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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

Top five opinion stories of 2024

Top five opinion stories of 2024

RubicOnline Staff January 10, 2025
Read the top five opinion stories of 2024.
Top five A&E stories of 2024

Top five A&E stories of 2024

RubicOnline Staff January 9, 2025
Look back on 2024 through our top five A&E stories.
Top five sports stories of 2024

Top five sports stories of 2024

RubicOnline Staff, RubicOnline January 8, 2025
Look back on 2024 through our top five sports stories.
Top five news stories of 2024

Top five news stories of 2024

RubicOnline Staff January 7, 2025
Look back on 2024 through our top five news stories.
WINTER BREAK. Check back in late January for regular reporting. (Ibid Photo: Ellie Camp)

Students on winter break until January, regular reporting to continue in 2025

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline December 19, 2024
Upper School winter break is from Dec. 21 - Jan. 6. RubicOnline will not be regularly updated until mid January when our reporters return to school.
Since 2016, the Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has created a personalized recap of users’ listening habits. It calculates each user’s top songs, artists and listening minutes, presenting the results in a distinct and uniquely recognizable format.

It’s time to unwrap Wrapped

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline December 9, 2024
Students shared their reactions to this year's Spotify Wrapped, which was released last Wednesday.
DON'T STOP ME NOW. The three ensembles finish the concert off strong with "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.

With colors and music, the POPs Concert lives up to its name

Lani Ngonethong, RubicOnline December 8, 2024
This Friday and Saturday, the jazz band, orchestra and choir performed at the annual Pops Concert.
INPUT IGNORED. The implementation of the new phone-free policy, despite overwhelmingly negative feedback from students, has contributed to a loss of trust in the administration. In order to repair this relationship, the administration must show that they value student voices and use the data collected in surveys when considering policies.

[STAFF EDITORIAL] Phone policy reveals disregard of student input, lack of trust in admin

The Rubicon Staff November 30, 2024
No-phone-vember left minimal space for student opinion.
ICE CREAM SODA. After a misunderstanding between Emily Webb and George Gibbs, George takes her out for some ice cream soda.

[PLAY REVIEW] Finding life, love and grief in Our Town

Lani Ngonethong, RubicOnline November 25, 2024
On Nov. 22 and 23, the US Theatre performed the American classic play "Our Town."
SHARING A SMILE. St.Pierre laughs with his father. Photo submitted by Eugene St. Pierre.

St. Pierre brings craftsmanship to school community

Georgia Ross, Chief Visual Editor November 21, 2024
Eugene St. Pierre has had a huge impact on the SPA community sharing his handy skills and now his story with students K-12.
GLOBAL RESEARCH. As a part of her research, Boemler visited Cambridge England in 2018 to look at books in the Kings College Library (Submitted photo from Anne Boemler).

[DISCUSSING THE DISSERATION] English teacher Dr. Boemler

Yassin Mokbel, RubicOnline November 20, 2024
The first part in a multi-story series, English teacher Anne Boemler discusses the rare manuscripts and forgotten female poets from her PhD research and the impact they have had in the classroom.
ANALYSIS WITH AN AGENDA. In the midst of No-phone-vember and following an assembly where students were presented slideshows of data, many feel the graphs misrepresented the student survey responses.

[STAFF EDITORIAL] Clear as mud: a call for data transparency

RubicOnline Staff November 16, 2024
Sharing the raw data from student surveys, rather than nitpicked interpretations, allows students to generate their own interpretations and understandings of the school.
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