On January 28th, 2021, Rectory dining hall hosted a "Best Chicken Wings" competition between Mr. Smith and Mr. Bendall. While Mr. Smith presented the crowd with juicy buffalo flavored wings, Mr. Bendall served up some gentle, Asian sweet and sour wings. All students and faculty members sampled both chicken-wing...

The novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway begins in Italy toward the end of World War I. Lieutenant Frederic Henry is an American serving in the Italian ambulance corps. During his time on the front, he meets Miss Catherine Barkley, a British nurse, and their hazy affection for each other starts...

I'm surrounded by darkness; in front of me is an outline of an old orange tree. My cousin sits on the cold, cement stairs to the right of me and is preparing for what is about to happen. He is as excited as if he were watching Steph Curry playing basketball. From the window behind me, smells of my grandmother’s...

Recently, Mrs. Sangiolo, Jennie’s learning specialist at Rectory, found a writing lesson on the ESL Library site. The lesson objective was to use the title of Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb," to write your own poem about freedom, democracy, equality, or any other major challenge that people...

“Take a deep breath.” The calming tone of Ms. Maley’s voice may be heard in her small, but cozy office on the second floor hallway of the Academic Building. This is the office that students often like to swing by and be greeted by the welcoming face inside. Ms. Maley is Rectory’s new school counselor...

Late in November (2020), a small brown and white fluffy ball brought an air of delightfulness to the Rectory campus. After a 17-hour drive from Ohio, a puppy named Sofie came to live with Ms. Maley, Rectory’s school counselor. Ms. Maley plans to train Sofie as a therapy dog that helps students cope...

I believe that If I have passion for something, nothing can stop me from doing it. At the early start of 2020, a new form of virus started its outbreak, and it almost stopped me from doing something that I love. The virus was contagious and could be passed around easily; to stop further spread, people...