The Artist Notebook: Lexi Bodick

Logan Phillips & Sara Levine
Senior Editor & Reporter

When senior Lexi Bodick first began playing the bass in sixth grade with the dream of forming a family band, she could not have imagined she’d be jamming on a Broadway stage before graduating high school. Lexi, described by Orchestra teacher Leo Ficks as “one of the most improved players I’ve ever taught,” has already accumulated a resume that most aspiring musicians would envy. Not only is she second chair in the Western Regional Orchestra for the upright bass, but she was also the associate conductor and bass player in the Broadway show 13.

(Don’t only) blame it on the alcohol

Teen drinking has been front-page news this past week. “Outback event shut down due to drunken youths,” “Teen Drinking: Police shut down dance at the Outback,” and “Intoxicated teens shut down Outback dance” are headlines from the New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan Patch, and New Canaan News, respectively, used to comment on the annual Rave Outback dance hosted by the YMCA “youth leaders” as well as the Outback Student Governing Board (SGB).

Wanted: Culturally Advanced Students

Chloe Davis
Reporter

Anyone who takes a language at our high school knows exactly what a typical language class looks like. A few students trying to decipher what their teacher is saying, while most have already fallen asleep on their desks. It’s rare to find a Spanish, French or language class with a group of students who love to learn the language.