May 8, 2019 • No Comments
These past few days, Brexit has become a universal conversation piece. Whether it’s being used by comedians to make jokes, reported on the news, or even talked about in...
May 8, 2019
Senior pranks have been a tradition in schools and universities for a very long time. The objective of this practice is for students to leave their mark...
May 8, 2019
Last semester, during a particularly captivating assembly, Mrs. Cope introduced a new policy stating that everyone should stay 1.4 meters – yes, that...
April 24, 2019
On February 1st and 2nd, over eighty freshmen and twenty seniors gathered at a campsite in São Lourenço da Serra, 55 kilometers south of São Paulo,...
May 8, 2019 • No Comments
You’re scrolling through your Instagram feed one day, putting off doing your homework, when you see a picture of a beautiful location advertised. A sigh slips from your...
April 22, 2019
Let's Do Our Part: Easy Steps to Destroy the Environment! January is long gone by now, but it's never too late to create a New Year’s resolution....
March 14, 2019
In the spirit of continuing the theme from my last couple of articles discussing Graded’s past, this article will serve as an announcement for a new...
February 24, 2019
Graded offers amazing art programs across the board. However, I must commend the theatre department, especially as it has created amazing experiences for...
Alicia Padron, Entertainment Writer
April 22, 2019 • No Comments
You may have heard her name lately (probably because she just won four Grammy awards) yet, not many people seem to know who Kacey Musgraves is. Just last April...
March 14, 2019
"Fashion industry gets away with murder."
I watched ALL of the Oscar Movies so you don’t have to
February 24, 2019
Awards season has always been my favorite season. Staying up way too late (thank you time difference)...
9 tests more conclusive than the ACT/SAT
December 13, 2018
Your grade on a standardized test can feel like the “be-all and end-all" of who you are. All around...
May 8, 2019 • No Comments
Growing up, my mother would tell me stories about her childhood in Caracas. The sun was always shining, she could have an ice cream on a beach ten minutes away from her house,...
March 18, 2019
– Tá errado isso daí. – Declarei, interrompendo a apresentação com um sorrisinho maroto nos...
February 15, 2019
Can you guess who tweeted this: “‘When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS...
“Desconocidos del Medio Oriente”
February 13, 2019
Simplemente buscan una vida mejor. Niños, mujeres, familias, bebés, padres. Todos juntos procuran liberarse...
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."