Campus Life

Winter Fest spreads school-wide cheer

On Dec. 15, in a modestly decorated South Atrium, the Marlborough community celebrated the holidays and the end of first semester with a less wasteful and more inclusive Winter Fest, raising a grand total of $8,700, well above the predicted income of $4,000 for the separate class funds.

Long commutes steal shut-eye

Long commutes steal shut-eye

It’s 7:30am, barely past dawn, when girls from close to 100 differ­ent zip codes start flocking through Marlborough’s gates.

College tour etiquette

Touring colleges will always make students a little bit nervous, but it is times when your nerves get the best of you that you feel the most embar­rassed.

Girls feel pressured to find semi-formal dates

I sit at the lunch table, ruminating over the lack of falafel balls in my salad

Amnesty gives back

The Amnesty International club used the proceeds from an Oct. 3 bake sale to support the non-profit organization Invisible Children dur­ing the week of Nov. 28 by visiting 8th Grade Global Studies classes to discuss the plight of child soldiers, by holding a lunchtime screening of Invisible Children documentary “Tony,” and by selling raffle tickets for prize baskets.

Dresses through the ages

Dresses through the ages

“I don’t go out and solicit the dresses,” Archivist Peter Chinnici said. “They usually come to me.”

Girls Walk for Charity

Girls Walk for Charity

For the eighth year, Anna ’15 organized a team for the Juvenile Dia­betes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk to Find a Cure at Dodger Stadium on Nov. 6 to show support for her younger sister Sophia, who was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at age four.

Teachers become techies

This year, many teachers are us­ing Haiku LMS (Learning Manage­ment System) in fun and creative ways.