This past Sunday, the Scholarship Foundation help the annual Scholarship Sunday to help fund education beyond high school. This year over $23000 was raised.
Photos by Valerie Stryker

Selina Koller
Reporter

The roads are covered with that slushy mix of snow and dirt, and it feels like it’s forty degrees below outside. Should you brave the conditions, or run on a treadmill in the warmth?

Though there are advantages to training inside as well as outside, there are also some notable disadvantages. The difficulty is navigating these discrepancies with the understanding that what might be useful for one person may be detrimental to another…

On Saturday, March 27th, the Jazz band took part in the Greenwich High School Jazz Festival and competed against other jazz bands in the regional Essentially Ellington competition.

The Jazz band gave a strong performance on Saturday. “The Jazz band played the best it ever had at that festival,” Band Director Mr. Scott Cranston said. “All of the players really rose to the occasion and gave a very exciting and energetic performance.”

Senior Alexa Kuberra, who plays the trombone in the jazz band, won an award for Top Soloist from New Canaan at the festival…

Catherine Chiocchi
Arts Editor

When did you start playing the violin?
I actually started playing the piano at age four, and I continued with that for ten years. I started playing the violin in third grade to help with my piano training, but I felt more free with the violin. The piano is mainly a solo instrument, but you can play the violin with other people in quartets, groups, or orchestras. I liked the opportunity to play with other musicians.

What are your practices like? Do you play in any selective orchestras?
Since I’m a junior, I’m trying to focus on academics this year. Last year, however, I used to practice two to three hours each night and then six hours a day on the weekends with my teacher. My practice schedule is not as consistent now, but when I do practice it’s for a long time. I used to play in the Norwalk Youth Symphony and I’ve participated in the Western Regionals and All-State Orchestras…

Charlie Dorf
I have, even since I was a little child, never been a big fan of Disney movies (not to be confused with Pixar movies since Toy Story is a personal favorite). Their generic plot  structure and frankly cardboard characters never interested me. However, I have always loved Tim Burton films. From Edward Scissor Hands to The Nightmare before Christmas, his dark yet quirky visual styles coupled with bizarre and phenomenal characters have never ceased to amaze. Alice In Wonderland is not Burton’s greatest achievement, but it was not the …