The Spark Live: Off the Record
Volume 3, Issue 5
What I Learned Too Late: On School Spirit
By Liam Tremarco
Everyone hates being the new kid, having to deal with a brand new school hierarchy and rules, worrying about the new rigor, but what happens when you look back on the time you spent worrying about these things? Does it seem worth it? Or is there something you regret, a mindset you wish you could have had? What would you tell yourself if you had one conversation with ninth-grade you?
What’s Going On With the Bathrooms?
By Leon Fu
Everyone knows SAS has terrible bathrooms. Between the bros and the bad plumbing, they’re an absolute nightmare: trash covering the floor, toilets constantly clogged, and bros partying during classes and assemblies. But the bathrooms weren’t like this from day one. How did we end up here?
By Lillian Sutton and Luciana Franco
The Spark Live: Behind the Scenes
I Don’t See The Vision
By Kashvi Agrawal
Math Vision, Chem Vision, Econ Vision—the list goes on. The ties between SAS students and this tuition empire grow stronger with every SAS-specific class they add to their catalogue. But what does this mean for those of us who don’t go?
A Modest Proposal On Toxic Grade Culture
By Jenny Jeong
One student has determined the real problem with toxic grade culture at Singapore American School: We’re simply not competing hard enough. A modest proposal for finally achieving the clarity andtransparency students truly deserve.
A Pathological Analysis of Senioritis
By Vivian Jiang
Let us know if someone dear to you is experiencing these symptoms: an unexplainable attraction to the cafeteria during Spanish, allergic reactions to AP Biology InfoDocs, and fierce aversions to Eagle Council umbrella check-ins. Is senioritis, the bane of productivity in every red-sweatshirt-dominated class, incurable?
Stumps and Stories: From Construction Sites to Cricket Fields
By Vivaan Gupta
Every space we walk through each day has been shaped by people whose work and stories we rarely notice. Behind the big action items, like fundraising and volunteering, that service clubs do, the true purpose of service clubs is to bring these too-often forgotten people into the limelight.
Reimagining SAS: Reimagined
By Naomi Bach
Imagine your first day at SAS. Whether you were three years old or 17, the school probably did not look like it does today. Chances are, you’ve created some memory in a place that no longer exists on our campus. This is SAS Reimagined. But is reimagining our campus overshadowing our childhood memories?