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Over the Counter Birth Control Made Available for First Time

Sawyer Brown, Staff Writer April 22, 2024

Beginning in late March, the first ever over the counter birth control, Opill, will be available online and in stores. This means that women will no longer have to see a medical professional or get a prescription...

Atlanta Girls’ School Closes Abruptly

Aria Hammerstrom, Staff Writer April 22, 2024

On March 18, The Atlanta Girls’ School (AGS) announced they will be closing at the end of the school year on May 24. The school explained the reasoning behind the closure is due to financial issues because...

Thoughts about Religious Expression at Paideia

Thomas Grant, Guest Writer April 22, 2024

Unlike many of its private school peers, Paideia has a secular foundation and holds a largely agnostic student body—with 69 percent of students responding to a recent Forum poll describing themselves...

Billionaires Kick Off Wedding with Extravagance

Aria Hammerstrom, Staff Writer April 22, 2024

March 1 kicked off the celebration of the pre-wedding party for the Ambani family, the richest family in Asia. Anant Ambani and his betrothed, Radhika Merchant, will be married July 12 in Mumbai. The pre-wedding...

Mock Trial seniors celebrate a third consecutive regional win. Courtesy of Erin Chance.

Mock Trial, Model UN Make Cases for a Banner Season

Theo Arnold, Staff Writer March 5, 2024

Paideia’s competitive academic teams have had a very successful start to the new year. Model UN (MUN) and Mock Trial have both performed well at major tournaments in February after months of preparation.  Mock...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, center, confers with lead prosecutors, Donald Wakeford, left, and Nathan Wade, during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on July 1, 2022. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Fulton DA Fani Willis Under Fire in Trump Case

Daniel Sommerfeld, Online Editor March 5, 2024

In recent weeks, yet another riveting twist has come to light in one of Trump’s biggest court cases. Trump campaign official Michael Roman asked the court to disqualify Atlanta District Attorney (DA)...

Kenneth Smith recently became the first American to be executed using nitrogen hypoxia. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Capital Punishment Changes Divide America

Stella Gegax, Staff Writer March 5, 2024

On Jan. 24, Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person to be executed using nitrogen hypoxia, a method argued by Alabama state lawyers to be a humane alternative to the quick but inconsistent lethal...

The 2024 Valentine's themed blood drive was the second biggest in school history.

Blood Drive Aims to Break Records

Frank Yeboah, Staff Writer March 4, 2024

On Jan. 7, 2024, the American Red Cross spoke on the ongoing blood shortage happening nationwide. They declared an emergency blood shortage, having experienced the lowest number of people giving blood...

The Procrastination Pandemic

The Procrastination Pandemic

Braylen Pendleton, Production Editor March 4, 2024

With New Year’s resolutions still on everyone’s minds, ending the habit of procrastination is one of the most popular resolutions year after year. Just like most New Year’s resolutions, ending a...

Paideia students hike through Costa Rica's La Fortuna rainforest.

Costa Rica Trip: A Rewarding Experience For Paideians

Reggie Moorman and Frank Yeboah March 4, 2024

“Argos: Study Abroad” offered our school the opportunity to go to Costa Rica for a nine day trip, led by Joy Lewis-Mendez and Lindsay Reid during this year’s Short Term 1. Visiting Costa Rica was...

Elementary students enjoy a performance in celebration of Lunar New Year. Courtesy of Grace Garrett.

Next Year’s School Holidays More Culturally Inclusive

Michael London, Production Chief March 4, 2024

In January, school administrators released next year’s academic calendar which includes three new school holidays: the Muslim holiday Eid al-fitr, the Hindu holiday Diwali, and the Lunar New Year, commonly...

Leads Ari Goodmark ’24 and Brody Gross ’24 engage in animated debate during the first show. Courtesy of Kemi Griffin.

Acting Troupe’s First Play of The Year Dazzles

Hazel Hughes, Feature Editor December 12, 2023

“The most important part is the kids had fun and created memories,” says Jesse Evans about the play “Six Characters in Search of an Author.” For six weeks, around fifteen members of the acting...

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