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  • Bad teams, you're outta here!

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Zach Lemos

    Why not at least try to make our school’s athletics on par with our academics? If there aren’t enough athletes for a team, or there are barely enough but there’s minimal devotion, cut the team.

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  • One-on-one with Wei Dai

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

    Wei answers questions about track.

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  • One-on-one with Caroline Mehta

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

    Caroline answers questions about tennis.

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  • One-on-one with Adam Pinson

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

    Adam answers questions about swimming.

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  • One-on-one with Morgan Bennett-Smith

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Octagon

    Morgan answers questions about baseball.

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  • Side effects may include...A's?

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Shaun Shah

    Paul Kessler, ‘11, would’ve said that he’d been studying for 45 minutes. But the clock told a different story: two hours had passed. The Adderall worked.

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  • Jazz band breathes life into 'Night at the Museum' Auction

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Ian Cardle

    It’s a balmy evening in the middle-school quad on May 5 as the 13 well-dressed Jazz Band members prepare to give their final performance of the school year during the SCDS Auction.

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  • The mystery behind the mural: Dada, "Exquisite corpse" method make up the art on the wall

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Kamira Patel

    “Ever since I was 4 years old I wondered what was the story behind (the school murals),” senior Mayuri Sadhasivan said. Here's the answer.

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  • Democracy is overrated

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: The Staff

    The Student Council’s new plan leaves the choices for next year’s student body officers in the hands of adviser Patricia Dias and this year’s seniors.

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  • From helping hand to patient in denial: alumna describes her battle with anorexia nervosa

    Tuesday, May 29, 2012 By: Margaret Whitney

    Looking at Isabel, '07,no one would guess that 11 months ago she was so severely underweight that she was partially hospitalized for anorexia nervosa, a disease she had long been in denial about.

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The Octagon Sacramento Country Day School Sacramento, CA
Issue Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Issue: Vol. XXXV, No. 8 Last Update: Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Features

Meet the class of ‘12. The class of math-science people. The class of engineers.
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Hats off to 28 years of imagination: school bids farewell to beloved librarian
Welcome to the lower-school library class, where it’s 40 percent books, 60 percent librarian Cary Kelly. Kelly invented the Poetry Break. She's also invented numerous alternate personas.
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From helping hand to patient in denial: alumna describes her battle with anorexia nervosa
Looking at Isabel, '07,no one would guess that 11 months ago she was so severely underweight that she was partially hospitalized for anorexia nervosa, a disease she had long been in denial about.
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“Ever since I was 4 years old I wondered what was the story behind (the school murals),” senior Mayuri Sadhasivan said. Here's the answer.
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Jazz band breathes life into 'Night at the Museum' Auction
It’s a balmy evening in the middle-school quad on May 5 as the 13 well-dressed Jazz Band members prepare to give their final performance of the school year during the SCDS Auction.
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Paul Kessler, ‘11, would’ve said that he’d been studying for 45 minutes. But the clock told a different story: two hours had passed. The Adderall worked.
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Three seniors describe their projects.
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