Students and faculty reflect on school’s reentry decision as remote start looms
Logan Schiciano, New Ventures Editor
September 5, 2020
With the first day of classes just days away, students and faculty at The Masters School have varying opinions on Head of School Laura Danforth’s decision to return to remote teaching and learning for at least the month of September. Danforth detailed the school’s reentry plans, which she said w...
U.S. military provides aid, takes precaution during pandemic
Hanna Schiciano, Contributing Writer
August 17, 2020
The last time the U.S. faced a disease as contagious as COVID-19 was the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, while military troops were battling in World War I. Over 100,000 American troops lost their lives in that war, around 45,000 of those from the influenza (i.e. Spanish flu). Now, 102 years later, many American troops stationed at home and around the world are suffering from the effects of COVID-19, and those who are called upon are providing aid to COVID-19 p...
The COVID-19 blame game
Logan Schiciano, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
June 10, 2020
While the Trump Administration has pushed theories that COVID-19 started in a bio-lab in Wuhan, China and also blamed initial Chinese responses to the virus for the pandemic spread of the disease, the Chinese government has denied these allegations. Chinese boarding students at The Masters School...
Prisoners deserve better during COVID
Sophia Van Beek, Copy-Editor
May 21, 2020
In an Alabama state prison, an anonymous man is hunched over a camera pleading for his life; another inmate claims that “death is imminent” according to a CNN report. One hundred inmates rioted for their lives when six people at the Washington State Penitentiary tested positive for COVID-19, accordin...
Brock employees receive support from Paycheck Protection Program
Logan Schiciano, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
May 10, 2020
Over 50 days since The Masters School closed on March 9, the Masters dining hall staff received their first paychecks from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on Friday, May 1. General Manager Lee Bergelson was notified April 19 that Brock and Company, Inc., the school’s dining services company,...
Distance learning alters international students’ schedules
Owen Strier and Gabe Keller, Features Editor and Sports Editor
May 5, 2020
With the recent events surrounding COVID-19, the closure of Masters and the dorms, many of the international students are facing challenges with the online schooling that has been put into place. Most of the problems that they’re noticing are revolving around great time differences and sleep schedules...
Worth more lives, now, lives worth more
Andrew Mitchell, Contributing Writer
May 5, 2020
100 years ago, soldiers were marched into battle as pawns, in a greater international chess game. Human lives were deemed expendable, with the greater goal of victory dictating the death count. Almost 20 million soldiers in WWI, and over 50 million soldiers in WW2, were classified as casualties; they were a si...
Zoom vs. Google Meet
Lance Leys, Contributing Writer
May 5, 2020
As The Masters School adjusts to life in quarantine, students and teachers alike have been learning about Google Meet as a teaching tool. Many other high schools and colleges, however, have turned to Zoom as their own program of choice, or have even allowed teachers to pick whichever program suits th...
European study suggests different social distancing rules for runners
Tim Mathas, Opinion Editor
May 2, 2020
While it is understood that six feet apart is the optimal distance two individuals must be from each other in order to adhere to proper social distancing protocols, a recent study has brought into question whether this same rule applies for runners. With lots of extra time being spent at home during quarantine, m...
COVID-19 gives us the perfect opportunity to change our environmentalist attitude
M. Brody Leo, News Editor
May 1, 2020
A few days ago, a picture of a crystal-clear Venice canal popped onto my Instagram feed with a caption explaining that with no boats stirring up sediment, the waterways have become hospitable to all sorts of creatures. Of course, my face lit up when I saw that bright post after a couple of dark weeks i...
Recent religious holidays provide outlet for creativity and hope
Logan Schiciano, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has altered all facets of daily life and religion has been no exception; with places of worship across the country closed off to congregants, people utilized the friendly confines of their homes, technology and a little bit of creativity to remain connected during the most recen...
10 ways to keep busy during self-quarantine
Sophie Grand and Annie Rubinson, Opinion Editor and News Lead Editor
March 28, 2020
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