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Hate symbols demand community reflection

By Hazel Levinson June 3, 2025

In the wake of incidents involving hate symbols and offensive language, Branson’s leadership and community members have been working to address the harm, reaffirm values and promote accountability across...

Student body presidents elected

By Barry Liu June 3, 2025

The student body president elections for the 2025–2026 school year concluded with the election of Olivia Ritter ‘26 and Luke Vilhauer ‘26. This annual process, a hallmark of the school’s emphasis...

Juniors take their class photo at pre-prom. (Photo courtesy of Maitland Wais)

Months of planning culminate in fun prom

By Anna Lacy June 3, 2025

After months of planning, outfit hunting and anticipation, Branson students danced the night away at prom on April 26. Held at the Marin Art and Garden Center, the dance united upperclassmen while they...

Justice through music: Rock Band raises money for Innocence Project

By Ella Rubenstein June 3, 2025

Branson’s Rock Band closed their final performance of the year on May 1 at the Great American Music Hall, and the concert also raised money to support the Northern California Innocence Project. The...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Mandarin students walk with Chinese dragon puppet during Lunar New Year performance.

Branson celebrates Lunar New Year

By Riley Gu February 14, 2025
Lion dancing, dragon dancing and a panda were crowd-pleasers at the annual Lunar New Year assembly performance, put on by all of the Mandarin classes.

Branson community feels the energy at Gospel Night

By Ella Rubenstein February 14, 2025

On Thursday night, Feb. 13, Gospel Night was hosted, for the first time ever, at an off-campus venue, Dominican University in San Rafael. For the past three years, the Branson community has overflowed...

Technical Theater Director DiAnn Montemayor gets lunch from the
Commons.

Branson partners with new food service

By Skylar Lariviere February 14, 2025

As Branson students returned from winter break in January, it didn’t only mark a new year; it also meant a new food service. The Branson community officially transitioned to Thomas Cuisine as their...

Class of ’26 junior fellowships announced

By Isabel Little February 14, 2025

During assembly on Monday, Jan. 27, the junior fellowship recipients of the Class of 2026 were announced. After an extensive and thorough review process of anonymous applications and in-person interviews,...

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