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“Friday is the big finish for the week,” Serena explained, when the lion dance troupe comes to campus. “[I love when the] dance troupes come and get to share their art with everybody and interact with the audience,” she added. Lion dancing is an important and special ritual in Chinese tradition, believed to rid a space from evil spirits and bring good luck. “That’s probably my favorite part of the whole week because feeding them the red envelopes is very fun [and symbolizes good fortune],” Momo added.

[Photo] A Fiery New Year of the Dragon

Sydney Chan and Nora Bitar
February 24, 2024
Field hockey player Lily Gover (‘24) wears her lucky Union Jack HocSocx (under-shin guard covers) beneath her socks in every game, a superstition she’s maintained for three high school seasons.

[Photo] Sporting Superstitions

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2023
Some students participated in the dragon dance during both middle and upper school lunch. Holding long, wooden poles on various parts of the dragon’s body, the students could make the dragon look like it was dancing by swaying in different directions.

[Photo] Hopping into the New Year

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2023
In 2016, the Collins English Dictionary selected “snowflake generation” to be one of its words of the year, categorizing “the young adults of the 2010s as being less resilient and more prone to taking offence than previous generations.” Now, a little less than a decade later, this phrase is still relevant in our current society.

[Photo] Snowflakes

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
December 21, 2022
Saxophone players Steven Yin ('24) (left) and Connor Schneider ('22) (right), drummer Giacomo Berti ('24), vocalist/pianist Sashi Chuckravanen ('25), and mentor and bass player Mr. Robert Anderson played some snappy tunes at The Conrad.

[Photo] Crescendo at The Conrad

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
May 26, 2022
Post-game featuring a great little detail from Sloan Park: this old-school scoreboard. There’s just something about it that had a great laid back feel.

[Photo] “Baseball Season’s Underway…”

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2022
This is what the Olympics should be all about: athletes from different countries coming together to not only compete and bring pride to their nation but have fun and enjoy each other’s company. Pictured are the beach volleyball medalists at the 2016 Rio Summer Games.

[Photo] From Moscow to Beijing

Sydney Chan, Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2022
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