For Students, By Students
By: Mr. Lu Imagine if you were accepted for everything you applied for. Every college, you get in. Every job, you get an offer. Every sports team, you make. Every artistic event, you get a role. Every organization welcomes you. Heck, imagine if every person you meet accepts you as a friend. It may seem…
By: Mr. Chong My interview for my position at WPGA was in July 2024. I learned then and there that WPGA had no badminton team. How unusual, I thought. While the idea of starting badminton wasn’t really salient in my mind at the time , I felt subconsciously that I was going to engage with…
By: Charles and Preston (’25) Why did the chicken cross the road? This age-old question has befuddled the public for centuries, but today, we will reveal the solution. For centuries, the seemingly simple question “Why did the chicken cross the road?” has puzzled us all. At first glance, its traditional answer—“to get to the other…
By: Ann Wang (‘26) There are books that you read and forget, and then there are books that leave a permanent mark on your soul. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is undeniably one of the latter. First published in 1847 under the pseudonym “Currer Bell,” this novel has captivated readers for over 170 years with…
By: Elliott Deyell (’26) We all remember, or at least have heard of, the days when Pluto was a planet in our solar system. Well, now there’s a new candidate for the ninth planet to orbit the Sun, accurately named Planet Nine. Unlike Pluto, which was demoted due to its small size and irregular orbit,…
By: Anonymous Luke Combs, a thirty-five-year-old redhead from North Carolina with a thick accent and thicker beard, is my favourite country artist. His voice is great. He has the perfect amount of rasp, and combined with his rolling, smooth lyricism, his songs are tender and sweet and melancholic all at the same time. My current…
By: Mira Hurwitz (’26)
By: Annie Wagner (’27) This colourized electron microscope image provided by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows the red and yellow particles of avian influenza A virus, or bird flu, grown in cultured cells. (CDC/NIAID/The Associated Press) Credit CBC News. Avian flu or H5N1, a disease that decimates bird…
By: Karlos Tse (’27) Pope Francis Seeing his last Easter, Pope Francis passed away from a stroke on April 21st, serving over 12 years as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. According to the Vatican, his last words were, “Thank you for bringing me back to the Square.” He said this message to Massimiliano…
By: Luke Wagner (’27) 2025 is already the worst year in decades for plane crashes. Before the crash on January 25th, 2025, the last North American plane crash that resulted in fatalities was in 2022. Already, just a third of the way into 2025 – we have already experienced several plane crashes. Are they related?…