Many of Rosie Beniretto’s co-workers refer to her as a history book–and not just because of her former role as a Middle School History teacher. Since 1977, Beniretto has been an integral part of the...
ISAS (Independent Schools Association of the Southwest)
While traveling on the bus to the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest, freshman Olivia Calabrese looked forward to joining fellow...
Scrolling through Snapchat AI’s auto-generated responses to his prompt: “What do highschoolers want in a presentation?,” Jackson Jhin ('13) finalized his “inspirational, relevant and engaging”...
As the lights dimmed and jazz music began playing, Terpsichore dancers clad in purple suits ran onto the stage, kicking off the annual Upper School Spring Showcase by representing the busy city of...
The Review · Pod On The Quad Teacher Alums (Ep. 3)
In this series of Pod on the Quad, we invited teachers who attended St. John's as students to talk about how their time here has changed. In the final...
The Review · Pod On The Quad Teacher Alums Ep. 2
In this series of Pod on the Quad, we invited teachers who attended St. John's as students to talk about how their time here has changed. In the second...
In this new series of Pod on the Quad, we invited teachers who attended St. John's as students to talk about how their time here has changed. In the first part of this series, we interviewed Ms. Kerr '01.
The...
Emily Foxhall always had a knack for storytelling—even in the chemistry classroom at St. John’s. Upon graduating from the School in 2009, she entered Yale University on the Pre-Med track, but by the...
While on the annual Kantorei Spring Break trip, choir president Arjun Singhal expected to sing in front of live audiences in Austria, Prague and Hungary. What he did not expect was for his wallet and passport...
Softball in Cali
In a hotel lobby on the evening of March 9, head softball coach Isis Amao brought her players together to discuss the itinerary for the upcoming team bonding day. Acting as normal as...
When Service Learning Coordinator Claire Nuchtern (‘11) and Upper School Spanish teacher Raquel Gaytán visited St. Austin’s Center, they expected a community need for English lessons. But to their...
Sisyphus is rolling a boulder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accommodate him or his boulder. If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus. But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship. Is Sisyphus happy?
