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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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[SPA THINKS] What can be done to fix lunch?

February 28, 2022

In a poll sent to the 9-12 student body, a number of students shared opinions on what could make lunch a better experience. Here's what they said: SETH GREWE, 12: "Personally, I am not a picky eater,...

Every(Man) (2018) I love tech week... staying after school with my friends and having shared dinners, getting into costumes and makeup, working as a team on problems and feeling that sense of our own little community being on the verge of something greater than ourselves. -Annika Brelsford, 12

[GOOD QUESTION] What goes into a theater production?

Hobbs Lillygreen, The Rubicon September 28, 2021
A play takes everybody’s commitment to the vision to work; each individual role is critical to the final product. For US plays, a step-by-step schedule is necessary to get to a successful final curtain.
Screenshot of Peltiers petition

Students petition to stay in school

Mimi Huelster November 4, 2020

Yesterday, after the announcement about the move back to distance learning, a link was shared across the SPA community. When opened, it revealed a Change.org site titled "Petition To Continue Hybrid...

[GRADE LEVEL CHALLENGE]… SPA Student Body Trivia Edition

Will Schavee, RubicOnline October 20, 2020
Junior Per Johnson and 9th Grader Violet Benson battle off to see who knows more about the SPA student body.
US Theater Director Eric Severson posted the cast list for Dylan Thomas Under Milkwood, a show that will challenge the 33 actors cast as they take on multiple roles in a show with 67 characters.

Under Milkwood cast announced

Arts Brief October 8, 2020
The show includes a number of omniscient narrators, challenging the cast to embody multiple characters throughout the production.
Upper School students listen to US Fine Arts teacher Eric Severson as he explains the agenda of auditions.

Auditions generate excitement for fall play

Annika Rock, RubicOnline September 21, 2019
Auditions for "The Madwoman of Chaillot" were held this past Thursday and Friday in the Driscoll commons.
Students and faculty took to Snapchat, to share their favorite superhero with answers ranging from Spiderman to Thanos.

[FILTERED] Who is your favorite superhero?

Bobby Verhey, RubicOnline Editor May 2, 2019
Students and faculty took to Snapchat, to share their favorite superhero with answers ranging from Spiderman to Thanos.
Ninth graders perform Romeo and Juliet at VeronaFest

Ninth graders perform Romeo and Juliet at VeronaFest

Bobby Verhey, RubicOnline Editor March 13, 2019
Ninth graders took on scenes from the famous play "Romeo and Juliet" and performed in front of their grade in the Huss Auditorium.
The Winter One Acts captivate with the hilarious but strange

The Winter One Acts captivate with the hilarious but strange

Sam Hanson, RubicOnline Editor February 1, 2019
The Upper School Winter One Acts were everything and more, with student-directed and fantastically peculiar performances.
SPA students took to Snapchat to share their favorite song.

[FILTERED] What’s your favorite song?

Bobby Verhey, RubicOnline Editor January 24, 2019
Students took to Snapchat, to share their favorite song with answers ranging from "Baby" to "Mo Bamba."
US Theater director stands in an illustration from Every(man), the play he will direct this fall.

Every(man) examines the themes of life

Kat St. Martin-Norburg, The Rubicon Editor September 25, 2018
Theater Department Director Eric Severson has anounced that the fall play for 2018 is Everyman. It incorporates characters as metaphors for life themes, which will hopefully cause the audience and actors to reflect on the world and people's roles. The play will be on Nov. 16 and 17 in the Huss Center.
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