For Students, By Students
Once, a long time ago, Mr. Anthony began senior school assemblies reading from the Book of Awesome. It was a book about the simple and the brilliant. Amidst the sometimes frenzied busy days, it was relieving to hear small pockets of joyful appreciation of tiny things. It was like he was saying, “Slow down, breathe,…
By Ann Wang ’26 *spoilers… many spoilers ahead* Plot twists are notoriously difficult to execute well. Broadly, they tend to fall into three categories: first, the twist is too obvious and fails to shock; second, it is so implausible that it undermines the integrity of the story; or third—the rarest and most effective—the twist reorients…
By Annie Wagner ‘27 In the United States alone, over 41,000 people battle a debilitating and incurable disease that costs them their ability to perform everyday tasks, live on their own, and eventually their lives. This condition, known as Huntington’s disease, is tied to the HTT gene, which produces the protein huntingtin. Entirely genetic, children…
By Alexander Marcus ’30 Valentine’s Day is coming up, so chocolate will surely follow. Chocolate has many benefits: beyond basic nutrition, it has many chemical health benefits. Chocolates contain many antioxidants. What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are compounds. To understand their use, you need to know what free radicals are. Free radicals are dangerous molecules that…
By Karlos Tse ‘27 When it comes to the end of the year, we often look at our Spotify Wrapped and other recaps summarizing our lives of the past 365 days. When we look at 2025, we also see some harsh topics that plague the news reminding us that this world we live in is…
By Mira Hurwitz ’26 Drone photos of Whistler
By Joah Boland-Landa ’28 Vancouver is known for rain. Fog? Not so much. So when the city disappeared into a low, eerie haze last week, it felt… unusual. From January 18th through the 21st and again on February 5th, 2026, Vancouver experienced fog for the first time in 3 years. Residents were awakened by the…
By Luke Wagner ‘27 Cube satellites are tiny (10x10x10cm), powerful satellites that allow hands-on building of space hardware. Due to being very cheap, they are the perfect way to foster innovation and help address Canadian challenges such as monitoring climate change far up north where there are few people. These tiny satellites are already making…
Usually held at a nearby eatery or right here on campus, alumni gatherings can be fraught with apprehensive anticipation coupled with genuine shared joy and connection. I marvel at the obvious changes in identity shaped by occupation and family. This person is a mother or father now, or that person is an engineer or librarian….
By: Karlos Tse ’27 If you were an alien and came to Earth on Christmas, would you think it to be bizarre? We celebrate by putting a tree indoors, oversized socks above a fire hazard and dressing our buildings with tiny neon light bulbs. Sounding bizarre? This year, Christmas will be held on 12/25/25, regardless…
By Ann Wang ’26
By Ann Wang ‘26 I finally finished all 962 pages of Anna Karenina last month, and I’m still reeling from it. It’s a book that’s so despairing yet beautiful at the same time—or perhaps beautiful precisely because of the despair it evokes. There is so much I want to touch on in this book review,…
By Joah Boland-Landa ’27 It’s well known that wolves howl to stay connected, but last week our Wolfnet went silent, leaving our pack disconnected and discombobulated. Last Monday, AWS (Amazon Web Services), a large-scale IT and cloud-computing company known for maintaining cloud storage for various online corporations experienced an “operational issue” at 12:11am that affected…
By Charles Wang ’27 The new “upgraded” iPhone 17 lineup was released just over a month ago, and the community has been greatly polarized in whether or not it can actually be considered an improvement. Certainly, there has been much discourse with regards to the changes in past generations, with some arguing that they “only…
By Annie Wagner ‘27 From bottles to packaging to kitchen utensils, plastic is everywhere. We interact with it every day, benefiting from its relative inexpensiveness, lightweight nature, and wide range of uses. However, plastic is more pervasive than we think, and not in a good way: it is no longer just found in everyday objects;…
By Luke Wagner ‘27 At the start of June, Ukraine completely surprised Russia with an attack that nobody saw coming. The attack began just before Ukraine and Russia were to have peace talks in Istanbul. The temperature on the talks was already heating up with pressure from the United States. The attack was called Operation…
By Saba Alipour ‘29 Often, one of the biggest reasons stopping people from reading is not knowing what to read. Below is a list of four must-reads, varying in genre and type. These recommendations come from four different big readers, most of whom are members of the Library Club. Please note that the order of…
Katherine Zhang ’30
By Damon Burton ’26 Whenever someone wants to lose weight or improve their health, the first thing that they’re told is to focus on eating healthy, nutrient-dense whole foods, and that’s generally great advice. Processed foods tend to be packed with sugars and fats while lacking in important micronutrients, leading to a surplus of calories…
By Alexander Marcus ’30 Autumn has arrived, and with it brings school, pumpkins, and the cold. Though the chill creeps in, you feel content, all because of the household heating appliance that’s modern journey began in 1834. Cue the radiator… The term ‘Radiator’ was first used by an American astronomer and physicist named Denison Olmstead….
By Mr. Alfred Lu I was fighting with Ms. McGee. We were debating the pratfalls of AI writing. She considered it soulless while I countered the quality of writing was subjective. We didn’t get anywhere, but the back and forth was enjoyable, and not something I get to experience day to day. Ms. McGee is…
By Karlos Tse ‘27 We all celebrate October 31st with sweet treats and costumes. We go trick or treating for candy, discover creatively carved pumpkins and walk around with the fear of ghosts. What a weird holiday! How did the spookiest day of the year come to be? Simply put, Halloween originated from the Celtic…
By Ann Wang (‘26) In the final week of school, everything feels heightened: stress from exams, the surreal goodbyes to graduating friends, and the quiet domineering pressure of Grade 12 creeping closer. I’ve cried more times than I want to admit, in hallways, bathrooms, and even in silent classrooms. Sometimes it was from stress, other…
By Annie Wagner (‘27) On May 20th, Social Studies 10 attended the Vancouver Holocaust Symposium at St. George’s. We had the privilege of listening to the stories of two Holocaust survivors, René Goldman and Michel Silver, and learned from a historian, Dr. Sebastian Huebel. We started with a presentation from the historian, Dr. Sebastian Huebel…
By Ethan Kapour ’27 Shannon McCollum is an Atlanta-based photographer and creative who’s been deeply embedded in the city’s hip-hop and cultural scene since the 1990s, photographing many famous rappers (Ludacris, T.I, OutKast, & Future). Raised by a newspaper photojournalist, he developed an early love for documentary photography and went on to capture moments around…