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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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FIRST HOME. In 2009, Shaughnessy was adopted from India at the age of four. At her orphanage, Moushi women took care of her. This photo was taken on the day that Shaughnessy was adopted.

Shaughnessy heals through the revival of adoptee affinity group Love & Grace

Elle Chen, RubicOnline January 19, 2022
After coming back from a trip in 2019, Shaughnessy’s emotions, from fear to anger to yearning, prompted her to take initiative in reforming an adoptee affinity group.
Besse is using handmade sheets of colorful tissue paper taped and folded together to build the dress.

Besse steps out of her comfort zone with latest art endeavor

Eliana Mann, RubicOnline October 20, 2021
Senior Nan Besse is trying out a new art form for an Honors Art Seminar project, in which she will create a dress from tissue paper.
After each match at the U.S. Open, Osaka posted a photo of her walking onto the court with the mask and the name that she wore. On every post except this one, she didnt leave a caption. Osaka said, Actually I have a lot to say about this. I remember Trayvon’s death clearly. I remember being a kid and just feeling scared, irreverent info but I actually didn’t wear hoodies for years cause I wanted to decrease the odds of “looking suspicious”. I know his death wasn’t the first, but for me it was the one that opened my eyes to what was going on. I remember watching the events unfold on tv and wondering what was taking so long, why was justice not being served. To see the same things happening over and over still is sad. Things have to change.

An athlete, a social justice warrior…

Elizabeth Trevathan, Director of RubicOnline February 27, 2021

Naomi Osaka: the female championship athlete of our generation. At the age of 22 in 2019, she was the highest-paid female athlete in the world. The Associated Press's Female Athlete of 2020. A four-time...

Besse believes that animation and movie is the future of art and has a plan to become an director in the future.

[PODCAST] Is animation the future of drawing?

Elizabeth Trevathan, Staff Writer April 19, 2019
Animation and stop-motion art is where Besse believes the future is.
Herspace Leaders Nitya Thakker and Adelia Bergner run a button making table for International Womens Day.

International Women’s Day celebrates progress

Evelyn Lillemoe, The Rubicon Editor March 8, 2019
International Women's Day at SPA strives to celebrate progress.
It’s scary, twelve years is not a long time, it’s less than the number of years I’ve been alive. I don’t think we’re doing enough given that the United States produces more emissions than pretty much any other countries, especially compared to our population size., senior Eliza Reedy said.

[SPA Thinks] Students respond to climate change report

Kat St. Martin-Norburg, The Rubicon Editor December 5, 2018

On Black Friday, Nov. 23, the United States Global Change Research Program released Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Change Assessment. The report was scheduled to be released a month later, and...

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