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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

[GOOD QUESTION] How do you start great conversations?

[GOOD QUESTION] How do you start great conversations?

Wynter Feiner, The Rubicon May 31, 2025
Read on to learn how to break the ice and get connected.
Sanneh Foundation founder, Toney Sanneh

AmeriCorps cuts hit close to home at Sanneh Foundation

Carys Hsiung, The Rubicon May 30, 2025
Trump administration has canceled over $400 million in AmeriCorps grants—gutting 41% of the program’s funding and blindsiding nonprofits across the nation. For the Sanneh Foundation in Minnesota, this has made an impact on them. Toney Sanneh, founder of The Sanneh Foundation, talks about their call to action.
Food dyes: a rainbow of health risks

Food dyes: a rainbow of health risks

Miles Huebner, The Rubicon May 29, 2025
Food dyes are present in almost all mainstream foods and snacks. They can impact your physical and your mental.
EXTRA ENJOYMENT. Summer camps, such as the French program at Concordia Language Villages that sophomore Asha Peckosh took part in last year, offer social connections and engagement during the break. “I made some really good friends, I’m still super close with all of them,” Peckosh said. (Reprinted with permission: Concordia College)

Summer programs bring curiosity, connection

Peony Steele, The Rubicon May 28, 2025
Exploring new interests, preparing for competitions, or pursuing their love for certain subjects all students to make the most of their summers.
NEW HOMES. Over a million Southeast Asian refugees were resettled in the U.S., starting in 1975. After 50 years, the communities have grown. New generations look back in order to move forward.

Looking back and moving forward: celebrating 50 years of Southeast Asians in America

Zimo Xie and Yassin Mokbel May 27, 2025
This year honors the fullness of Southeast Asian American life—past, present, and still unfolding. LeMinh and Ngonethong reflect of their families' journey and hopes for the future.
LASTING IMPRESSIONS. After a decade at SPA, Randy Reid (left) transformed the upper school Jazz Band. From English to history, middle school to the upper school, Scott Telfer (right) has taught a range of subjects. Despite wanting to retire, he kept coming back to the community. (Photos: Lani Ngonethong and Juan Miguel Adams)

Fond farewells: students say ‘goodbye’ to departing teachers

Juan Miguel Adams, Managing Editor May 26, 2025
After years with the community in an array of subjects, teachers Randy Reid, Scott Telfer and Ethan Somes depart.
MINI WORLD. Ethan He and Lam Le started a terrarium jar with small rocks, soil, moss and arthropods weeks ago. The two opened up the jar to check on the plants and insects.

Entomology Club buzzes with excitement for bugs and bee houses

Zimo Xie, Creative Design Manager May 24, 2025
Entomology Club sprung from a passion for bugs and love for nature.
RELIGIOUS RELICS. The Taj Mahal (left) in India and St. Stephens Basilica (right) in Italy are two iconic religious buildings. (FAIR USE IMAGES: Wikimedia Commons)

Two truths, one world: rethinking the divide between religion and science

Evie Gardner and Olivia Fox May 24, 2025
How religion and studies coexist in students' lives.
TRANSATLANTIC FRIENDSHIP. Sophomore Elliot Pierach and his exchange partner from Heisenberg Gymnasium, Samuel Becker, pose at an event at the U of M in the fall. (Photo submitted by Elliot Pierach)

The German exchange: part two

Zahir Hassan, RubicOnline May 23, 2025
This June, German language students will reunite with their German exchange partners in Hamburg
Junior Privileges: How off-campus privileges create a sense of freedom

Junior Privileges: How off-campus privileges create a sense of freedom

Murphy Miltner, RubicOnline May 22, 2025
Juniors get off-campus privileges starting in May. What do they do with these privilges?
PRESS CONFERENCE. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Disproving RFK’s rhetoric: Perry explains their lived experiences with autism

Sonia Kharbanda, Editor in Chief May 21, 2025
Explore sophomore Eli Perry's experience as a teenager with autism.
TACO 'BOUT DELICIOUS. El Coronel serving up food for locals in Stillwater last summer. (Photo submitted by Emilio Candia)

Taco ’bout this: Inside Taher chef Emilio Candia’s food truck

Andrew Lipinsky, RubicOnline May 19, 2025
Candia and his family own a food truck in Stillwater named El Coronel, specializing in Mexican food from the Northern region of Chihuahua, where he is originally from.
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