By Amanda Young, ‘11, News Section Editor. According to a recent New York Times article, the average American youth (ages eight to 18) spends more than seven and a half hours in front of a screen, an hour and a half texting, a half-hour on a cell phone, and another hour with some other form of electronics, for a total of eleven hours daily of use.

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 Isaac Guttman, ’10, News Editor. Upper School students can wear collarless shirts with sweaters and pullovers; seniors gained the options of morning sleep-ins and expanded hours away from school.

New to CCDS: Mr. John Carriero, math and computer science teacher, and Ms. Andrea Owens, technology librarian.