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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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[The 5] Breakfast being served at schools, McDonalds fast food, North Korean troops in Russia and more

[The 5] Breakfast being served at schools, McDonalds fast food, North Korean troops in Russia and more

Audrey Jansen, Peter Lipinsky, and Allan Wang October 27, 2024
The five weekly must read Local, National and International news articles.
SPA honors Indigenous People's day by bringing in native speakers Jennifer White and Juleana Enright. Senior Deling Chen, described why IC is takes the holiday seriously: “SPA has been around for a century and we don’t want it to seem like we’re just tokenizing the Indigenous experience; [we] actually engage with, support and appreciate native culture,” she said.

Indigenous People’s Day: speakers, discussions and new understandings

Alyda Overgaard, Staff Writer October 26, 2024
Indigenous People's Day took place on Oct. 14 and the Upper School held an assembly on Oct. 23 hosting two guest speakers.
GOOD TURNOUT. Event organizer Dayton was pleasantly surprised with the amount of students that showed up on Monday. "I thought it was just gonna be a couple people, but it was a lot more people and that was really nice," Dayton said.

Dayton hosts postcard writing event to encourage voter participation

Greyson Sale, Production Manager October 24, 2024
Junior Echo Dayton hosted a postcard writing event on Monday and Thursday. The postcards will be sent to residents of swing states to encourage voter participation in the upcoming elections on Nov. 5.
COFFEE w/FRIENDS. Deling Chen, and others use some of thier senior writing to socialize.

Senior Writing Day helps seniors lock in

Nabeeha Qadri and Ike Obi-Walker October 21, 2024
On Oct. 16, seniors took an extra day off for MEA weekend to work on college applications and lingering school work.
COMING UP. No Phone November will take place over a period of 14 days next month.
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Admin, students work to develop No Phone November policy

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline October 21, 2024
No Phone November has been talked about for years, but it is finally coming to fruition with the efforts of admin and student groups such as STC.
[The 5] MEA weekend airport chaos, Navy plane crashes by Mount Rainier, U.S. Constitution copy sells and more

[The 5] MEA weekend airport chaos, Navy plane crashes by Mount Rainier, U.S. Constitution copy sells and more

Audrey Jansen, Peter Lipinsky, and Allan Wang October 20, 2024
The 5 is a weekly digest of local, national, and international news.
ADVERTISEMENT. USC Co-President Cerena Karmaliani, junior rep. Shefali Meagher and ninth-grade rep. Shrey Nemani (left to right) promote the Blood Drive. They set up a table just outside of the dining hall with flyers and information about donating.

[NEWS IN BRIEF] USC Blood Drive happening on Halloween; sign-ups still open

Audrey Jansen, RubicOnline October 16, 2024
The USC Blood Drive will take place 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the small gym on Oct. 31.
Credit: Georgia Ross. PBS News fact-checked each candidate in its "Fact-checking the VP debate between Vance and Walz on abortion, immigration and Iran" story.

Voting or not, students tune in for VP debate

Lucy Thomas, RubicOnline October 12, 2024
The Vice Presidential Debate was a calm contrast to the chaos of the recent Presidential Debates.
MOUTH-WATERING MEAL. Sophomore Avi Coleman has dinner with her family. A round challah can be seen on the left-hand side, and the round challah signifies that the year is coming full circle.

Rosh Hashanah: a time for reflection, new beginnings

Nabeeha Qadri, RubicOnline October 8, 2024
Learn how students celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
LAB FUN. German Exchange students work in the design lab after school on Oct. 2. They were invited to make a souvenir using the 3D printers, wood cutters, and various other tools in the makerspace.

One week into the German Exchange, connections build

Andrew Lipinsky, RubicOnline October 5, 2024
The German Exchange Students have arrived in Minnesota after a long flight here.
STUDY AND SOCIALIZATION. Students relax in the newly designated common spaces during their free time.

Grade level common spaces switch up status quo

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline October 3, 2024

 In an email outlining policy updates sent to students at the end of August, Dean of Students Stacy Tepp introduced a surprising new policy: the official designation of common spaces for each grade. Prior...

SERVICE TIME. A sophomore is shown logging their hours into the sophomore community service form. Sophomores are supposed to log hours into a Google form, citing what work they did and the number of hours completed.

Sophomore service hours reintroduced; students give back

Yassin Mokbel, RubicOnline September 30, 2024
The re-introduction of sophomores community service hours is designed to give students a purpose beyond school.
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