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Laptop Liberation

By Jake Lawson You or may not be surprised that equality, above all else, is the foundation of our laptop policy here at Sonoma Academy. “Three years ago, when the technology task force met and specified a one-to-one laptop policy, they created it for three reasons. The first was equity [...]

By | December 26th, 2014|0 Comments

Local protests downtown

by: Lindsay Bribiescas On Saturday at 2 pm, protesters gathered at Courthouse Square to protest against the rising number of deaths of minority civilians at police hands. Demonstrators, many with signs created by Sonoma County’s Peace and Justice Center, spread out along the square. The group then marched along the street to [...]

By | December 15th, 2014|0 Comments

Music Reviews

By Zoey Ekren ALBUM NAME: LP1 ARTIST/BAND: FKA twigs GENRE: PBR&B; trip hop; electronic English singer-songwriter, Tahliah Debrett Barnett, better known by her stage name FKA Twigs, released her debut album LP1, August 2014. Each song molds together and creates an album that can be best described as hypnotizing. This [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

Book Review: The Anatomy of Dreams: A Novel

By Sierra Maciorowski Your eyes dart open. In the shadows beside your bed, you see a figure—not of a table, nor a lamp, but of a man. He sits, crouched, as you nervously slide the covers off, and doesn’t move as you grab the knife that you always keep under [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

Series Review: BoJack Horseman

By Connor Devlin BoJack Horseman: “Life is a series of closing doors, isn't it?" Genre: Drama, Comedy, Animation Length: 13 Episodes (25 Minutes) Available On: Netflix In recent times, adult animation has been frequent, and dull. Shows like “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” have been slowly going downhill, better shows [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

Doing it All in the Fall

By Elizabeth Kolling Sixty seconds in a minute, 60 min in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and 18 weeks in the Fall Semester, a meager 3024 hours to divide between academics, athletics, theatre, debate, speech and the multitude of other student activities offered [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

New International Students Find Friendly Faces

By Jess O'Connor Incoming international students at Sonoma Academy have been welcomed with open arms by the International Student Mentorship program, which began last year. “It’s just a great opportunity to be able to help people who are coming into a very different situation,” said Izzy Nickel, ‘15, “and to [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

New Kid on Campus

By Stella Favaro and Madison O'Brien Freshman Jane Coneybeer has caused quite a stir on campus. Mark, a one-week old baby goat, has accompanied her to Sonoma Academy several times. Born a kid of parents Remarkable Precedent and Holiday Spice, he was named Remarkably Spicy; Mark for short. He was [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

Sporting a New Look

By Caspian Morast Thanks to senior and captain Eli Rosen-Duran, the cross country team is looking forward to a comfortable fall season. Eli was inspired to create the uniforms after Athletic Director Chris Ziemer had mentioned that it would be interesting if a student athlete designed new jerseys. Rosen-Duran used [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments

Digging for the Dirt on the New Amphitheater

By Stella Favaro and Sierra Maciorowski The dirt rows have been dug, the cranes have deployed, and the hill has been turned into a construction site, with the promise of a new stage and amphitheater. Although most students were used to the sloped grass of the amphitheater’s more natural design, [...]

By | December 8th, 2014|0 Comments