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  • Latin American coming-of-age ceremony requires planning, tradition

    Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By: Mary-Clare Bosco

    “I have always wanted to have one—ever since I was little,” freshman Janice Barajas said. Barajas is talking about her quinceañera, a celebration for Latin American girls when they turn 15.

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  • Boys' basketball wins first league game; girls focus on ball movement after loss

    Monday, January 10, 2011 By: Paul Kessler and Case Nichols

    The girls lost their Jan. 4 game to Sacramento Adventist, 36-45, while the boys won, 47-39.

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  • Christmas at Barack's: Junior violist performs at White House

    Monday, January 10, 2011 By: Daniel Edgren

    Junior Camille Getz's quartet played a mix of classical and holiday pieces for nearly two hours Dec. 20 at the White House.

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  • Sixth-grade iPads a hit with faculty, students, parents

    Monday, January 10, 2011 By: Patrick Talamantes

    According to the students and their parents, the new iPads in the sixth-grade curriculum are working well.

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  • Stoichiometry: breakfast of champions--Small group of chemistry students gets early start

    Monday, January 10, 2011 By: Chris Thompson

    Teacher Alan Beamer is trying to expand the school's course offerings with Advanced Topics, a six-person subgroup of sophomore chemistry that meets once a week before school.

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  • Fixies: No brakes? No problem!

    Monday, January 10, 2011 By: Anthony Valdez and Parul Guliani

    Fixies (fixed-gear bicycles) have emerged as popular DIY and low-cost alternatives to traditional bicycles—especially in East and downtown Sacramento.

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The Octagon Sacramento Country Day School Sacramento, CA
Issue Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Issue: Vol. XXXIV, No. 4 Last Update: Thursday, January 13, 2011
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At-a-glance

“I have always wanted to have one—ever since I was little,” freshman Janice Barajas said. Barajas is talking about her quinceañera, a celebration for Latin American girls when they turn 15.
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Junior wins first prize for driving documentary
Aspiring film editor junior Camille Getz won first prize at the Documentary School film festival after participating in an eight-week-long documentary class this fall.
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“Tron: Legacy,” the long--awaited 3D sequel to the 1982 box-office hit “Tron,” was one of the most- anticipated movies of the year. But does it hold up to the hype? Not quite.
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There is a whole rainbow of moles out there, many of which diverge considerably from the norm.
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The positives and the negatives of the past three weeks
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The expression “eating high on the hog” comes from long ago when only the rich could afford cuts of pork from the top and back of the hog while the poor ate cheap cuts from the belly and lower legs.
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Glitchy Common Application should clean up its technical act
The online Common App, used by 414 colleges, has been around for 13 years now. It’s time to get it right.
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Senior Case Nichols spent a weekend inspecting and comparing a Honda Civic and CRV, Toyota Camry, Volkswagen Jetta and Golf and Volvo S40.
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Underclassmen deserve more challenging classes
While SCDS offers a generous variety of Advanced Placement classes for upperclassmen relative to its size, freshmen and sophomores are given short shrift when it comes to more challenging offerings.
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Many argue that UConn’s record shouldn’t be compared to UCLA’s because of differences between the teams.
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