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  • Movie star Colin Hanks recalls his years at Sacramento Country Day

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Mollie Berg

    Actor Colin Hanks is well known for his movie roles. And when he recently had a baby, it was all over the Web. But few know he also spent 10 years at Country Day.

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  • High-school jazz band unsatisfied with performance at recent festival

    Tuesday, February 15, 2011 By: Mary-Clare Bosco

    The high-school jazz band placed fourth of eight in the Folsom Jazz Festival, Jan. 29.

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  • Both wrestling team members injured prior to postseason

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Paul Kessler

    The two-man wrestling team has been dealt a critical blow. Both competitiors, senior Alex Graves and junior Matt Einhorn, are injured and will not finish the season.

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  • Sophs Frankel, Winfield take 2nd, 3rd in slalom

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Ryan Ho

    Sophomores Jacob Frankel and Logan Winfield surprised themselves by taking second and third place for the ski team during a slalom race on Feb. 4.

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  • Cooking in the Cave: For great pizza, keep toppings simple, protect delicate herbs

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Jeffrey Caves

    What is it about pizza that has so enchanted people over the centuries? Chef Jeff tries to answer that question and provides his own recipe.

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  • D’oh! Senior tries—and fails—at baking

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Lauren Taylor

    Working eight hours at Freeport Bakery taught senior Lauren Taylor just how hard being a baker is.

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  • Props to College Board for making AP Bio bearable

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Editorial Board

    We applaud the College Board for finally seeing sense and cutting down the material. Those lucky sophomores! They’ll never know what they missed.

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  • Faculty members okay Minecraft at school

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Ian Cardle

    At a Jan. 12 faculty meeting, high-school teachers debated Minecraft, a popular PC video game, for the school and its students.

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  • Science teacher braces for AP changes: College Board to cut down on 'trivial' material

    Monday, February 14, 2011 By: Parul Guliani

    When science teacher Kellie Whited heard that the College Board is planning to revamp the AP Biology curriculum to reduce memorization and increase analytic thinking, she was “thrilled.”

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The Octagon Sacramento Country Day School Sacramento, CA
Issue Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Issue: Vol. XXXIV, NO. 5 Last Update: Thursday, February 17, 2011
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At-a-glance

PE teacher's surgeon turns out to be alumnus
Does the name Alan Hirahara sound familiar? It did to P.E. teacher Michelle Myers. Hirahara was a senior in 1986, the first year Myers worked as a PE teacher at Country Day.
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Former student adjusts to life in Singapore
Spending most of senior year in a foreign country could be exhilarating, but former Country Day student Dravid Koura doesn’t think it’s all that it’s cracked up to be.
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Europe takes driving seriously; we should too!
Sophomore Madeleine Wright argues that driving should be taken more seriously in the United States.
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High-school jazz band unsatisfied with performance at recent festival
The high-school jazz band placed fourth of eight in the Folsom Jazz Festival, Jan. 29.
full story 
The two-man wrestling team has been dealt a critical blow. Both competitiors, senior Alex Graves and junior Matt Einhorn, are injured and will not finish the season.
full story 
Sophomores Jacob Frankel and Logan Winfield surprised themselves by taking second and third place for the ski team during a slalom race on Feb. 4.
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Junior Shaun Shah began competitive group hip-hop dancing at the end of 2008. But last summer he decided to migrate from group dancing to soloing.
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The boys are now 9-8, while the girls are 3-14.
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Kids from bigger schools shouldn’t bash our sports
My friend, Paul Kessler, faced a barrage of negative comments after setting up an event on Facebook, encouraging students to come to the Jan. 14 Homecoming basketball game.
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When Asian students first learn English, they choose American names. That's so Americans won't have to learn to pronounce tongue twisters like Mo Qing, Kuan-Chiao and Xiaoxue.
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