Everyone has a story… these are a few

Calm, cool, and multi-talented. These adjectives could describe various individuals within the SPA community, but one sophomore has them down to well… an artform. Gabriel Bangoura was new to SPA in ninth grade but unlike most of his incoming peers, he not only moved schools but 1,138 miles. “I was actually born in Minnesota. I lived here for nine years, then I moved to North Carolina for about...

There’s no better time to have a good relationship with your family than during a pandemic, and 9th grader Charlotte Goings knows that for fact. “It’s always just been a natural thing… we’ve always been close. I always know that I can go home and just be myself,” she said. Goings is quiet on first impression (which she gets from her father) but she becomes more outgoing in certain...

Hunting has been an essential human practice for eons, a crucial piece of hunter-gatherer society. Now that hunting is no longer necessary for survival, it has become a sport—one that is an important aspect of sophomore Autumn Spaulding’s life. Her love for the sport is a recent development. “I can’t remember a single fall where I didn’t go on hunting trips. It was kind of like a family...

In the stress of a school year divided between in-person and distance learning, junior Naci Konar-Steenberg finds some peace in pannekoeken. Otherwise known as a Dutch baby or Dutch pancake, Konar-Steenberg regularly finds himself making these in his free time off-screen. “Often, we won’t have something to do during advisory... what I’ll do is I’ll go downstairs. And I will make [it],”...

One word comes to mind when thinking of senior Matthew Degnan: open. Open-mindedness is a huge part of his personality, applying to every aspect of his life. He’s open to new activities, new people, new opinions, and more. “I’m a pretty open person. I’m open to trying new things and making new friends,” Degnan said. During the pandemic, he’s been open to creative methods of staying...