The Standard will not be publishing new content over the summer break. Posting will resume in September.

High School community showcases language diversity

Amber de Saint-Exupéry, Tristan Weiss, and Nick Zirinis|October 16, 2020

High School students’ language experience

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‘All This Time’ mirrors a distorted reality

With summer weather comes a number of seasonal foods, from popsicles to corn on the cob to grilled vegetables. Here are five recipes perfect for summer.

Top 5 summer recipes

Ruby Read (’23) and Ellie Taylor (’23) act in a scene filmed at 47 Grove End Road May 8. Read and Taylor are both enrolled in the Advanced Acting: TV and Film class and collaborated with two other film classes to produce three-minute films for the annual High School Film Festival.

Annual Film Festival to premiere online, showcasing student productions

Reese Laurienti (’23) holds Holi powder used to decorate T-shirts worn by Concert Choir members while recording “Balleilakka” at Canons Park May 4. The choir’s spring concert went live June 6, showcasing “Balleilakka” alongside other parts of their repertoire.

End of year performing arts concerts take place amid COVID-19 restrictions

As finals week arrives and stress runs high, listening to music can help process difficult emotions and increase motivation. These playlists focus on benefiting productivity and conserving happy feelings while also helping get over mental breakdowns.

Music serves as emotional outlet for students amid finals week

Lead Opinions Editor Mia George and Opinions Editor: Print Daniel de Beer break down the most important political stories of this past week.

Politics Update

Owen Humphries (’22), English Teacher Sean Linton and Cece Muecke (’21) join the Gender-Sexuality Alliance’s silent protest, wearing rainbow colors to show support for the LGBTQIA+ community. After middle school students hung up a Trump-Pence campaign flag Oct. 19, GSA encouraged students to show up to school Oct. 26 wearing rainbows on masks, flags and stickers.

GSA silent protest, Trump-Pence campaign flag provoke debate among student body

With gloves on, Library Administrative Assistant Steve Reed retrieves a book from the shelves of the Mellon Library. The process for borrowing books follows a new quarantine protocol to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Mellon Library accommodates for unique challenges presented by COVID-19

Grade 12 graduation will take place at Central Hall Westminster with extra COVID-19 regulations and will be available to watch over livestream. Grade 12 students may only invite two guests and will be seated on the ground floor rather than the stage.

Grade 12 student tests positive for COVID-19 in second confirmed HS case

Signs around school remind students and staff to follow the school's COVID-19 guidelines. The school had its first positive test result Sept. 17.

Middle school faculty member tests positive for COVID-19, 53 self-isolating

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