Editorial

Ryan Mo '20 Right around this time of year, the whole school would be collectively walking into Harman, greeted by service learning slides lighting up the projector. A line of nervous students gathered on the right, all recent participants of an immersion trip, quietly mumbling their speeches to themselves. This is the service immersion assembly. While we students begrudgingly sit, restlessly, knowing that these assemblies will al- ways go a few minutes into our precious office hours, taking five minutes off of our leisure time to socialize and eat a bagel, these assemblies are far more meaningful than often appreciated.…

Theresa Lim '20 Every August, all students at SHP sign a form indicating they have read and agree to the current year’s student/parent handbook. Found in the SHP Resources section of the school website, the handbook has guidelines about different aspects of student life: dress code, attendance, finals, etc. Unbeknownst to many students, faculty and staff also have a handbook - the aptly named Faculty/Staff Handbook - which contains guidelines for teachers and includes sections on topics important to students, such as consistency across sections of a class or honors convocation. Despite this, for students, the Faculty/Staff handbook is nowhere…