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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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Senior Olivia Black relaxes with her fellow Oxbow students on a beach near San Francisco during a class field trip. “I [learned that everything was connected] l and realized that my work in environmental science could be linked to what I was learning in history. Overall, the art [at Oxbow] was amazing,” senior Olivia Carry said.

Semester away programs expand minds and provide real-world experiences

Lauren Boettcher, Staff Writer December 27, 2014
High Mountain Institute, CITYterm, and The Oxbow School alumni and St. Paul Academy and Summit School students describe their semester away experience.
Color blindness both impairs and empowers: it’s all perspective

Color blindness both impairs and empowers: it’s all perspective

Stephanie Li, Staff Writer December 5, 2014

Everyday, people around the world have to deal with color blindness - their perception of shades and intensities is altered. Imagine standing in the middle of Times Square and seeing a green and white...

Synesthesia adds vibrant color to daily interactions

Synesthesia adds vibrant color to daily interactions

Amodhya Samarakoon, Opinions Editor December 4, 2014

Tasting a smell, hearing a texture or seeing spoken words in color are, to most, uncommon experiences which can be difficult to understand since they are experienced by only a small percentage of the world’s...

Sophomore Isabelle Saul-Hughes gets involved in safe-sex education by working at Planned Parenthood locations. “I think that sex ed is super important because it’s really easy to not know what is going on,” she said.  Here, she holds the ribbon she received for working with the Affordable Care Act:  “I was a member of the ObamaCare outreach team so I called people and told them about ObamaCare,” Saul-Hughes said. “With them I also went to see Obama [at the Union Depot on Feb. 26] , which was so cool.”

Volunteers for Planned Parenthood talk about sex education programs

Hannah Johnson, Editor in Chief May 2, 2014

Sex education. These two words alone inspire a groan from almost any St. Paul Academy and Summit School student. While most dread the sometimes uncomfortable yet vital topic, two students are going above...

Seniors Charlie Rosenblum, Ysabella Johnson, Alicia Zhang, juniors Bella Martinez, Evva Parsons, Jesus Vega, Emma Rodgerson, and freshman Lutalo Jones discuss the Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly. “It’s an experience to talk about it, and keep relearning history and bring in new perspectives,” Rosenblum said.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day assembly features films in place of speaker

Boraan Abdulkarim, Cover Story Editor February 24, 2014

Year after year, students shuffle into the Briggs Gymnasium, opening up their ears and their minds to the year’s designated speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly. This year, however, Intercultural...

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