Category Archives: Features

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

Quarantine Is The Best Time To Reread Your Favorite Books

By Emma Blackwood There is no doubt that isolation has everyone picking up various new hobbies, from sewing and cooking to painting…

Quarantine Puppies

By Ashley D’Ambrosia The well-known phrase, “A dog is a man’s best friend,” is undoubtedly something all dog owners can agree upon….

Richmond’s Tank Runs Empty

By Gabby Dunn Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Richmond, like many other cities and towns around the country, has become quiet and…

Offshore Fishing in the Graveyard of The Atlantic

By Carter Stokes Over Spring Break in March, my father Jimmy Stokes and younger brother Andrew Stokes, a sophomore at Virginia Episcopal…

Cooking, Crafts, And More: New Hobbies In Quarantine

By Ashley D’Ambrosia The movie Tangled tells the story of a young girl named Rapunzel, who has spent her whole life trapped…

Class of 2020: What We’ll Miss

By Virginia Angle The COVID-19 pandemic has consumed the news and media, with the number of affected individuals skyrocketing since the first…

Saying Goodbye To The 2020 Spring Athletic Season

By Gabby Dunn Back in the pre-quarantine days, I always drove out to Collegiate’s Robins Campus for practices and games with the…

Aster Kidane: More Than A Kindergarten Teacher

By Emma Blackwood Lower School teacher and Collegiate parent Aster Kidane is a Kindergarten assistant, but her job entails much more than…

Henrico’s Finest: Corporal Alexander Danilovich

By Quentin Calhoun Whether in the mornings or afternoons, during the weekdays or during a weekend football game, at least one Henrico…

Mama J’s: A Hidden But Not So Unknown Jewel of Richmond Homestyle Cuisine

By Thomas Lucy With light snow falling on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 20, Bird Murray (‘20), Charlie Schutt (‘20), and Liam…