The Student Newspaper of Poly Prep Country Day School

The Polygon

The Student Newspaper of Poly Prep Country Day School

The Polygon

The Student Newspaper of Poly Prep Country Day School

The Polygon

Women’s History Month: Appreciating Poly’s Female Leaders

Below is an interview with some of Poly’s prominent female leaders, featuring Middle School Dean Amanda Rose, Head of Upper School Sarah Bates,...

Spanish Rienzi Recitations 2023

Listen to Ben Piquet and Jordan Millar each recite “Oh tierra, espérame.” Oh tierra, espérame Pablo Neruda   Vuélveme...

The Pros and Cons of the 40-Minute Flex

The 40 minute flex period, Poly’s latest invention to help make the school work load more manageable, has sparked discussion amongst students....

A Look Back on When Poly Became Co-Ed

A fight for women's equality begins The 1970s marked a milestone in the history of the women's rights movement. One of the movement’s main...

Debate Team Goes to Princeton

Poly’s Speech and Debate team competed in their first in-person conference since March 2020 in early December. Eighteen students from both...

Poly Shifts Approach to Ethical Service Travel
Poly Shifts Approach to Ethical Service Travel
Maerose Daniels, Editor-in-Chief • February 16, 2023

The Service Travel field has recently undergone examination in response to questions about privilege and savior complexes. This upcoming year, Poly is offering both educational curricular trips and “service” trips where students can fulfill Poly’s entire 40-hour service requirement. In the past,...

Debate Team Goes to Princeton
Debate Team Goes to Princeton
Isabella Leyton and Daisy Lu February 17, 2023

Poly’s Speech and Debate team competed in their first in-person conference since March 2020 in early December. Eighteen students from both...

Senior Spotlight: Jackson ten Oever
Senior Spotlight: Jackson ten Oever
Beatrice Larkin, People Editor • February 16, 2023

Poly Senior Jackson ten Oever is committed to Columbia University and will be playing on the men’s soccer team. Ten Oever has excelled in soccer...

Sunday Routine: Mr. Klett
Sunday Routine: Mr. Klett
Chelsea Lin, Managing Editor • February 16, 2023

Upper School Intro to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming teacher Dylan Klett kicks off his Sunday morning at 10 a.m. For breakfast,...

Women’s History Month: Appreciating Poly’s Female Leaders
Maddie Shields, Jordan Millar, and Chelsea Lin March 9, 2023

Below is an interview with some of Poly’s prominent female leaders, featuring Middle School Dean Amanda Rose, Head of Upper School Sarah Bates,...

A Look Back on When Poly Became Co-Ed
A Look Back on When Poly Became Co-Ed

A fight for women's equality begins The 1970s marked a milestone in...

Devil's Advocate

  Dear Divided Devil,   Group dynamics are always...

Space for Female-Identifying Poly Students to Grow Their Love for STEM
Space for Female-Identifying Poly Students to Grow Their Love for STEM

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) related fields have been...

Athletics With Eli: All Love for Damar Hamlin
Athletics With Eli: All Love for Damar Hamlin
Eli Floyd, Contributing Writer • February 17, 2023

Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Bills, collapsed after a hit during Buffalo’s week 17 matchup aga2inst the Cincinnati Bengals in early January....

Winter Track: Run Like the Wind Inside
Winter Track: Run Like the Wind Inside

Though many don’t realize, the outdoor season in the spring is not the...

Obscure Sports: The Lessons of Taekwondo
Obscure Sports: The Lessons of Taekwondo

Did you know that after a long day of school and a two-hour sports practice...

Athletics With Eli: Top 5 MLB Free Agents Projections
Athletics With Eli: Top 5 MLB Free Agents' Projections

With the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason coming to an end and the...

The World Cup: Poly Catches the Fútbol Fever
The World Cup: Poly Catches the Fútbol Fever

The Quadrennial International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)...

Spanish Rienzi Recitations 2023
March 4, 2023

Listen to Ben Piquet and Jordan Millar each recite “Oh tierra, espérame.” Oh tierra, espérame Pablo Neruda   Vuélveme...

Student Artists Submit Work to Annual Arts Competition
Student Artists Submit Work to Annual Arts Competition
Eden Golomb, Contributing Writer • February 16, 2023

This past December, the Poly Prep community hosted its 2nd annual Visual Arts Competition, where Middle and Upper School students entered their...

This World Wasn’t Made For Me, It Was Made For Him
Sophia Taylor, Contributing Writer • February 16, 2023

Five-year-old me would hate that I’ve embraced my natural curls; she’d say my hair was too big and that I should tie it up. She never understood...

Multimedia Arts Exhibition Showcases Art Class Creations
Multimedia Arts Exhibition Showcases Art Class Creations
Elizabeth Perry, Photography Editor • February 16, 2023

On December 8, Poly hosted its annual Winter Arts Festival, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with the Visual Arts Exhibition. For the first time, four...

Original Composition by Junior Jordan Millar Performed at Winter Concert
Original Composition by Junior Jordan Millar Performed at Winter Concert
Sadie Schoenberger, Arts Editor • February 16, 2023

At this year’s Winter Concert, the Upper School String Ensemble performed “Iridessa,” an original piece composed by Poly Prep Junior Jordan...

The Pros and Cons of the 40-Minute Flex
The Pros and Cons of the 40-Minute Flex
Dov Weinstein Elul, Contributing Writer • February 17, 2023

The 40 minute flex period, Poly’s latest invention to help make the school work load more manageable, has sparked discussion amongst students....

Was the New Midterm Schedule Useful?
Was the New Midterm Schedule Useful?
Stephen Playford, Contributing Writer • February 16, 2023

Just as students are barely clinging on for the end of the first semester, midterm week strikes! Panic ensues as students scramble to prepare...

Last Man at the Formal
Last Man at the Formal
Kyle Williams, Staff Writer • February 16, 2023

When the Student Government initially announced the Winter Formal over email in late November, many juniors and seniors were immediately skeptical...

Daylight Savings: Inconvenient and Impractical
Daylight Savings: Inconvenient and Impractical
Isabella Leyton, Contributing Writer • January 16, 2023

On the first Sunday of November, most North Americans set their clock back an hour, ending daylight savings. We set our clocks forward an hour...

How Poly Can Help The Recycling Crisis
How Poly Can Help The Recycling Crisis
Carolina Lisk, Contributing Writer • January 3, 2023

The United States alone produces 33 percent of the global waste population. According to Grow NYC, New York City residents only recycle about...