Bugle Solo Stories is a special edition, end-of-the-year issue of The Bolles Bugle. Through this issue, our goal was to capture the stories of the childhood, challenge, and change of Bugle staff in less than 500 words; the idea being that a story need not be long for it to carry weight.  As a staff, we were inspired by the...

To quantify the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of our school, the Student Council conducted a survey regarding the mental health at Bolles. The anonymous survey, published on the San Jose Students Schoology page, consisted of 11 questions regarding the various aspects of mental health of students. Questions...

Dear readers, We, the Editorial Board of The Bolles Bugle, firmly stand against the rampant increase of Asian American hate crimes over the past few months. As of March 16, 2021, 3,800 incidents of Asian American-directed hate crimes have been reported over the course of the pandemic year (NBC News).  While the Atlanta...

Team moms are like the stage managers in a huge Broadway play. They’re the back bone of the whole production so nothing falls apart and everything goes according to plan. Being a team mom is no joke and is a serious commitment. When questioned how long she, Roxanne Epstein, had been a team mom, she took a pause and said...

Amid all the corona chaos in the fall of 2020, you may have overlooked a new addition to our decorated football team. Emma Stasiak (‘22,) a transfer to Bolles from St. Johns Country Day, brought her experience with the game to the field. Stasiak is the only female member of the football team or staff. One might wonder if...

Racially-blind casting, or colorblind casting, is defined as “casting that does not take race or ethnicity into account.” On the surface, this seems like a positive to a lot of people. One of the most popular examples of this is the Broadway musical Hamilton, where POC, or people of color, are cast to play historically white...

Have you noticed that the historical figures presented on the United States currency, the dollar bill, are all white males? The current figures on US dollar bills are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Franklin, and William McKinley. Most of whom supported...

Women in leadership is a recurring theme on the Upper School campus. It started with the first female principal, Mrs. Julie Babcock, a former Bolles teacher and staff member who served as principal for over 10 years. And now, she is joined by Mrs. Marks, a former teacher, international coordinator, department chair, and now...

Have you ever wanted to talk to the people we see on screen, on stage, and online? And just feel noticed by the famous people we all look up to? Well, the Bugle Staff decided to DM (direct message) 75+ celebrities on social media to see if they would respond, so you wouldn’t have to. DMing celebrities is a vicious cycle....