by Hannah Ryan I really like to bake. My whole life I’ve been a baker. It was passed down to me by my grandmother, who was my whole world. Ok, that’s not true but I feel like recipes on food blogs always start with a sappy story. I started teaching myself how to bake at…
Read MoreIf you’re reading this article, I’m assuming you have at least one sibling. I, like you, have some as well, two sisters to be exact, one younger and one older. Since we’re all stuck in the house together, it has created the perfect environment for daily fights and yelling, so I’ve come up with a…
Read MoreBy: Hannah Ryan “We learn not for school, but for life,” is the motto of our school. What we learn should not only have a positive impact on our futures but on the future of our world. It is 2020, and we have never had a female president, let alone a vice president. In the…
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By: Hannah Ryan Background: On August 12, Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky, a former TV star and now the president of Ukraine, and threatened to withhold money from Ukraine if Zelensky does not launch an investigation into former vice president Joe Biden. Since this violates the law, a whistleblower, a third party whose identity cannot…
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By: Hannah Ryan “Yes, I want my children to understand injustice and the mechanisms through which it persists,” says mother and author Elissa Strauss. She explains that it’s important for everyone to understand systematic injustice in our government as well as how it is executed. However, she later explains that she doesn’t want her children…
Read MoreBy Lila Williams and Hannah Ryan Vine may be dead, but it is still with us in our hearts. Getting over this loss was very difficult, but with the help of many compilations, we still have the memory of Vine with us. To honor this death, we have crafted a video to remind us of…
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by Hannah Ryan The diving season was very successful this year! As one of the many new members of the team, I learned new dives, and eventually got to compete with the other members of my team. I mostly cheered on our amazing divers. Katrina and Jamie, the captains, were amazing this year. All the…
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by Hannah Ryan I’m pretty sure by now we have all heard of what Logan Paul did. If you haven’t, he posted a vlog online when he went into a forest in Japan, Aokigahara, which is also known as suicide forest. Paul saw a dead body, and filmed it. It was clear that the person…
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By: Hannah Ryan and Emma Esteves As students, we always wonder about our teacher’s lives, we have asked them, so you don’t have to. We started off by interviewing Ms. Day, a history teacher here in the upper school. Here are 9 things you might want to know about Ms. Day: Ms. Day chose to…
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By: Hannah Ryan Ingredients · 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 3 cups flour 2 tablespoons of baking powder 1 cup of maple syrup 2 eggs Recipe 1. Preheat your oven to 375° Cream the butter and the sugar Add in the maple syrup Add in the eggs one at a time Gradually add in…
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HB IN RETROSPECT 