Anita Benito, News Writer
December 17, 2018 • No Comments
Over the past few years, there has been much construction around Graded. Although most of the projects won’t be complete until the second semester, there is a lot to be...
December 17, 2018
It's summative week. You feel overwhelmed, with every class simultaneously flinging assessments at you. What’s the best solution? According to us, it's...
December 12, 2018
That stereotypical 30-year-old who plays video games in their parent's basement all day is rapidly turning into a common reality. Today, children all over...
December 7, 2018
According to the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, climate change is a "hoax." However, when focusing on research completed over the...
Rosanne Van Ballegooijen, Features Editor
December 12, 2018 • No Comments
For the majority of this Christmas break, I will be staying in São Paulo. We have five weeks of free time between December 19th and January 22nd, and if you’re going to...
November 29, 2018
If you’ve wandered around the halls of Graded, you will have usually seen people laughing, smiling, and hanging out with their friends. Usually what...
November 28, 2018
Are you worried about your Extended Essay? Are the directions from administration and teachers not clear enough for you to understand? Or are you struggling...
November 28, 2018
Starting at a young age, children always wonder what it’ll be like to be older. Whether that means imagining their life as a parent by taking care of...
Isabela Peixoto, Editor in Chief
December 13, 2018 • No Comments
Your grade on a standardized test can feel like the “be-all and end-all" of who you are. All around me, my friends are taking their ACTs and SATs and letting their grade...
A Breath of Fresh Air: The Best Open Spaces In São Paulo
December 7, 2018
If you're someone who likes the outdoors but doesn't know where to get some fresh air in this concrete...
Why Shawshank Redemption Is The Best Movie Of All Time
December 5, 2018
Nominated for seven Academy Awards categories and the number one rated movie on IMDb’s Top 250 list,...
Short Description of the Zodiac
October 10, 2018
We’ve all read Instagram’s astrology posts or read our horoscope on websites, but I have been asked...
Sabrina Scheinberg, Columnist
November 8, 2018 • No Comments
Told through the traumatic life of Offred (or June), the new Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, originally a novel published by Margaret Atwood, displays a society where the...
November 5, 2018
Should freedom of speech ever be limited by legislative punishment? If so, how do we measure that limit?...
Meaning is Not as Important as It May Seem
November 1, 2018
Art is a complex topic. It gives us solace to think that everything has reason for its existence, but...
October 25, 2018
On July 9th, 2018, United States President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacant...
What are your top 3 picks for Wacky Week 2018?
- Dress like you did in Lower School Day (22%, 196 Votes)
- Favorite Album/Movie cover (19%, 171 Votes)
- Decades Day (18%, 157 Votes)
- Pajama Day (15%, 128 Votes)
- Twin Day/Group Day (12%, 108 Votes)
- Dress for your future (6%, 51 Votes)
- Celebrity look alike day (4%, 36 Votes)
- Dress like our rival day (4%, 31 Votes)
Total Voters: 315
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November 8, 2017
"My biggest struggle right now is that I have been given opportunities that the vast majority of people wouldn’t even dream of having; I have been given every resource I need to be successful. But I don’t feel like I am fulfilling the expectations I set on myself. Instead, I am content with being average. I lack the impulse in me to be the best at the things I say I’m good at. I am good at something by my own standards, but that doesn’t mean that the rest of the world will think the same."
What are your top 3 picks for Wacky Week 2018?
- Dress like you did in Lower School Day (22%, 196 Votes)
- Favorite Album/Movie cover (19%, 171 Votes)
- Decades Day (18%, 157 Votes)
- Pajama Day (15%, 128 Votes)
- Twin Day/Group Day (12%, 108 Votes)
- Dress for your future (6%, 51 Votes)
- Celebrity look alike day (4%, 36 Votes)
- Dress like our rival day (4%, 31 Votes)
Total Voters: 315
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