Aiden Curran, Reporter
March 31, 2020
What you need to know about the Coronavirus (3/31) Here is what you need to know about the Coronavirus and how it's affecting our community. General: The total number of Coronavirus cases in Shelby county has increased to 379 cases and 1,834 in the state of Tennessee As of 3/30, over a fifth of confirmed cases in the state of Tennessee were in Shelby county Although the rate of new cases...
Madeline Sisk and Snowden Farnsworth
March 30, 2020
On Friday, Feb. 7, bright blue bins crept into class-rooms. Their purpose? To seize the students’ cell phones one by one. Right after school had dismissed for the weekend, students received an email from Dean of Students Kalyn Underwood issuing a new phone policy. Students are now required to place their phone in the blue bins at the beginning of each class period. “The expectation is that...
Sam Kuykendall, Reporter
March 4, 2020
After lasting only one season in 2001, the XFL, a professional football league designed to display the talents of unsigned players, has been resurrected for a new season. This revival started Feb. 8 and plans to run until the conclusion of its championship game on Apr. 26. It remains to be seen how the league will fare in the coming months, considering how the Alliance of American Football flopped...
Owen Hewitt, Co-Editor-In Chief
March 4, 2020
Late in the afternoon of Feb. 26, the St. George’s student body received an email from Head of School Mr. Timothy Gibson with the subject line “Important news.” The email went on to announce that the current Director of Student Life, Ms. Emmy McClain, had accepted the position of Middle School Director for the upcoming school year. Mr. Gibson also briefly wrote about how current Dean of...
Miles Masters, Editor
January 31, 2020
Among many unfortunate events that seemed to usher in the new decade, the situation foremost in Americans’ minds was the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the following turmoil between the United States and Iran. For teens especially, there has been a lot of stress about global tensions and the possibility of war. Many relieved this stress in the main way that teens do: by making a wave of memes...
Cary Robbins, Editor of Feature Stories
January 29, 2020
“The whole upper school, like 300 kids, faculty, all that are going to be in the community somewhere, which is kind of a neat impact to make all at once,” Upper School Director of Student Life Ms. Emmy McClain said. Gryph Giving is continuing this year, and on Feb. 5, 2020, the entire Upper School will be going out into the community to serve. This year, however, is different, and now junior...
Sam Kuykendall, Reporter
January 21, 2020
Two weeks ago, the city of Memphis celebrated the 85th birthday of the King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley. Although Presley died in 1977, the mark he left on the music industry and the city of Memphis in particular is still very visible today. The celebration, which lasted from January 8th to January 11th, began with a proclamation ceremony of Elvis Presley Day by Memphis and Shelby County...
Snowden Farnsworth and Miles Masters
January 19, 2020
The recycling program on the St. George’s Collierville campus is in a state of confusion after the departure of Mr. Bill McClain in September. Until late August this year, Mr. McClain operated as the director of environmental programs in addition to his role as a biology and environmental science teacher. When he left St. George’s to work with the sustainable agriculture business Indigo Ag,...
Isabel Dlabach, Editor
January 8, 2020
Sam Kuykendall, Reporter
December 17, 2019
At the same time that Mr. Timothy Gibson became the new Interim Head of St. George’s, students and parents were notified of a change to the exam schedule beginning with this semester’s exams that are set for the week of Dec. 16. Exam days will begin at 8:30 a.m. and let out at 3:15 p.m. Lunch will be served during the day. Students that do not have an exam will not be required to come to school....
