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The Review

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

The Review

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

The Review

The Review: Not just another day at The Office

The Review: Not just another day at “The Office”

Jack Shea, Thomas Hunt, and Alex Tinkham February 16, 2019
Check out The Review's senior editors in action in this parody of "The Office."
Directed by Penny Meitz, the choirs and orchestras performed in St. John the Divine Church.

Choirs, orchestras perform at annual Choral-Orchestral Festival

Gabrielle Solymosy and Russell Li February 15, 2019
With less than a month to prepare, Upper School choirs and orchestras collaborated in the annual Choral-Orchestral Festival on Feb. 4.
Havel talks to students about the piece Cloud Column outside the Glassell School of Art.

Art and architecture classes visit local museums, art installations

Ethan Kinsella and Pragya Devashish February 14, 2019
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, architecture, 2D and 3D Art classes took a field trip to the Houston Museum District and gained insight on artistic styles and techniques.
Traditional shadow puppets and other decorations line the wall outside Chinese teacher Jing Nan Gea’s classroom for the Lunar New Year.

East Asian Affinity Group celebrates Chinese New Year with traditional food, music

Grace Randall and Owen Butler February 13, 2019
On Jan. 31, the East Asian Affinity Group exposed students to East Asian culture and traditions by hosting a celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Maggie Pelletier (played by Sacha Waters) and Frank Keller (played by Eli Maierson) examine the results of the autopsy conducted by the doctor (played by George Hagle).

“Red Herring” explores love stories, murder mystery

Indrani Maitra, Staff Writer February 12, 2019
The Upper School Spring Play "Red Herring" revolved around a 1950s murder and international conspiracy.
Hundreds of students and faculty packed the Chao Room for the forum.

Students lead forum on diversity following racist social media post

Laney Chang and Abigail Poag February 11, 2019
After an Upper School student posted a racist comment on his private Snapchat story, about 200 of outraged and concerned students packed into the Chao Room for a forum promoting dialogue about diversity and inclusion on campus.
Mathur demonstrates the procedure for a strawberry DNA lab to her freshman class.

Class Act: Biology teacher Neha Mathur

Megan Chang, Staff Writer February 7, 2019
Get to know new biology teacher Neha Mathur.
Students placing their phones in a collection box before class.

Why students’ phones should be collected during class

Max Beard, Staff Writer February 6, 2019
Sophomore Max Beard argues why students should have their phones collected at the beginning of classes.
Nadeaus presentation was one of the first to be held in the new Atrium.

Canadian author speaks to students about cross-cultural communication

Bailey Maierson, Staff Writer February 5, 2019
On Jan. 17, Canadian author Jean-Benoît Nadeau spoke to students about his journalism career and the French language.
Upper, Middle and Lower School students led the procession.

All-School Chapel highlights Statement on Community and Inclusion

Max Beard, Staff Writer February 4, 2019
On Feb. 1, students convened for an all-school chapel led by Unity Council that highlighted the School's new Statement on Community and Inclusion.
Freshman Gaby Jammar reads books to children at the Nehemiah Center.

Freshmen volunteer at Nehemiah Center, host toy drive and book fair

Afraaz Malick, Staff Writer January 31, 2019
On Jan. 14, a group of freshmen hosted a toy drive and book fair at the Nehemiah Center.
Michel Blazy explains to junior Lawrence Appel the engineering aspects of the installation.

AP French students contemplate apocalyptic landscape at Rice’s Moody Center

Sophia Lima, Copy Editor January 31, 2019
On Jan. 24, AP French Language and Culture students visited French contemporary artist Michel Blazy’s installation and heard his interpretation of the piece.
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