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  • Clean campus approachvending machine out

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Mike Needham

    One of the three vending machines in the gym was recently removed to promote a clean campus, just one part of the high school’s new motto, A.P.C.C.

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  • Science department turns over again

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Parul Guliani

    Apart from the campus makeover, this school year brought with it a new look for the high-school science department.Country Day is now home to three new full-time faculty members, two of whom have taug

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  • Weekend hangout spots for night owls: The corner of K Street and 27th houses three of Sacramento’s most trendy cafés

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Ian Benjamin

    A review of Rick's Dessert Diner, True Love Cafe, and Hina's Tea Bar.

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  • Championship teams return to field: Varsity boys stick it to Jim Elliot, 6-0

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Andy Furillo

    The boys’ varsity soccer team showed why it won the Div. VII section title last year, scoring five first-half goals in a 6-0 rout of Jim Elliot Christian, Sept. 18.

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  • 3 new soccer players prove boon for team

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Michael Lewis

    Sophomore Matt Akins didn’t make the soccer team at his old high school in Jacksonville, Fla. But now he’s an influential player on the varsity team at SCDS.Akins is one of several additions to the va

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  • Cross-country runners drop other sports

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Calvin Fernandez

    The cross-country team is no longer solely made up of soccer players who run cross-country on the side as it was last year. Now for seniors Stephen Yslas and Kyle McNally, junior Emile Bourgeois, and

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  • Team votes—and votes!—for plus size model

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Lily Kramlich-Taylor

    At 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, the varsity volleyball team entered the library and continuously clicked the word “vote.” After an hour of vigorous tapping, the votes had climbed from 40,000 to 100,000. By 5

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  • Wayfaring sophomore Akins starts at sixth new school

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Jillian DePoy

    Moving an entire family to a new state is tough, especially when you move frequently.However, it isn’t as difficult getting adjusted to a new environment for new sophomore Matt Akins because moving ha

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  • Construction excites but crowds faculty

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Howard Male

    On June 11, a large crane descended upon the Pre-Kindergarten, first- and second-grade buildings, starting a project that will affect the school for years to come.The construction has already posed ch

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  • German student continues family tradition

    Monday, September 24, 2007 By: Analise Rivero

    For junior Laura Schellhas, a few simple math instructions mean a long night of homework.

    Schellhas, a foreign exchange student from Hamburg, Germany, is attending SCDS until January.

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At-a-glance

Orchids to...Student Council and adviser Brooke Wells for the generous donation of their time to make our campus more beautiful with the planter boxes, benches, and plants near the new facilities.Onio
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Have you purchased a lunch (i.e. sandwich, noodles, etc.) from the vending machine?Never: 62%1-2 times: 17%3 times or more: 19%Has the new decoration around campus motivated you to keep the campus cle
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The start of fall is a dreadful time, as summer comes to a close and homework piles up. Television, on the other hand, always celebrates the beginning of fall.
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Country Day administrators have removed one of three vending machines on campus.
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Class trips begin today. The junior and senior classes will depart for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore. The classes will see performances of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Molièr
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Longtime lower-school librarian Georgia Rust died Aug. 8 at the age of 82. She had retired in 2000, after helping to found the school’s first library in 1973.
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For junior Laura Schellhas, a few simple math instructions mean a long night of homework.

Schellhas, a foreign exchange student from Hamburg, Germany, is attending SCDS until January.
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Popular Bands Seeed Wir Sind HeldenPopular TV Shows The O.C. Grey’s AnatomyPopular Movies Drama: Das Leben Der Anderen Romantic: Mädchen, Mädchen
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On June 11, a large crane descended upon the Pre-Kindergarten, first- and second-grade buildings, starting a project that will affect the school for years to come.The construction has already posed ch
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Wayfaring sophomore Akins starts at sixth new school
Moving an entire family to a new state is tough, especially when you move frequently.However, it isn’t as difficult getting adjusted to a new environment for new sophomore Matt Akins because moving ha
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