It’s game day at Marian Bergeson Aquatic Center. Volunteers sell snacks to fans who slowly filter into the bleachers, waiting for the game to begin. Players stretch on the pool deck, snapping on their swim caps and sizing up the competition. When given the go-ahead,...
I have a confession to make. When I heard that Corona del Mar High School (CdM) Drama’s spring musical was “Grease,” I was wary. Don’t get me wrong. I love the movie as much as anybody does. For my 13th birthday, my friends and I watched it in my living room. My...
“Does your sister have autism?” My sister could not believe what she heard. Apparently, this “friend” had seen me running on the track. To be fair, to see me running on the track is a strange sight. My torso swings in and out, as I inhale, exhale. I clutch my side,...
American public education is a fairly new institution. In some ways, it has changed little since its inception two centuries ago. Students have always (much to the chagrin of radicals like Laura Montessori), sat at desks. They learn the same core subjects, and —...
When I first heard that Corona del Mar (CdM) Drama was beginning its year with “You Can’t Take it With You” play, I got excited. After Jacqueline Jecmen’s triumph with “Seussical” last spring, I couldn’t wait to see what she—and her team of talented thespians—could do...
In the thick of the September heat wave, the Corona del Mar's (CdM) Cross Country team competed in their first meet of the year. They sustained painful wind sprints in the hot, arid sun all summer. Three months of hard work and discipline culminated in a single...
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