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Examining the effects of single-use plastic

Examining the effects of single-use plastic

June 13, 2018

Uma Mokhtarzadeh Staff Writer When buying lunch at Panzers, Alice Moyle (’20) was offered a single-use plastic bag for her pre-packaged sandwich. Although meant to be helpful, Moyle believes that...

AP exams and the additional materials students use

AP exams and the additional materials students use

June 13, 2018

Taylor Anderson Staff Writer 128 students are currently taking 3 or more Advanced Placement (AP) classes, and they will undoubtedly have to spend money on outside materials, including preparatory books...

Head of School Reflects On Her First Year At ASL

Head of School Reflects On Her First Year At ASL

June 13, 2018

Eli Nilson Staff Writer Nearly every morning Head of School Robin Appleby stands at the top of Waverley Place entrance, greeting students for the coming day filled with learning, collaboration, innovation,...

Leaving Teachers 2017-2018

June 12, 2018

Sophie Ashley Lead News Editor -- Quinn Whitman Media Director Lead News Editor Sophie Ashley and Media Director Quinn Whitman sit down with the faculty who will not be returning to ASL in the...

The Standard reviews: My Heart And Other Black Holes

The Standard reviews: My Heart And Other Black Holes

June 12, 2018

Sara Short Staff Writer  Content Warning: mentions of suicide One of the most heartbreaking quotes from My Heart And Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga describes how depression feels to someone...

Guest Writer Rohan Prasad (18) on diversity in texts

Guest Writer Rohan Prasad (’18) on diversity in texts

June 9, 2018

Rohan Prasad Guest Writer I have attended ASL for fourteen years. In this time I have read Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet; I have read The Odyssey and Antigone. I have scrutinized texts like The Great...

Saying meaningful goodbyes

Saying meaningful goodbyes

June 8, 2018

Each spring, approximately 10 percent of ASL’s 1350 community members do not return for the following school year. And each fall, those spaces are replaced with new faces. With the transient...

Q and A with local teen politician: Seth Weisz

Q and A with local teen politician: Seth Weisz

June 6, 2018

At just 18 years old, Seth Weisz stood to be Abbey Road Ward’s councillor in the Westminster City Council in the council elections in May. He would have represented much of St John’s Wood, the school...

Late night talk shows spark conversation

June 6, 2018

Lena Levey Staff Writer “There’s something about seeing it on a screen that helps... Late night talk shows help you not take the world so seriously,” Juliette Rooney (’19) said. In the...

Diversity in sexuality

Diversity in sexuality

Lea George and Sara Short June 6, 2018

Diversity is an aspect of society that ASL emphasizes frequently, whether that be through the bi-annual Global Festival, or the school’s diversity statement. The school takes pride in its diversity and...

Redefining luxury with Selfridge’s new exhibition ‘Flipside’

June 5, 2018

Izzy Harris Staff Writer Recently I strayed from my typical lunch plans and attended an exhibition that resided in the Old Selfridges Hotel. Accompanying Selfridges’ “Radical Luxury” project,...

Grade 9 hosts record number of events

Grade 9 hosts record number of events

June 5, 2018

Eli Nilson Staff Writer The freshman class has had four bonding events so far this year, with plans for a fifth event currently being put together. Grade 9 students worked with their Student...

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