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Ashley Vela Perez

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Technical Theater Director DiAnn Montemayor gets lunch from the Commons.

[Photo] Branson partners with new food service

By Skylar Lariviere • February 14, 2025

Technical Theater Director DiAnn Montemayor gets lunch from the Commons.

Dance teacher Alex Escalante gives instruction to dance students during rehearsal. The annual dance concert, "Heart & Soul," premieres next week on Feb. 6.

[Photo] Week in the life: Dancers prepare for concert

By Hazel Levinson • February 1, 2025

Dance students rehearse in the week before the annual dance concert, "Heart & Soul."

Students collaborate during peer tutoring office hours. Peer tutoring office hours after school are a new addition, alongside a student-created app that pairs students with peer tutors.

[Photo] New app streamlines peer tutoring pairing process

By Will Zuercher • December 19, 2024

Students collaborate during peer tutoring office hours. Peer tutoring office hours after school are a new addition, alongside a student-created app that pairs students with peer tutors.

DEI Director JuanCarlos Arauz sits in the commons lifeguard chair and speaks into megaphone.

[Photo] Commons’ uncleanliness takes dessert and threatens wing day

By Cecilia "CC" Brenner • December 19, 2024

DEI Director JuanCarlos Arauz sits in the commons lifeguard chair and speaks into megaphone.

Cross-country displays team spirit in friendly competition during the fall pep rally. New rules against hazing made the event tamer than in years past.

[Photo] It’s time to put the pep back into pep rally

By Lauren Dignan, Opinions Editor • December 19, 2024

Cross-country displays team spirit in friendly competition during the fall pep rally. New rules against hazing made the event tamer than in years past.

Gretchen Koles's knitted garments on display in New House. The Staffulty Art Show spotlighted diverse works of art from across the Branson faculty.

[Photo] New House exhibit spotlights staffulty art

By Ella Rubenstein • October 22, 2024

Annabel LaBrecque's wool and acrylic yarn hat and scarf.

The girls a capella club, the Branson Bellas, holds up their sign at the clubs fair. The Sept. 12 fair featured a variety and record-high number of Branson clubs.

[Photo] Clubs fair welcomes new students

By Samara "Sam" Lehman • October 22, 2024

Book Buddies club.

Natalia Rincon ‘27 paints a mural on New House during FAB. FAB is a celebration of students in the arts at Branson.

[Photo] Visual artists ‘get their roses’ at FAB

By Cecilia "CC" Brenner • May 29, 2024

Chamber Music students (left to right) Barry Liu '26, Eleanor Hoang '27 and Ashley Wang '26 perform in the Old Dining Hall.

Students participate in the spray painting workshop during the Beloved Community event on Jan. 11.

[Photo] Hip-hop unites beloved community

By Wilson Wendt • April 9, 2024

Students participate in the spray painting workshop during the Beloved Community event on Jan. 11.

Students leave trails of rice behind in the commons after lunch. This messiness has become a new normal for Branson students this year.

[Photo] Opinion: Clean up after yourself

By Charlie Zwibelman • April 9, 2024

Students leave trails of rice behind in the commons after lunch. This messiness has become a new normal for Branson students this year.

Will Ashley, right, counts as one of the Branson seniors who filled out a ballot in November. Some seniors got their first chance to vote during the midterm election.

Branson seniors complete ballots during midterms

By Sadie Winter, Samara "Sam" Lehman, and Ashley Vela • February 7, 2023
The November election marked some seniors’ first time to vote.
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