Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

Mike Peters and Mindfulness

By Jack Neese In a world dominated by constant distractions, unhealthy pressure, and increasing levels of stress and anxiety, some people struggle…

Creative Voices: A Place For Middle Schoolers To Find Joy in Writing

By Elizabeth Seward In the Middle School, English teacher Christine Waldron is spearheading a new digital publication, Creative Voices, as a central…

Ton Of Coins & The Halloween Parade

By Annie Reed It’s the first period of the school day on October 31, and it’s not long before the Upper Schoolers…

Stepping Back In Time: A Return Visit to Mrs. Garnett’s Classroom

By Madelyn Morgan   Walking into 4th Grade teacher Heather Garnett’s classroom felt like stepping into a time machine. The walls, coated…

From Player To Coach: Michael Brost (’19)

By Henry Brost My older brother Michael Brost (‘19) is a college lacrosse coach and former player at Christopher Newport University. Brost…

A Journey to Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium

By Jack Neese On October 20, Owen Lingerfelt (‘26), Reid Campbell (‘26), and Michael Chambers (‘26), and I embarked on a journey…

After-School Fun at Cougar Quest

By Clare Aman If you venture downstairs to the lower level of the Lower School’s Luck Hall in the afternoons, you will…

Snapshot: Kim Ball, Upper School Associate Director of Student Life

By Aanika Sethi and Mary Mason Ingold  Kim Ball, the Upper School Associate Director of Student Life, had an unlikely path to…

Teaching 4th Grade With Heather Garnett

By Mary Mason Ingold Collegiate 4th Grade teacher Heather Garnett distinctly remembers that, even in her adolescence, “I always knew I would…

Claire Lareau ('25) paints. Photo credit: Elizabeth Seward.

Snapshot: Expressing Emotions on Canvas

By Elizabeth Seward Take a glimpse into Upper School art teacher Pam Sutherland’s D period Painting I class, where the students are…