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Ruby Rogers, Media Team

Ruby Rogers ('26) is a member of the Media Team for The Standard in Advanced Journalism.

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Caroline Bird speaks to students in Pride Club during a lunch meeting March 1. Bird spent a week at the school Feb. 26 to March 1 as this year’s Bergeron Fellow.

[Photo] How Bergeron Fellow Caroline Bird creates, destroys loneliness through poetry

Clara Martinez, Editor-in-Chief
March 27, 2024
In a video played on repeat, artist Gina Birch screams at a camera in pure defiance. This is “3 Minute Scream” by Birch, the featured image of Tate Britain’s “Women in Revolt!” show.

[Video] Tate Britain’s ‘Woman In Revolt!’ dizzies in discontent, criticizes patriarchy

Ruby Rogers, Media Team
March 27, 2024
From upcoming concerts to personal stories from musicians, The Standard has compiled an in-depth package on how music shapes the school community and beyond.

[Photo] Finding a melody: How school, London community connects through music

Clara Martinez, Editor-in-Chief
March 25, 2024
In “The Studio,” created in 1969, Guston presents the artist as a Klansman. Guston was willing to ask the uncomfortable questions, probing themes of evil and accountability, in a greater stride for societal justice. Guston used signature symbols from his life and paintings in this piece, such as a cigarette, clock, lightbulb, window and paintbrushes.

GALLERY Philip Guston’s retrospective show highlights artistic dexterity, political expression

Ruby Rogers, Media Team
February 10, 2024
Creativity can help reduce feelings of depression or anxiety and strengthen essential brain functions for learning. Students who have incorporated creative activities into daily life are likely to find an increase in academic performance and overall happiness.

Practicing creativity boosts mental health, academic performance

Ruby Rogers, Media Team
February 1, 2024
The Film Festival is an annual project where students collaborate to create short movies that are showcased to the school community at the end of the second semester. Students from three classes worked together to direct, film, and edit each movie.

Film Festival participants, teachers explore behind the scenes production process

Madeleine Galuga and Ruby Rogers
June 13, 2023
Juman Malouf expresses passion for historical styles through world of art and design

Juman Malouf expresses passion for historical styles through world of art and design

Ruby Rogers, Reporter
May 2, 2023
Mission migration: Carlos Alvarez-Santos learns valuable lessons through travels

Mission migration: Carlos Alvarez-Santos learns valuable lessons through travels

Ruby Rogers and Madeleine Galuga
May 2, 2023
Performative activism on social media is activism where the motive is for one’s personal gain, instead of genuine support for a cause. The term rose in popularity in 2020 after the killing of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement on social media, and although it is seen as for ones personal gain, performative activism is a crucial step in growing a movement and leading it to success.

OPINION: Performative activism provides essential base for environmental movement expansion

Ruby Rogers, Reporter
March 1, 2023
Middle, High School band students perform in Band-O-Rama

Middle, High School band students perform in Band-O-Rama

Ruby Rogers and Oskar Doepke
February 17, 2023
With such a diverse array of options, finding a good quality, delicious and authentic Chinese restaurant can often be difficult. Reporters Rowan Hamilton and Ruby Rogers share the best Chinese restaurants across the city.

Top 4 Chinese restaurants in London

Rowan Hamilton and Ruby Rogers
January 10, 2023
Matthew Horvat will assume the Head of School position for the 2023-24 school year, effective July 1. The Board of Trustees worked in tandem with the Head of School Search Committee to select a final candidate after a search process spanning nine months.

Matthew Horvat to fill Head of School position following extensive search process

Grace Hamilton and Ruby Rogers
October 27, 2022
Assistant Principal Natalie Jaworski sits in her office reading “History in the Making” by Kyle Ward, which she said was her favorite book to teach when taught in the social studies department. Jaworski has been the Assistant Principal for four years and has recently begun sitting in on classes every Tuesday to gauge the student expeience. “I really love being able to see the pedagogy of the teachers and the experience that the students have, just getting to be in the classroom,” Jaworski said.

[Photo] Familiar faces: Get to know 30 students, faculty

Beginning Journalism Students
October 12, 2022
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