Freshmen celebrate Shakespeare contest winners
Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter
May 15, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Freshmen celebrated the winners of their semester-long Shakespeare competition in the Little Theatre during Collab. “I loved that the party was Shakespeare themed,” freshman Arianna Benton, who dressed up as Portia from Julius Caesar, said. “I just love everything about Shake...
Freshmen act out famous Shakespeare scene
Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter
February 11, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE As part of the Freshman English class’ unit on Shakespeare, students acted out Act 3 Scene 1 from Julius Caesar today. “Acting allows for a deeper interpretation of the characters and their motivations,” English teacher Mark Botti said. The class first discussed the writing, then split ...
Freshmen take part in ongoing Shakespeare competition
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
January 29, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Freshmen are participating in an annual Shakespeare Reference Competition moderated by English teacher Mark Botti in which they accumulate points finding modern-day Shakespeare references to share with the class. “Since we are reading Shakespeare in class, I feel like this competition can ...
Faculty gets schooled outside the classroom
Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter
February 5, 2016
Some teachers occasionally put down their dry erase markers as they switch roles and become students themselves to further explore the subject they teach and bring new information to the classroom. “You should be learning with the students, alongside them, rather than being the one at the front...
‘The Tempest’ storms Syufy Theatre
Claire Kosewic, Senior Reporter
November 5, 2015
Forgiveness, love and mystery converge onstage in the fall production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” “This play never gets old,” director Pamela Rickard said. “Although it was written several hundred years ago, its message of forgiveness and realizing that violence does not make wrongdoings right is ageless.” The story centers around Prospero, played by Stuart Hall senio...
Seniors attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
September 8, 2014
Filling into their seats at the Allen Elizabethan Theatre sporting blankets and snacks, the Senior Class fell silent as the lights dimmed and the hunchbacked Richard III limped to center stage. The Senior Class attended the annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival this past weekend in Ashland where they wat...
Seniors prepare for Oregon Shakespeare Festival with interdisciplinary assembly
September 10, 2012
During an interdisciplinary assembly for seniors this morning, faculty from the English, History, Art and Theology departments presented background material on turmoil of the 1960s leading up to the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson in anticipation for the seniors' attendance at "All the Way" this weekend...
Free park production offers modern reboot of the Bard’s famous play
September 22, 2010
Zoë Newcomb Editor-in-Chief I sat down in the Presidio on a warm Sunday afternoon, expecting to see classic Shakespeare. I left rather shell-shocked, not quite sure what I had just witnessed. What do ‘60’s music and Shakespeare have in common? Very little I learned. The annual San Francis...
Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter
June 5, 2019 • No Comments
WEB EXCLUSIVE In honor of the last day of school, students and faculty celebrated the 132nd Prize Day celebration. “I think that it is really important to come together...
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