once she left SPA.

Economics: the returning history elective

Mariam Malik, Social Media Manager April 8, 2025
In a bold new move to broaden the SPA’s curriculum, the high school history department is looking to revive the Economics history elective.
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