Nervous, the Maverick Belles, the school’s first acapella group approached the stage for their chapel debut. The Maverick Belles, confident in their skills, began singing a Dolly Parton classic. Soon,...
As students enter high school and become busier, they begin to dress up less for Halloween. Teachers, however, come to school each Halloween donning witch hats, dyed hair and silly costumes.
Since...
Seniors traditionally enjoy a day off after completing their October Life Skills Day. This year, seniors were instead invited to the Houston Food Bank—not for a typical day of volunteering, but to make...
Students gathered in the VST today to watch the annual Kinkaid video, filmed and edited by seniors Ally Rodriguez and Lucy Walker, as part of the 2024 Upper School Pep Rally. The 18 minute-long video highlights...
During last year’s East Asian Affinity Group assembly, junior Sasha Mintz sat down at the piano on the VST stage and carefully positioned her fingers to hover over the keys. With a deep breath, she let...
Noa Morte González has placed Post-It notes, in Spanish, on furniture and appliances throughout the DiBella residence since the start of the school year. The DiBella family, Morte González’s host family...
From patchwork britches to lunar moth jackets, Middle and Upper School costume designer Teresa Fogler has created her fair share of unusual outfits. Yet when Fogler began preparing for last winter’s...
Many of Rosie Beniretto’s co-workers refer to her as a history book–and not just because of her former role as a Middle School History teacher. Since 1977, Beniretto has been an integral part of the...
Sisyphus is rolling a boulder towards the Grand Hilbert Hotel. The hotel has an infinite number of rooms, but they are all full, so they may not be able to accommodate him or his boulder. If you choose to divert him, his boulder will destroy the Ship of Theseus. But the ship has had all of its constituent parts replaced, so it may not actually be the same ship. Is Sisyphus happy?
