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MD Math Team advances to MathCounts state competition

MD Math Team advances to MathCounts state competition

Ariella Frommer, Staff Writer March 10, 2023

12 Middle Division (MD) math team members competed in the MathCounts chapter competition on February 27. Five of the 12 contestants advanced to the state competition in Saratoga Springs. There were...

Four eighth graders reminisce Dorr adventures

Four eighth graders reminisce Dorr adventures

“Eighth grade Dorr is like a rite of passage,” Director of John Dorr Nature Laboratory Kate Kerrick said. Since its founding in 1965, every graduating eighth grader at the school has spent time at...

Roses in Rose Hall: Dating culture in MD

Roses in Rose Hall: Dating culture in MD

Ava Lipsky, Staff Writer February 17, 2023

* All interviewees requested anonymity because they were embarrassed and didn’t want to expose themselves or their friends. They might not know about trigonometry or “The Odyssey’s” “wine-dark...

Four Middle Schoolers share their after school hobbies

Maeve Goldman, Staff Writer February 10, 2023

Anisa Javaid - Stage Crew “It was so cool to see the sets I had spent weeks constructing actually come to life. Watching the musical, I kept being like ‘oh, we built that,’” Anisa Javaid (7)...

MD incorporates Unity Week into classes

MD incorporates Unity Week into classes

Lucy Peck , Staff Writer January 20, 2023

The Middle Division (MD) decided in conjunction with the Office for Identity, Culture, and Institutional Equity to celebrate Unity Week with special lessons designed by each department, MD Dean of Faculty...

Post-Covid MD technology policy prohibits personal devices

Post-Covid MD technology policy prohibits personal devices

Sofia Kim , Staff Writer January 6, 2023

At the beginning of the 2020 school year, the Middle Division (MD) encouraged students to bring their personal devices to school so they could access materials online and avoid sharing materials. However,...

Behind the scenes of MD musical James and the Giant Peach 

Behind the scenes of MD musical James and the Giant Peach 

Lucy Peck, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

Fernando Rivera (6), who plays the grasshopper in the Middle Division (MD) production of “James and the Giant Peach” was originally hesitant to audition. “I actually wasn't planning to join the play,...

Rasiwala (8) makes history as first female football player on MD team

Rasiwala (8) makes history as first female football player on MD team

Clara Medeiros and Blake Bennett November 21, 2022

The Middle Division football team welcomed its first female player this season: Arshia Rasiwala (8). “When I saw that they (the school) had football as an option for boys and girls I was really excited...

MD celebrates International Food Festival

MD celebrates International Food Festival

Isabella Ciriello, Staff Writer November 10, 2022

Nancy Korff: Noodle Kugel Nancy Korff brought noodle kugel, an Eastern-European Jewish dish traditionally served when breaking fast. Korff decided to bring it for two reasons: it accommodates students...

Art classroom opens in Pforzheimer 

Art classroom opens in Pforzheimer 

Jorge Orvañanos, Staff Writer October 21, 2022

The Middle Division (MD) Art Studio opened in Pforzheimer Hall at the start of this school year. Overlooking the atrium, the MD playdeck, and Van Cortlandt Park, the room is filled with painting supplies,...

MD students create, attend new clubs

MD students create, attend new clubs

Naomi Yaeger, Staff Writer October 21, 2022

Starting in October, clubs kicked off in the Middle Division (MD). Students from every grade have clamored to sign up for, attend, and even form their own clubs. Clubs are an important part of the MD,...

Mannkind: Community takes on Homecoming theme

Mannkind: Community takes on Homecoming theme

Sophie Rukin, Harper Rosenberg, and Kate Beckler October 7, 2022

This year’s homecoming theme, “Mannkind,” is the brainchild of Director of Alumni Relations Kristen Lax P’22 ‘26. “I thought it would be fun to delve into some wordplay using Horace's last...

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