A student describes her team’s whirlwind involvement and experience with the XPRIZE Connect Youth Ambassador Program Our very own New Roads STEM Club was offered the opportunity to participate in XPRIZE Visioneering 2023 this past November, an event where bright and successful minds showcase their solutions to pressing world problems and potential sponsors come to see them. XPRIZE is a non-profit organization and initiative that generates incentivised competitions to solve so

Exploring the obstacles in accommodating disabled students. The 7.3 million disabled students in the US made up 15% of all students enrolled in the public school system last year. As that number climbs, an increasing number of students need accommodations to stay at the level of their peers. In 2021, people without disabilities earned a median of $40,948, while people with disabilities earned $28,438 . As the number of students with disabilities increases, a need for accommo

At most schools, questions surrounding the dress code are often about equality and logic. But at New Roads, the question is this – what even IS the dress code? When New Roads students pick out their clothes in the morning, it is safe to say whether they will get dress-coded or not is the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, they would be forgiven for thinking that the school didn’t have a dress code at all. But, after sitting down with Jimmy Morrissey, the Dean of Studen

Five folks at New Roads tell the less fashionably fortunate what’s up

An uncoordinated girl skates on a corporate skating rink a mere decade after a tragic accident. ‘Tis the season in Los Angeles, we may not have snow, and it may be 70 degrees, but we’ve mastered the fine art of gaslighting ourselves with peppermint hot chocolates, inflatable Santas, and fake snow at the mall to get us into the winter spirit. Even though we do the holidays a little differently around here– trading snowmen for sandcastles and hot cocoa for iced mocha – it’s s

From Michael B. Jordan to Pete Davidson, thousands of people are constantly crushing on famous men, freshman Lucy Dehnert takes it upon...

After four years of debates and hypotheticals over winners, this New Roads senior finally decides on a champion. Disclaimer: The...

The observations of an L.A. teen visiting a deep-south National Park gateway town. My family and I went on vacation to Tennessee this...

The neighborhoods of Los Feliz and Silverlake offer multiple historic landmarks, as well as fun things to do. As summer approaches, many...

Test your knowledge of these identically-named geographic locations by playing this Jeopardy-styled game and determining which Georgia is...

A list of everything that I am scared of. 1. The Phantom of the Opera . In the movie, there’s this scene where the masked musical genius...

A politician unlike any other. In politics, candidates love to flaunt themselves as different: outsiders, populists, dark horses, anti-establishment. Barack Obama, the president who was seen by many to truly embody a break from the Washington norm – running on a campaign slogan of “Change” – still turned out to realize many of the same characteristics of the Washington machine. Rewind the clock thirty-two years before Obama’s first inauguration, and it is the first day in off

In light of the recent natural disasters that have ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria, here are two book recommendations to help readers learn more about these countries. On February 6, 2023, an earthquake ravaged southern and central Turkey, as well as northern and western Syria, killing at least 41,020 in Turkey and 5,800 in Syria, according to Al Jazeera. The UN reported that at least 1.5 million people were left homeless as a result of the disaster. Turkish provinces – sp

Despite the evolution of racial representation throughout popular culture, some make-up brands are having a tough time concealing their lack of progress. Since the beginning of time, makeup has been used as a form of expression. Some of the biggest modern trends revolve around cosmetics, and as a young Black person who consumed lots of makeup-related media growing up, I have begun to notice discrepancies in the accessibility of makeup between different groups. Years of Youtub

Looking to the future of bathroom options for gender-nonconforming students on New Roads’ campus. 10:30 AM on a Tuesday and the one and only gender-neutral bathroom on the upper school campus is occupied. 1:50 PM on a Wednesday and the one and only gender-neutral bathroom is occupied again. Morning electives on Thursday––walking all the way from the Moss to the Zen garden––and the one and only gender-neutral bathroom is, yet again, occupied. Monday at lunch, Friday after-sch

Every 4th grade aged child in the California education system, public or private, has at one point studied the California missions. Despite the growing public awareness of the assault on Indigenous peoples, California still has yet to reckon with their damage. In the last three years, the world has watched as our neighbors up North reckon with the discoveries of hundreds of graves at residential schools. Canada has acknowledged these deaths and the effects of residential sch

The daily life of people living with chronic, incurable illnesses . Mahatma Gandhi once said that “[i]t is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” People diagnosed with a chronic, incurable illness have neither. When one ruminates about the experiences of people with maladies such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), one may not comprehend the details of the diseases and experiences of people

Two months into Councilmember Traci Park’s term, voters can begin to examine the results. It has been just over a month since District 11’s Councilwoman Traci Park was sworn into office, and while voters had turbulent feelings around the attorney’s transition into politics, Park has so far exceeded the expectations of many. In a recent Jaguardian interview, the newly elected councilwoman discussed campaign promises and professional background, as well as her recent success ad

After a relatively bland ‘Biggest Night in Hollywood,’ New Roads Senior Isabella Carbonari gives out her own awards…because sometimes the Academy just doesn’t cut it. Sunday, March 12 marked the most important night in the film industry…and the most predictable. Without a fight on stage to spice up the event, the 2023 Oscars fell a little short entertainment-wise, while still managing to be absurdly long (as the announcers pointed out over and over and over again). So instead

New Roads’ most familiar security guard is a work of Art . All of us know who Art Bell is. The veteran member of our school’s security force is always standing at the back gate, greeting us as we come in every morning, and keeping students, parents, and teachers safe as they cross the street. But how much do we really know about him? Bell’s job is to keep students, teachers, visitors, and everyone else on campus safe, which includes making sure nobody who isn’t supposed to