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La Petite Marchande de Glace

A French story by Sasha Intile and Maggie Ruvinsky. Il faisait effroyablement chaud cet après-midi dans le désert du Maroc. C'était l'été et il n'y avait pas de nuages. Dans une petite ville au milieu du désert, une famille vivait. Ils vendaient de la

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby

By Jack O'Callaghan '23 After reading the novel and watching the 1974 film of The Great Gatsby, I took in and noticed a lot about the movie. Firstly, the film was made by director Jack Clayton with screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola. Some of the main actors were

Pirates of Penzance: An Old Show for a New Crowd

Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry; it’s musical season at King once again! This year the musical is the Pirates of Penzance, a swashbuckling tale of adventure and romance set in Victorian England. The tale follows Frederick, a “little lad” of twenty-one years, who is freed from his indentures

Bowstring

Step up to the line. Arm up, elbow back, touch the corner. Inhale. Exhale. Release. A perfect 10. Reset. Repeat. Reset. Repeat. It’s perfect. I’m perfect. But I’m not happy. Expectations are too much. Perfection is not enough. The bowstring snaps. I snap. Let the arrow fly.

Winter Week ends in a blizzard, but JV Ball snowed in Hamden!

After a long week of dubiously themed dress down days, non-stop hockey games, and some very publicized mask violations, we Vikings were ready for a great weekend full of sports. Unfortunately, the Nor’easter foiled our plans and the majority of Winter Week games were cancelled, but there are still

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