Mitchell Henshaw ‘20 learned about the hurricane ten days in advance of its arrival, but didn’t consider it as a threat until a few days before. Brandon Boyle ‘18 didn’t worry about the oncoming hurricane. In preparation, he “put a trashcan out to collect rainwater for flushing toilets and filled the tub for drinking water, and that's pretty much it.” Wyatt Kogan ‘18 found himself...

85 thousand people is a large quantity of people. That is the amount of people who follow Hanna Ali (’19) , also known as @ hannyslimes on Instagram. Ali buys, sells and makes her own slime (a mix of lotion, foaming hand soap, glue, and activator) which she displays on her Instagram.   Ali explains how she began, “I started making slime when I saw a YouTube video [of slime] and my friend...

This year, the Bolles cheerleaders will be given the once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at the Macy’s Day parade held every Thanksgiving in New York City. After head cheerleading coach, Larry Hodges, saw the parade a few years ago, he immediately thought of the Bolles Cheerleaders. Hodges said, “I saw the parade cheerleaders, and I thought that would be awesome for our cheerleaders.” While...

The curtains draw open on a new era beginning in Whitehurst theater as legendary teacher, Mr. Fritton, has moved exclusively to the middle school, leaving room for Mr. Austin to take his role.   Mr. Daniel Austin has always loved theater. In high school, while he attended Bartram Trail, he fought to have a theater program. “Our drama teacher had a stroke, and they were ready to cut it entirely....

President Trump recently released a new edition of his travel ban impacting North Korea, Syria, Chad, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Iran, and Venezuela. He continues to implement his immigration policy, via a travel ban, believing that this will successfully perform the duty of, “Detecting attempted entry into the United States by terrorists or other public-safety threats,” according to www.whitehouse.gov. "It seems very distant," According to Mrs. Marks, our head of upper school who has been working...

Crazy Rich Asians succeeded because it was a good movie, and because of the East Asian cast. Unlike most blockbusters, the cast list represents a variety of Asian ethnic groups: Chinese, Filipina, and Thai. Movie critics said it was the first of its kind. But, non-white casts have been around longer than people may think. Flower Drum Song is a fully Asian cast movie that came out in 1961. Want proof...

Overall, the idea of a geostorm is faulty. It is impossible to create, but scientifically not too far off IF someone could bend time and the atmosphere to their will. The film, Geostorm while entertaining, scientific faults hard to ignore, even for a solid ly mind-numbing action flick. “Massive tornado storms, ice storms, earthquakes, tidal waves destroying all of what looks like New York City...