On January 6th, 2021, an insurrection occurred on Capitol Hill.       Four years of hate, conspiracies, and lies spewed by Donald Trump to power his ego culminated in the insurrection. In the last several weeks before Biden’s inauguration on January 20th, Trump displayed the worst of his lawlessness, a level many of us have long feared. It began with a phone call to coerce officials...

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice Motoko Maegawa will be leaving Poly at the end of the year to be the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. Almost two years ago, Maegawa came to Poly as an unfamiliar face, but she quickly became someone that many students could trust and confide in.  As one student said, “Maegawa brought a lot...

          For a week, a Tibetan monk stood in the center of the Joseph Dana Allen Library painstakingly creating a traditional sand mandala. Lama Tenzin Yignyen visited Poly the week of March 9th, which happened to be our last week on campus, to educate our community in Buddhist values. Students, faculty, and other visitors from the community watched in awe as he turned an empty table into a work...

      “The HSEL brings seamless, easy, and rewarding esports competition to your school. We educate high schools about the fundamental ingredients to a program’s success. We aim to ensure your club is maximizing its potential and reaching every student possible.” says the High School Esports League official website.       Primarily, eSports is competitive video game playing. Although...