The choir trip was a once in a lifetime opportunity that provided the SPA community with a chance to sing at a world renowned venue as well as explore a vibrant city.
On Feb. 15, students from Summit Singers, Academy Chorale and community Chorale, traveled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall, and do some sight seeing along the way.
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![[WHAT'S IN A NAME?] Do you know?](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Whats-in-a-name-1200x800.png)
![one of my ideas was to make it My Little Pony themed [because] in beats we have four groups and they all produce work different weeks, so we split them into groups. And last year it was Minion-themed, so in my presentation, I wanted to have a little fun thing, so I was just like, ‘Oh, we should do a My Little Pony theme.’ And then, you know, we turned it into the theme of the year. And now we have four groups. We have team Twilight Sparkle. We have team Princess Cadence– is she a princess? Guys, I need to know my My Little Pony better. And then we have team Princess Celestia and team Princess Luna.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Thomas-podcast-photo-1200x900.jpeg)
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![[MIC'D UP] Shoot some hoops with Clare Ryan Bradley](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Untitled-design-1200x800.jpg)
![Eight students from the debate team compete, four of whom wrote arguments for the rounds that have brought them to Elite 8 competition for International Public Policy Forum. The students pictured are seniors Thomas Toghramadjian, Shaan Bijwadia, Afsar Sandozi, and Jordan Hughes, junior George Stiffman, and sophomores Shefali Bijwadia, Sarah Wheaton, and Raffi Toghramadjian. The four seniors will compete in New York on May 2 . US Debate coach Tom Fones said, “[I am most proud of] their ability to work together to produce written materials that are so coherent which have gotten them to this point. I mean the blending of their research, their writing, and the four of them working as a group has been exceptional.”](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/deb.jpg)
