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Branson School News, Sports, Life and Opinion

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Girls lacrosse plays Redwood in special game dedicated to the One Love Foundation, an organization raising awareness around relationship abuse.

Girls lacrosse dedicates game to One Love Foundation

By Gigi Hohenrieder April 2, 2025
The girls varsity lacrosse team dedicated their MCAL game against Redwood to the One Love Foundation.
The yearbook club works on the layout of the yearbook.

Yearbook club captures memories and spirit

By Anna Lacy April 2, 2025

At the end of every school year students look forward to receiving their yearbook, a roughly 200-page keepsake filled with hundreds of pictures and memories from the year.  The dedicated yearbook club...

Former Branson students showcasing work from the popular woodworking immersive.

Woodworking immersive seeks to build confidence

By Barry Liu April 2, 2025

Immersives every year provide students with the opportunity to dive into specialized fields through two-week courses co-taught by faculty and staff. Among this year’s offerings is a woodworking immersive...

'All for One' is tour de force

‘All for One’ is tour de force

By Skylar Lariviere April 2, 2025
Branson theater premiered its spring play, “All for One” — the sword-fighting spectacular.

Taste of Italy is most popular immersive

By Cecilia “CC” Brenner April 2, 2025

As of March 11, Branson students knew which immersive would fill the last two weeks of their school year, and Taste of Italy came out on top as the most popular choice. Taste of Italy: A Culinary and...

Christopher Mao '26, Jayden Patel ‘28 and Griffin Cooper '27.

Boys tennis seeks second MCAL championship in 3 years

By Remy DeJean April 2, 2025

Boys varsity tennis is off to an excellent start to the season, with an overall record of 7-1 and an MCAL record of 5-1.  The team beat Tamalpais March 12 and had a match against Lick-Wilmerding canceled...

Healthy Choices Day features talk on pornography, the brain 

By Vera Woo April 2, 2025

Branson hosted a speaker from the non-profit organization Fight the New Drug on March 12 to raise awareness about pornography.  Elizabeth Eckman gave the presentation, which helped inform students...

Senior-year HD inhibits students’ grand finale

By Cecilia “CC” Brenner April 2, 2025

One of the biggest emails of the year just dropped: the 2025–2026 course catalog. Yes, it’s exciting. Yes, it’s cause for joy, celebration and meticulous game planning with everyone from best friends...

March Madness brackets inspire school spirit

By Charlotte “Charley” Goldstein April 2, 2025

March 20 marked the beginning of the annual event that captures the utmost interest for both students and teachers: the March Madness bracket at Branson.  Every year, a Branson student sends out an...

Students, teachers share advice on surviving end of year

By Mika Chow and Riley Gu April 2, 2025

Branson is known for its rigorous academics, meaning that while it’s only March, there are always plenty of tests, quizzes, assignments and papers, especially closer to the end of the year.  Studies...

Charlie Osher '28 at bat in Branson baseball game. The team is gearing up to play big and small schools.

Bulls baseball is in full swing

By Will Zuercher April 2, 2025

The Branson baseball team has big ambitions for the season; they’re excited to compete against larger schools in the league while also dominating in its North Coast Section Division 5 competition. Branson...

Christopher Mao ‘26, Zachary Redlin ‘25, Theo Zak ‘25, Spencer Weinberg
‘26 and Remy DeJean ‘26 in SABR analytics competition. (Photo courtesy of Remy DeJean.)

Branson wins SABR contest for first time

By Ashley Wang April 2, 2025

The weekend of March 14, Branson participated in the Diamond Dollars Case Competition at the 2025 SABR Analytics Conference. The team, led by Spencer Weinberg ‘26 and Theo Zak ‘25, took home a win...

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