By Rachel Epstein ‘14, Contributor. This April, Ali Breneman will make her final appearance in the CCDS theatre department by directing her first musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

By Sally Portman ’13, Contributor. The sophomore paper is looking a little different this year. The assignment will now be chaired by the History Department instead of the English Department, a move Mrs. Pat Dunn, English Department Chair, sees as “more sensible.”

By Haleigh Miller ‘12, News Section Editor. This semester, the CCDS history department has introduced a new senior history elective, “A Rap on Race.” However, there’s something a bit unusual about the seminar: the instructor is not a CCDS teacher, and he isn’t being paid.

By Cody Pomeranz ‘11, Co-Editor-in-Chief.
Ever wonder what it would be like if your favorite faculty members were all stuck in a cave together? Well, we can only use our imagination. Here’s what The Scroll pictures it would be like.

By Edwin Sam ‘13, Sports Editor.
Often times, when we think of someone managing their time between sports and academics, we look at it from a student’s perspective. We tend to overlook how time consuming sports can be for the coaches involved too. Only when we see through a teacher’s perspective can we ascertain how a teacher has to modify his or her schedule to fit the rigorous schedules of the various CCDS sports.

By Cody Pomeranz ‘11, Co-Editor-in-Chief.
A few weeks ago, The Scroll sat down with two of Country Day’s most admirable and intriguing personalities. And after weeks of technical and scheduling difficulties, we finally bring you the official edited version of our interview with Merle and Kathryn Black.

Photos by Ilana Habib, ’11, Photography Editor. For the past several years, the faculty have beat the seniors, and this year’s game, held on Friday, April 9 in the South Gym, was no exception.

By Jayne Caron, ’10, The Lens Section Editor, and Kathryn Black, ’11, The Lens Editor. Have you ever wondered what your teachers looked like when they were in high school? Which members of THE BREAKFAST CLUB they most resembled?

By Amanda Young, ’11, News Section Editor. A world-renowned photographer’s racy lecture at CCDS on Friday, Dec. 4, and the administration’s decision to cut it short serve as a “teachable moment” for the school.

By Merle Black, History Department Chair. Afghanistan could well become Obama’s Vietnam.

By Kate Taylor, ‘11, Contributor. Alanah Hall, ‘11, and Kyle Kistinger, ‘12, both aim to compete at the state level in cross country.

By Jayne Caron, ‘10, The Lens Section Editor

Mr. Howard Brownstein,  cookie monster and basketball coach extraordinaire, has a booming, distinctive voice that can be heard throughout the hallways as he cracks jokes, extols  the virtues of mathematics and basketball, and describes the physical similarity between Mrs. Dunn and senior Nick Bender to all [...]