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Classroom phone caddy, known familiarly as the "phone jail," holds students' phones during class. Currently, each teacher is responsible for their individual classroom phone policies.

Task force set to design schoolwide phone policy

By Gigi Hohenrieder October 22, 2024
Branson has made efforts to address the growing issue of phone usage on campus, beginning with a student-and-faculty task force.
New faculty and staff Q&A

New faculty and staff Q&A

By Henry Raz October 22, 2024

This year, six new faces joined the faculty and staff at Branson. Here is a quick background on each of them.

Reese Furhman '25 (right) talks with another student. Furhman founded the Branson Political Review last school year to help foster constructive political conversation on campus.

Political Review seeks to encourage thoughtful dialogue

By Emmanuel Katz October 22, 2024

The Branson Political Review will publish its second edition this fall. The student-run, academic publication released its first issue last spring.  The upcoming edition of the political review will...

(Left to right) Ella Tsai '26, Abby King '27 and Blake Cussen '27 jump up for a block in game against Redwood. Girls varsity volleyball beat the Giants last Wednesday 3-0.

Girls volleyball dominates Redwood, secures top seed in MCAL

By Andrew Murr October 13, 2024
The Bulls dominated the Giants in a commanding 3-0 win last week, securing the number-one seed before they head into the MCAL semi-finals.
Librarian and new Class Dean Charlotte King. King hopes to support the incoming students in adjusting to Branson.

Charlotte King appointed ninth-grade dean

By Sadie Winter October 13, 2024

Librarian and Digital Literacy Specialist Charlotte King has taken on the additional role of ninth-grade class dean.  This year, Branson welcomed 107 new ninth-graders to campus. As class dean, King...

Reggae, the Rand Center's therapy dog for students.

Branson’s pup-ulation

By Cecilia "CC" Brenner September 6, 2024
Faculty and staff grace Branson’s campus with their pets’ fluffy faces daily. Get to know these iconic staffulty-and-dog duos.
Dylan Whisenant '24 painting a bowl in the Sculpture Studio. Some seniors choose to pursue art beyond their two-year requirement.

More than a requirement: A tribute to seniors in visual arts

By Cecilia "CC" Brenner May 29, 2024

The current seniors at Branson had only a two-year arts requirement, but some stuck with their visual arts classes to the end.  One of the biggest trends among senior artists is that they came to Branson...

The cover for the Devil’s Dating Service. Maura Vaughn was key in producing the show.

Vaughn writes new theater production ‘The Devil’s Dating Service’

By Cecilia Brenner April 9, 2024

“The Devil’s Dating Service” is too good a name to not write a musical about. Branson students had the opportunity to spend their Martin Luther King Jr. Day evening at the read-through of the comedic...

View from outside Branson commons during a March lunch. The commons serves a central hub for students and faculty on-campus.

The Bullshot: Is Branson absenteeism a problem?

By Ryder Lariviere, Kasra Panahi, and Wilson Wendt March 21, 2024

In the years after the pandemic, the United States has seen the percentage of chronically absent students skyrocket from the pre-pandemic rate of 12.1 percent in 2018–2019 to roughly 25 percent in 2022–2023. According...

Kaia Hayes poses next to her traditional 2-tiered wedding cake. This was just her second wedding cake. Courtesy of Kaia Hayes

Sweet Kaia’s: A delectable journey with Kaia Hayes, culinary entrepreneur

By Lauren Dignan December 11, 2023

At the tender age of five, Kaia Hayes ‘24 first discovered her passion for baking through her grandmother, setting the stage for a remarkable journey she never could have anticipated. Today, Kaia...

"Our Lady of Communion" by Allyson Seal. The canvas painting was displayed in the New House art gallery in October 2023

New House exhibit shows off brilliant gallery of artistic expertise

By Cecilia Brenner November 14, 2023

The cliché “those who cannot do, teach” might want to take a look at the prolific multimedia art display in New House Gallery, done entirely by Branson staff. A full range of Branson teachers’...

Atticus teaching the Latin IV class in November.  Latin has been a core part of the language department for years.

Faculty spotlight: From math to military to Malawi

By Wilson Wendt November 11, 2023

When you think of a Latin teacher, you might imagine someone in a tweed blazer with wire-rimmed glasses, engrossed in ancient manuscripts, with a life dedicated to the language. Henri de Marcellus—better...

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