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Upper School students navigate within the cloud of red powder during the annual color war at Derby Day.
A Derby Day Dilemma
Upper Schoolers gather on the turf after the color war covered in powder.
Scenes from Derby Day 2024
This new gate, securing one of three entrances into the senior parking lot on South Perkins Road, is also shared with the Church of Holy Communion. Five new gates were recently installed to decrease the amount of outside traffic entering the South Campus parking lots.
Updates to security prioritize campus safety
Several Upper School teachers introduced new attendance policies for the 2024-2025 school year that include deducting points for missing school.
New participation point policies cause controversy
An empty chapel podium and the overhanging question of who will be the next head chaplain.
A Long Search Ahead
Acceptance rates have been on a downward trend over the past five years, but they are not as concrete as they appear to be.
Playing with Numbers
During the summer of 2023, the Supreme Court ended Affirmative Action for college admissions leaving students and administrators to reconsider what role race has in applying to college.
The End of Affirmative Action
Women feel pressure to remove their body hair because of social stigma, but some notice a shift towards acceptance of body hair. Although History of women's body hair in America shows that media helped enforce the societal standards for body hair, modern advertisements also reflect this shift away from the stigma.
The root of the problem
Memphis girl Imani meets Little Amal. Imani's greeting and walk with Amal represented Memphis' "Culture of Love."
Walk with me
Competition to be the best at "high-achieving " schools can cause negative effects on students' mental health.
The Perfect Problem
Plates of food and other trash were thrown away after Upper School lunch.
Chew on This
The Cool Beans of Memphis
The Cool Beans of Memphis
At local drugstores like Walgreens, period product have a 9.75% sales tax also known as the tampon tax.
When you’re taxed for having a period
Senior Saniya Young sells her homemade crochet items at the annual Memphis Cooper Young festival.
Slow down your fashion
8th grader Luciana Szatkowski leads the Barbie parade for St. Mary's annual Constitution Day chapel.
Reporting from Barbieland
What are some of SMS’s hot takes?
What are some of SMS’s hot takes?
Walking in (Downtown) Memphis
Walking in (Downtown) Memphis
"Fourth Wing," a fantasy novel that sold millions of copies features extraordinary worlds, engaging characters and unique magic to make it an ideal fantasy book.
Loved “Fourth Wing”? Kim Huang has some suggestions for you
Bianca Dish(es) her 2024 Oscar winner predictions
Bianca Dish(es) her 2024 Oscar winner predictions
Cringy, but I liked it
Cringy, but I liked it
Excited SMS fans including Charlotte Stakem (11) and Pep Club President Shelby Williams (12) cheer on their fellow turkeys on the football field.
Despite loss, Powderpuff was a “blast”
To fix the discrepancy between the amount of people watching women's sports versus men's, Molly Kirshbaum suggests that more women start watching women's sports.
Women supporting women
Casey Jang, an internationally recognized archer, is practicing for one of her many competitions. Jang has placed in many tournaments including second in the state.
Freshmen take aim
Softball, fencing and dance have gone under the radar in SMS athletics over the last few years.
Some sports don’t make the roster
Golf, bowling and trap may not be the most popular, but they are just as accomplished
Golf, bowling and trap may not be the most popular, but they are just as accomplished
Stairs: 1, Turkeys: 0
Stairs: 1, Turkeys: 0
ARTificial
ARTificial
Fall comic
Fall comic
Turkey Talk: Band and Choir Tour
Turkey Talk: Band and Choir Tour
Turkey Talk #4
Turkey Talk #4
Turkey Talk #3
Turkey Talk #3
Turkey Talk #2
Turkey Talk #2
Turkey Talk #2 has Natalie Smith interviewing chemistry teacher and junior class sponsor, Ms. Rose Dunlap.
Turkey Talk #1
Amal waves goodbye of the site of the newly renovated Tom Lee Park after her walk through downtown Memphis.
Amal’s Memphis Walk
"Pride and Prejudice"
“Pride and Prejudice”
Seniors get hype for powder puff
Seniors get hype for powder puff
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Amal waves goodbye of the site of the newly renovated Tom Lee Park after her walk through downtown Memphis.

Amal’s Memphis Walk

Wallis Rogin and Lilly Coggin
November 9, 2023

“Pride and Prejudice”

Ellis Rougeou, Staff Artist
November 16, 2022
Seniors get hype for powder puff

Seniors get hype for powder puff

Cam Hart, Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2022
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