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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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Bilingual narratives

December 1, 2021

Language is a key component to navigating our daily lives, whether it’s through communicating with family or friends, a class taken at school, or simply reading. While most people speak one language--the...

“With my daughter right now, I’m reading her Calvin and Hobbes — the whole series — so we’re having a good time with that, she likes that a lot… I take her at least twice a year to comic book conventions. And she’s bored, when she goes. My hopes is that in time, she’ll get exposed to it. She went through the rebellious phase where she didn’t like superheros, but when pressed, she will watch Justice League with me. I would like her to at least know a lot about comic books, if not enjoy them,” Dean of Students Max Delgado said.

Humans of SPA: Max Delgado

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor November 18, 2015

“When I was teaching in San Francisco, one of my students who was not passing my class - a kid named Miguel - came up to me one time, and he wanted to give me a letter. And the letter thanked me for not giving him a passing grade, because he for the first time took it seriously that he needed to work hard. So we’re talking about what he could do to improve, and we just had one of these sort of random conversations, and he said ‘what do you do when you’re not here?’ and I said ‘well I build boats, and I bind books, and occasionally I make beer.’ He goes, ‘oh, you make beer? My dad does that sometimes, cool.’ And he begins talking about his favorite beer. Now, this is a junior, and he’s not old enough to drink beer. So I’m in a classroom after school, having a conversation with an underage kid about his favorite beer, explaining why while he should not be drinking any beer, the beer he has chosen is probably not worth it, Upper School English teacher Randall Findlay said.

Humans of SPA: Randall Findlay

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor November 10, 2015

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“One time, I really had to fart. But we were in the middle of a test, and the room was completely quiet. So I’m asking [myself], ‘what do I do?’ and I decided - I had a really gigantic textbook next to me - and I decided that if I dropped the textbook at the same time that I farted, no one would hear me. My timing was off,” junior Emily Schoonover said.

Humans of SPA: Emily Schoonover

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor October 23, 2015

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“Being forever alone [is my greatest fear]. It’s a terrible fear, I know. If I was stuck in a room full of butterflies, that wouldn’t work out too well either. I’m extremely afraid of butterflies,” freshman Gabby Harmoning said.

Humans of SPA: Gabby Harmoning

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor October 4, 2015

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“My proudest moment would probably be 8th grade Quiz Bowl Nationals when our team placed 7th in middle school nationals… we had been doing it [Quiz Bowl] since 6th grade and I knew that after that year, I would be switching schools. It was kind of a send off for me and the rest of the team, because a lot of us were leaving. It was our crowning achievement before we all went our separate ways,” junior Cole Staples.

Humans of SPA: Cole Staples

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor October 2, 2015

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“My greatest fear is losing people that I love, and also my dreams. My dreams freak me out sometimes, because they really penetrate the things that make me nervous, and when I wake up… I don’t want to go back to sleep,” freshman Isa Saaverda-Weis.

Humans of SPA: Isa Saaverda-Weis

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor September 30, 2015

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