By Allison Ashley It is common for Sonoma Academy students to take a year off between high school and college; it is a chance for students to have learning experience outside the classroom. These adventures can happen close to home or across the world. Here are what some seniors had [...]
By Sierra Maciorowski Sorry, skiers and snowboarders, fishers and farmers: next year’s conditions will probably not give you any thrills. With reservoirs still at around 30% of normal water levels, and the Sierras' snowpack at 32% of average, according to National Geographic, the next few years could destroy some parts [...]
By Allison Ashley Not only do men enter college at significantly lower rates compared to women (who now graduate with 60% of the bachelor degrees earned in the United States) but they're more likely to drop out of college once they get there. It all begins at a young age. [...]
By Jess O'Connor “I don’t sleep.” This is what sophomore Alyssa Goody said when asked how much sleep she got on a typical night. “I have sports, and then I get home and I have things other than sports, and then I get home at nine, and I eat dinner [...]
By Sierra Maciorowski “Add a layer of chaos,” said forensics coach Brandon Spars, “and that’s what you get at state.” With the forensics season finally finished, and the banquet coming up on May 20th, the qualifications-necessary state tournament officially ended the year for five Sonoma Academy competitors. Unfortunately, although a [...]
By Amy Pino Sophomore Cristian Isbrandtsen has spent the last year taking professional-quality pictures. Alone, this is not unusual. What's unusual is what he does with the money he makes. Cristian donates the profits he earns from photographing events to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. "[The business] is a non-profit [...]
By Elizabeth Kolling Flowers pop open like vibrant firecrackers, painting an explosion of harmonious scents and colors over the lush, green landscape. The sun casts its radiance upon the earth, ridding it of the cold and bitter remembrance of winter. Students anxiously sit in classrooms, counting down the days to [...]
By Sierra Maciorowski Heartbreakingly beautiful and terrifyingly abstract, A Tale for the Time Being’s soul lies in the delightful character of Naoko Yasutani, a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl with a penchant for awkward self-expression. Her tale weaves the past, present, and future in a mindful knot, leaving the reader almost no [...]
By Allison Ashley One of the country’s largest chains of drugstores has decided to stop selling the product that will cost it almost $2 billion a year in sales: cigarettes. Starting October 1st, this decision will make CVS the first pharmacy chain to take a stand against health issues related [...]
By Amy Pino Armed with a passion for the arts, a unique idea, and plenty of inspiration, Doug Gallagher, Hillary Younglove, and Jenifer Coté are directing a production based on a script adapted from "The Canterbury Tales" (Geoffrey Chaucer, 1342-1400) that will push the limits of a traditional spring production. [...]