By Emily Cho ‘27  • Nov 18, 2025 On July 16, 1915, American painter Charles Burchfield recorded the perceptions he was experiencing in his journal, “It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made a sound … Listen long to the singing of the telephone poles… Each pole has a distinct tone, a steady throbbing sound – the poles, once trees, still are full of life which is expressed in this pu

by Ian Kim ’26 • Nov 18, 2025 Springfield Commonwealth Academy has laid their first major footprint onto the international stage this week as the founder, Angelene Huang, delivered a keynote address to hundreds of principles and educational leaders across China, marking a significant moment in the school’s global expansion. The event, held at a nationwide education forum, highlighted SCA’s innovative finance and entrepreneurship programs - factors that are rapidly attracting

By Jaesun Yang ’26  • Nov 18, 2025 Formula One—better known as F1—is the pinnacle of global motorsport, a championship series that stages high-speed races across circuits around the world. Unlike road cars, F1 machines are built to be extraordinarily light and engineered to reach speeds exceeding 350 km/h. Every lap is a showcase of cutting-edge science, from aerodynamics and tire temperature management to energy efficiency and engine performance. Tracks feature a mix of long

By Seoyeon “Claudia” Kim '28 • Nov 18, 2025 Tis Grammy nomination season, when social media pages are overcrowded with news and predictions of nominees for sundry genres of music. Among the many categories, w hat caught my sight were the nominees for the “Album of the Year”. “Album of the Year” has great value as one of the most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards, selected by the panel of judges that reside in authoritative positions of the industry. Although I am no cri

By Emily Cho 27'  • Nov 11, 2025 When Claude Monet painted Impression, Sunrise  in 1872, critics accused him of being careless—his brushstrokes too loose, his forms too vague. Yet that very painting gave birth to Impressionism , a movement that transformed how we see light and emotion on canvas. Nearly a century earlier, another artist had already captured the drama of light in a very different way: J.M.W. Turner, whose Fishermen at Sea  (1796) marked the beginning of his ris

By Janice Yang ’26  • Nov 11, 2025 The Death of Marat, © Wikipedia — public domain image The Death of Marat is a famous depiction of a crime scene from the past 250 years, painted in 1793 by Jacques-Louis David. This work, created with oil on canvas, is currently housed in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. This painting commemorates the death of Jacques-Louis David’s close friend, Jean-Paul Marat. Marat was a politician and journalist who belonged to the