Lipseys on ice: the Kenya Ice Lions
April 12, 2019
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In the US, The National Hockey League (NHL) is the fourth most-watched sport; in Kenya, there is only a single ice rink. So when lifelong hockey players Ricky (9) and Timmy (4) Lipsey travelled to Nairobi in March to visit its sole team, the Ice Lions, they brought not only donations, but also their...
Spring Breakers: Paradise Island
Eddie Jin, Julia Robbins, and Talia Winiarsky
March 16, 2019
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“Close your eyes. Imagine you’re in PI, standing on a bar and you have a belly,” Lily* overheard a senior saying in the library. This senior was referring to body image concerns in advance of the notorious Spring Break trip to the Bahamas. The trip is popular for its lack of adult supervision, a ...
Exercise is key
March 8, 2019
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In eighth grade, I tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament, which required reconstruction surgery. It was during the months of healing and rehabilitation afterward that followed when that I realized the importance of exercise for my own well being. Physical exertion is my outlet for my daily tribulations, the...
Feeling down, looking up
March 8, 2019
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I have always been a sensitive person, but around November of 2017, for reasons I couldn’t explain, I began feeling sad on most days rather than once in a while after a specific event upset me. My friendships with my best friends from middle school had been dissolving for some time beforehand, but ...
Students seek help to discuss their mental health
Bradley Bennet and Natalie Sweet
March 8, 2019
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In a school where academic, extracurricular, and social pressures can mount quickly, some students turn to therapists for help. Students have the option to speak to a counselor in the school’s Office of Counseling and Guidance before reaching out to an out-of-school therapist. “Though we are all...
“Organization”
Julia Goldberg, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
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For Kimberly Dutta (10) and Pascale Zissu (10), organization is the key to success. The purpose of their wellness week workshop was to inform and assist other students on how they too could use organization to thrive both inside and outside of the school environment, Zissu said. Zissu and Dutta both fe...
“Resilience and Mental Health”
Julia Goldberg, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
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Peri Brooks (12), Emily Zeppieri (12), Iliana Dezelic (12), and psychology teacher Kristen Zatarski led a workshop on the relationship between resilience and mental health. “Though the workshop was mainly targeted towards the Intro to Psychology and AP Psychology classes, other classes were of course we...
“Mind-Body Connection”
Emily Shi, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
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In the “Mind Body Connection” workshop, run by School Nurse DeAnna Cooper and Health Teacher Amy Mojica, students will investigate the factors that determine their health and develop strategies to focus on the connection between their mind and body. The workshop will be structured as an “open cla...
“Fierce Affirmations”
Emily Shi, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
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In the “Creating Connections: Fierce Affirmations” workshop, students practiced lifting each other up and offering praise in order to encourage community building, co-director of the Office for Identity, Culture and Institutional Equity John Gentile said. Throughout the workshop, students engaged in...
Letter from wellness week organizers
March 8, 2019
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Hi HM! We hope you’ve been enjoying Wellness Week 2019! This year, The Wellness Initiative Club really tried to emphasize and drive home how multi-faceted wellness is. We strongly believe that health and wellness affects everyone in our community in both big and small ways. Whether you find wellness a...
Law and Order: Q&A – Emily Feinstein ‘92
John Mauro, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
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The Record: How did you get involved with the Center on Addiction? Emily Feinstein: I was inspired by a woman named Lynn Paltrow who said “Addiction is the only disease where we put people in prison instead of giving them health care.” After I heard her speak, I started working in this field by inter...
Law and Order: Q&A – Lee Gelernt ‘80
Jack Crovitz, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
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The Record: What is the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project’s goal? How did you get involved in the project in the first place? Lee Gelernt: Our goal is to defend and expand the constitutional and civil rights of non-citizens. Although non-citizens do not have all the rights of citizens, they are pro...
