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Harris Heartbreak: A First Person Experience

Harris Heartbreak: A First Person Experience

Grace Hendy, Author December 4, 2024

“Do you want to go campaigning on Satur-”, “yes” I responded faster than my friend could even finish her sentence. It was one week before the 2024 election, and I was feeling motivated to take...

Veterans Day Speech

Olivia Cushman, Author December 4, 2024

As we celebrated Veterans Day this year, the question, “why do we have school on Veterans Day?” floated around Students’ heads. Students questioned why we have the day off on Presidents Day, and...

Inside the Growing World of Sports Gambling

Inside the Growing World of Sports Gambling

Ben Booma, Author December 4, 2024

In recent years, the rise of legalized sports betting in the United States has been nothing short of meteoric, transforming what was once a niche activity into a mainstream cultural phenomenon. The Supreme...

The Year of Concussions

Lucy Perkins, Author December 4, 2024

How many of us know someone who has been diagnosed with a concussion this fall alone? St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School has faced a drastic uptick in concussions lately. Last fall there were only 15...

Saintsgiving

Saintsgiving

Maddie Wills, Author December 4, 2024

Thanksgiving is known as the holiday for getting together with family, eating a huge dinner, and watching football, but in the St. Stephen's & St. Agnes community, many students know this time of year...

Trouble In Paradise: The Sudden Cancellations of Service Learning and Exchange Trips Programs

Trouble In Paradise: The Sudden Cancellations of Service Learning and Exchange Trips Programs

Tatum Spencer, Jordin Anteneh, and Rose Breckinridge December 4, 2024

Since 2008, St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School has hosted travel programs for students to enjoy learning outside of the classroom around the country and abroad. There have been trips to France, Spain,...

Student's Reactions to the Election

Student’s Reactions to the Election

Evan Hendy, Author December 4, 2024

In a survey of the student body from before the election, 75% of students said they would vote for Kamala Harris. On election day, the country disagreed, and for the first time since 2004 a Republican...

Causing Quite a Racquet: The Rise of Squash

Causing Quite a Racquet: The Rise of Squash

Conall Amunson and Cyrus Waters December 4, 2024

Squash is a sport at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes that has been overlooked by the students in past years. Many students play other sports whereas others don’t even realize squash is a sport. But this...

Lookie Lookie Lookie, It’s Crumbl Cookie!

Jordin Anteneh and Jordon Dixon October 29, 2024

It's finally here! The smell of sugar and butter has made it to Alexandria City. On Friday, September 27, the Bradlee Shopping Center welcomed the newest Crumbl location. The opening has been long awaited,...

What Stresses You Out? SSSAS Works to Listen to Student Voices

Lucy Perkins October 29, 2024

How many of us feel stressed and overwhelmed by the many activities we struggle to keep up with on a daily basis? How many of us feel misunderstood by our parents and teachers who may not understand all...

Nationwide Book Bans–Our Librarians’ Perspectives

Jackson Sipple-Asher, Author October 29, 2024

Recently, a shocking statistic by PEN America revealed that roughly 10,000 books have been banned in public schools just last school year. This number shows a massive increase from the 3,362 book bannings...

A “Real man” vs. a REAL man: A look at Toxic Masculinity at SSSAS

Grace Hendy, Author October 29, 2024

Toxic masculinity is defined as “a set of attitudes and ways of behaving stereotypically associated with or expected of men, regarded as having a negative impact on men and on society as a whole.”...

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