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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

Wreaking Havoc on Houston: Winter storm impacts St. John’s community

Wreaking Havoc on Houston: Winter storm impacts St. John’s community

Ashley Yen and Megan Chang March 12, 2021
On Feb. 15, Winter Storm Uri hit Houston, resulting in power outages and low water pressure for many students and faculty. The Review Online put together this special package featuring members of the SJS community exploring the impacts of the Texas power grid.
Classes were canceled for a week due to Winter Storm Uri.

Classes canceled for a week, teachers make changes to curriculum

Arjun Maitra, Lillian Poag, and Mia Hong March 12, 2021

With most teachers and students out of power and water, assignments were the least of their concerns. When the school opened back up after a week of chaos, the teachers worked hard to get their classes...

Due to Winter Storm Uri, Texas suffered rolling blackouts, burst pipes and below-freezing temperatures.

History and Geopolitics of Energy class discusses Texas power grid, outages

Annie Jones, Staff Writer March 12, 2021

On Valentine’s day, Texas went dark. In the following week, the state suffered through rolling blackouts, burst pipes and below-freezing temperatures. Winter Storm Uri, which travelled from the Northwest...

Since there was little light pollution due to the snowstorm, the stars seemed to become even more bright and remarkable.

Students take advantage of less light pollution, view stars

Emma Chang and Dawson Chang March 12, 2021

For the first time in years, junior Jessie Beck could see the stars from her neighborhood. Since there was little light pollution due to the snowstorm, the stars seemed to become even more bright and remarkable....

The school was covered in snow on Monday, Feb. 15.

Power outages, hard freeze cause pipes to burst

Dawson Chang and Shreyes Balachandran March 12, 2021

When Winter Storm Uri hit Texas on Feb. 15, junior Lauren Campbell cheerfully spent the afternoon in the snow. The next day, her water pipes burst, flooding her house. “It sounded like my mom had...

Eighth graders from the class of 2022 rest in the shade during a long hike.

Big Bend canceled due to COVID, replaced by Big Bend Lite

Dawson Chang, Staff Writer March 3, 2021
For the first time in 44 years, Class Eight students did not embark on the annual Big Bend trip. From Feb. 20-26, 123 eighth graders would have camped near the international border between the United States and Mexico, if not for the pandemic.
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