2025

Varsity Football Team Looks to Bounce Back in 2026

By Tyler Grossman

The varsity football team battled through much adversity throughout the season to salvage a 2-6 record after starting 0-6. Jack Hurley ’27 thought during the season that, “We learned a…

An Analysis of the College Football Coaching Carousel

By Tyler Grossman

A college football season filled with surprising frontrunners, wild upsets, and disappointment from perennially talented programs has led to a record nine Power Five schools parting ways with their coaches…

Contenders or Pretenders: A NFL Playoff Preview

By Jackson Hurd

This NFL playoff race has been unlike anything we have seen recently. Budding superstars and injuries have defined this year’s current standings. In the AFC, as of early December, all…

Soccer Successful in Coach Montoya’s Last Season

By Bradford Adams

Following a successful 2024 campaign, the Belmont Hill Varsity soccer team looked to build on its success in Mr. Montoya’s final season as head coach. Under the leadership of captains…

Debate of the Issue: IG Reels Versus TikToks

By Patrick Snail

Reels: Instagram Reels. For many, it’s the roadblock before their math homework. The “five minutes” before sleeping. Most importantly, the source of brainrot for Forms I and II. But no…

The Most Influential 21st Century Movie Series

By Will Achtmeyer

The 21st century so far has been cinematically defined by franchises. It seems now that every production company is scratching the bottom of the barrel for yet another property to…

Should there be a Presidential Age Cap?

By Samuel Leviton

74 years old, 82 years old, and 82 years old. Those are the ages of the last three US presidents on their final day in office. President Trump ended his…

New York City’s New Mayor – Zohran Mamdani

By Eli Norden

On November 4, Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election. He won because the city’s youth are disillusioned with the world they have been raised in. As political…

Upper School Play Review

By Ryan Ho

On November 1st and 2nd, the Upper School Theater presented All Quiet on the Western Front. Originating as a 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, the play follows a young…

December Arts Faculty Artist of the Issue: Mr. Duarte

By Sean Park

Whether through his enthusiastic teaching or the hundreds of gigabytes worth of photos he has stored in his SSDs, evidence of Mr. Duarte’s love for photography is everywhere. In recognition…