Jemma Yuan, Assistant life editor
• April 24, 2026
While audiences follow actors across the stage, senior theatrical technician Charlie Bryant focuses on what they don’t notice: the timing of cues and adjustments that make a production look effortless....
Inspired by Vogue’s popular YouTube series entitled “73 Questions,” the Life section challenged Upper School Math Teacher Jack Prater to answer 59 rapid fire questions about his daily routines and...
If a 10-year secret relationship isn’t enough to draw you in, we’re not sure what is. “Heated Rivalry” is both an action-packed and slow-burning romance series that keeps viewers hooked episode...
After four crucial years of high school, students gain a greater sense of independence and hopefully graduate as freethinking young adults. However, while many teens are familiar with basic historical...
We all know you’re going to be gumless and lungless if you keep doing Zyns and vapes, but aside from health consequences, nicotine’s social and academic implications seem to be a major benefit for...
In 2026, the hallways are no longer divided between couples holding hands at center stage and singles sobbing into corners of the internet. Instead, a far more terrifying force reigns supreme: the situationship....
The music industry’s largest event returned this year with class and controversy, leaving many people stunned. Created in 1958, the Grammy Awards are offered yearly by the Recording Academy to recognize...
The Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) honors alumni whose lives and careers reflect Poly’s commitment to intellect, integrity, service to others and respect for the world beyond. It is the school’s...
Laila Desai, Student Contributor
• November 21, 2025
Since late September, anyone driving along California Boulevard near Huntington Hospital has likely noticed a line of people standing under a nondescript sign of a croissant with a bow on top. The culprit...
Thirty years ago, high schoolers went to school, played sports, did their homework and went to sleep; this cycle repeated itself, and––for the most part––as long as you had good grades, were passionate...
From Oct. 1 to Nov. 13, the United States government experienced the longest-ever shutdown, lasting 43 days. The Senate was split on spending legislation until Monday, Nov. 10, when a stopgap spending...
Upper School History teacher Samuel Anderson’s first book, “The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa,” is set to release on Jan. 15, 2026.
A revised version of Anderson’s...
