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Branson School News, Sports, Life and Opinion

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Dashiell Brown

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Course Requests: The Art of Balancing Passion and Rigor.

By Dashiell Brown June 5, 2026

With course requests for 2026-27 now closed, Registrar Henri "Atticus" de Marcellus and department chairs will begin building next year's schedule. ​ For students, the process is a balancing act between personal interest, building college-readiness, and the limited seats in any given class.   De...

Why Doesn’t Branson Host the ACT?

By Dashiell Brown April 20, 2026

On Monday, March 9, 46 Branson students took the SAT on campus in a school-administered test day that closed classes for the rest of the student body.   The annual spring SAT is a convenience many juniors have come to rely on, a chance to take the test in a familiar environment rather than...

Branson curriculum lacks AI literacy

By Dashiell Brown December 8, 2025

In a Branson Drawing and Painting class assignment, Branson students were asked to paint the Marin Headlands 50 years into the future. But here's the twist: they were allowed to use AI to generate that vision first. Then, they could paint what the algorithm creates. While this particular assignment included...

Math club discusses how teaching structure hinders math students

By Dashiell Brown April 2, 2025

After viewing the documentary “Counted Out” on March 10, Branson’s math club met to discuss a question: What if the reason students often struggle with math is not their ability, but how we teach it?  The screening, held in the school theater, was followed by a student-led discussion on why...

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