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The official student newspaper of St. John's School.

The Review

The official student newspaper of St. John's School.

The Review

French Symposium results

Online Staff April 8, 2014
SJS took home first place in the overall small schools division of Texas French Symposium March 28-29. Read on to see the list of winners.
ISAS Spotlight: Albuquerque Academy Violinists

ISAS Spotlight: Albuquerque Academy Violinists

Amy Liu, Staff Writer April 7, 2014
Junior Katja Vassilev and freshman Molly McCarthy from Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico, have a friendship as tight as their violin strings. Includes a video preview of their performance.
Kinkaid freshman Austin Karowsky performs Ho Hey by the Lumineers with classmate Anna Glickman at the Coffee House, April 3.

ISAS Spotlight: Austin Karkowsky

Amy Kang and Lydia Liu April 5, 2014
Kinkaid freshman and Coffee House performer Austin Karowsky served as an understudy for “The Sound of Music Live!” which aired on NBC, Dec. 5.
ISAS Spotlight: SJS Jazz Band

ISAS Spotlight: SJS Jazz Band

Gabe Malek and Max Westmark April 4, 2014
Accompanied by professional trumpet player Bob Odneal, the SJS jazz band powered their way through an hour-long performance of “Attitude Dance” by Tower of Power and “MacArthur Park” by Maynard Ferguson at ISAS, April 3. (Video included)
A two-time host of History Channel’s “Scrapyard Scavengers,” Mark “Scrap Daddy” Bradford creates his art not from paint and brush, but from scrap metal.

ISAS Spotlight: Mark “Scrap Daddy” Bradford

Irene Vazquez and Max Westmark April 4, 2014
Though the monstrous metal creature may look out of place in its current spot next to the Lower School Playground, this massive sculpture is the work of the “Scrap Daddy,” Mark Bradford.
Graffiti artist and founder of Aerosol Warfare, GONZO247 leads students in spray painting a blank white wall propped up against the fence in the plaza.

ISAS Spotlight: Graffiti Wall

Megan Shen, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

For GONZO247, spray painting is more than just a hobby — it’s a way a life. “The idea for my name came when I was living my life with graffiti art 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” he said. GONZO247,...

ISAS Spotlight: Colegios Peterson

ISAS Spotlight: Colegios Peterson

Irene Vazquez, Staff Writer April 3, 2014
The language barrier did not stop Colegios Peterson, a school from Mexico City from bringing its contingency of high school artists. Click for a video preview of their Coffee House performance.
Barrows performance of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Rude Mood” impressed at Coffee House.

ISAS Spotlight: George Barrow

Amy Liu, Staff Writer April 3, 2014
Applause resonated throughout the Coffee House when Kinkaid senior George Barrow strummed the last chord of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Rude Mood.” Meet Kinkaid’s multitalented musician.
John Cooper takes dance to dizzying heights

John Cooper takes dance to dizzying heights

Iris Cronin and Emma Gobillot April 3, 2014
For the intermediate and advanced aerial students of the John Cooper School, the dance floor was not on the floor at all.
ISAS Spotlight: Amy Dong

ISAS Spotlight: Amy Dong

Emma Gobillot, Video Editor April 3, 2014
Sophomore Amy Dong explains the thought behind her painting, “Pleasure Machine,” currently on display in the Visual Arts Exhibition in ASC North Gym. Video interview included.
After serving on the staff of the Review his sophomore and junior years, senior columnist Elliot Cheung has been dismissed due to poor quality of writing and fallacious reporting.

Columnist fired from staff

Elliot Cheung, Columnist April 1, 2014
For the first time in the history of the official student newspaper of SJS, a writer has been fired from the staff. As of April 1, 2014, Senior Elliot Cheung will no longer be allowed to write for the Review.
Rushmore revisited

Rushmore revisited

Jake Nyquist and Samantha Neal March 27, 2014
Wes Anderson’s (’87) “Rushmore” may have been filmed on campus in the winter of 1997, but scenes from the cult classic can still be brought to life at SJS. See side-by-side comparisons of the Review’s reenactment and original scenes from “Rushmore.” (Photo Gallery)
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