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Sophia Van Beek

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief

Sophia Van Beek is a senior at The Masters School and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Tower. She has been a part of Tower for four years, serving as Copy Editor, Features Editor and News Editor. In addition to working on the paper, Van Beek enjoys playing piano and geography quizzes. She is a Lead Tutor for the Writing Center, a diversity ambassador and co-chair of Community Council. She is eager to lead her staff for the 2021-2022 school year.

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A yeshiva in Ramapo, New York. In recent years, organizations like YAFFED have been advocating for educational equality in yeshivas, or private schools for the Orthodox Jewish community.

Regulations aimed at supporting yeshiva students receive mixed reactions

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
May 27, 2022
Student body votes in historic co-chair primary

Student body votes in historic co-chair primary

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2022
A Los Angeles highway in 1973, the year Paul Thomas Anderson's comedy, "Licorice Pizza," was set. In this coming of age film, protagonists Gary and Alana adventure through Los Angeles life, picking up odd jobs, meeting celebrities, and developing an intimate friendship in the process.

The Ennui of Licorice Pizza

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2022
Students spend time together in the common room of their dorm. They are now permitted to visit each other's rooms and enter other dorms.

Temporary Covid restrictions placed on boarding students

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2022

One Year Later: Remembering the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Kira Ratan, Sophia Van Beek, and Lily Zuckerman
January 6, 2022
After a ninth grade student made a threat to two students following an altercation in the Davis Cafe, administration decided to separate the student from the School permanently. Many students chose not to attend school for fear of their safety.

Increased security and higher rates of student absence following threat to campus

Sophia Van Beek and Kira Ratan
December 29, 2021
Sophia Van Beek argues that the School must re-evaluate the way it approaches teaching race in the classroom.

Where Masters’ DEI efforts fall short

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
November 29, 2021
Students drop off Covid tests during lunch. The School is continuing pooled testing through the end of the se- mester. Masters’ testing results can be found on the New York State COVID-19 Report Card.

PCR testing to continue through semester

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2021
Matthew Kammrath

Matthew Kammrath

Sophia Van Beek, Editor-in-Chief
June 15, 2021
A Jewish Orthodox man drives a bicycle through Monsey, a town in Rockland County, N.Y.

Ramapo election aims to restore equity in education

Sophia Van Beek, News Editor
March 8, 2021
Gregory Van Beek grew up in Edina, Minnesota and has been a lifelong Vikings fan. He played football throughout middle and high school, and now he enjoys Sunday afternoons watching NFL games with his youngest daughter.

Reflection: Watching football brought me and my dad closer together

Sophia Van Beek, News Editor
February 5, 2021
Yanvi Gorodischer, Raymond Frost and Jason Kingsley (left to right) are pictured on a Buddy Cruise, a nonprofit organization advocating for individuals with special needs and and their families. Yaniv, Raymond and Jason have lived together for almost 19 years.

Local man with Down syndrome dreams big

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
January 19, 2021
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, people have turned to substances to ease anxiety and boredom.

Substance abuse in the Covid era

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
January 6, 2021
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the winter musical this year has been adapted to fit these new circumstances, all while working to deliver a fun, exciting, performance.

[Photo] The show must go on(line)!

Tim Mathas, Opinion Lead Editor
January 2, 2021
A screenshot of the fourth annual Saturday Summit on Social Justice, hosted by The Masters School and Rye Country Day. The summit fostered conversations about racial justice, gender and sexuality, and took place over Zoom.

News Brief: Roundtable with students of color

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
December 14, 2020
After Biden and Harris' 2020 victory, Democrats everywhere celebrated. However, we cannot let our celebration draw from our activism.

Biden and Harris are not American saviors

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
November 18, 2020
Junior Annie Fabian sports an all-thrifted outfit, sporting clothes she purchased online or traded for.

Thrifting presents an ethical dilemma

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
November 4, 2020
Alumna Crystal Sosa

Alumna Crystal Sosa ’10 talks COVID, bias in medicine

Sophia Van Beek and Lilith Leys
November 1, 2020
Juniors Maddy Blake and Caleb Jakes have been working on a mentorship program for students of color for months. The program will focus on supporting and empowering specifically underclassmen students of color.

Juniors lead students of color mentorship program

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
October 26, 2020
Speakers at a local Black Lives Matter rally ceremonially ripped up a t-shirt that used rhetoric described as "racial intimidation".

Dobbs Ferry Black Lives Matter rally organized in response to “inflammatory” t-shirts

Sophia Van Beek, Features Editor
October 18, 2020
In place of Commencement, which was originally scheduled for June, the school organized a drive-in graduation ceremony.

August graduation canceled amid health concerns

Sophia Van Beek, Copy Editor
July 28, 2020
Prisoners are not being adequately protected during the coronavirus, because they are unable to practice social distancing.

Prisoners deserve better during COVID

Sophia Van Beek, Copy-Editor
May 21, 2020
SWAT team respond to reports of a barricaded person in Dobbs Ferry. According to the Dobbs Ferry Police Department later in the evening, reports of the barricaded person were unfounded.

SWAT investigation in Dobbs Ferry deemed a potential ‘swatting’ incident, investigation remains open

Annie Rubinson and Sophia Van Beek
May 19, 2020
Amidst coronavirus pandemic, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler has relaxed certain policies to ease the strain on factories.

COVID complications cause EPA rollbacks

Sophia Van Beek, Copy-Editor
May 1, 2020
Breaking down privilege and the SAT

Breaking down privilege and the SAT

Sophia Van Beek, Copy Editor
March 10, 2020
An influencer mom, with over three million Instagram followers, posed her two daughters in dresses mimicking Kylie and Kendall Jenner’s Met Gala dresses. The post amassed over 750,000 likes.

The internet makes it easier to exploit children

Sophia Van Beek, Copy Editor
December 4, 2019
Richie Magic: A Dedicated Magician and Local Legend

Richie Magic: A Dedicated Magician and Local Legend

Sophia Van Beek, Copy Editor
October 30, 2019
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