Should Schools Across the United States Enforce a Dress Code?
All schools should consider the message they convey when implementing a dress code. Although they are often associated with equality and professionalism,...
Morgan Touhy ‘27 Staff Writer
Are School Clubs as Important as They Seem?
Each year, faculty members and student club leaders urge students to join clubs and become active community members. Although...
Ellen Chen, Director of Design
• September 27, 2024
Ell(en) Chen 2025
When students, staff, and faculty returned to the Island this year, many certainly expressed amazement at an apparent summertime miracle—I know I did: Two beautiful, snow-white swans...
Ruopan Song ’27, Mélange Section Editor
• September 27, 2024
Tiger Song ’27
The Role Of Religion in the United States
As of November 1st, 2024, Louisiana is embroiled in a heated debate over a new law requiring government-funded schools to display the Ten Commandments...
PeliCoins: Is it Producing an Outcome?
Dr. Fisher, the head of the financial literacy program, said that teaching high school students how to manage their money is especially important to her because when...
AP Exams: Worthy Achievement or Sham? Aiyana Gladsden ‘26 Contributor
For a while now, the LC course catalog has not held any classes with the decorative title “AP”; instead, they are termed as...
Maia Gorgan ‘26
Contributor
GESC: A Student Review On The Program Benefits or Lackings
The Global Environmental Studies Certificate is a flashy name — but what is it?
The GESC, for short, is a certificate...
Question: Should I Hire a Private College Counselor?
Ethan Song ’24
Editor-in-Chief
Answer: not if you’re at Loomis.
I like to compare private college counseling to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs)....
David Shim ’26
Contributor
Is Teacher Feedback at Loomis Adequate?
Teacher feedback at Loomis Chaffee, or the ability to give feedback to teachers, is a topic of debate for students not only at Loomis...
Ethan Zhou ‘27
Contributor
Are the Freshman and Sophomore Seminars worth it?
We all know of the famous - or infamous - underclassmen seminars. These courses are designed to benefit and guide students...
Mariia Zhukova ’26
Contributor
Teachers Fitting in Exams During the Winterim
At Loomis Chaffee, the winterim, or “the trenches,” is the nearly three-week sprint from Thanksgiving to Winter Break,...
