Hundreds of different sounds filled my ears: insects, birds, snakes. They all blended together to make a sound like a call from an unknowable whole. This wasn’t home. It couldn't be. My eyes cracked...
As I packed my Mexico scuba diving trip essentials–Hawaiian tropic tanning oil, a toothbrush, and of course my bikini—I felt a wave of nausea. I closed up my suitcase and tucked myself in for a few...
60 feet under the water, at the bottom of the sea, my small pod of divers and I were strolling along the ocean floor. We had just exited the reef offshore from Cabo Pulmo, Mexico, and descended deeper...
Imagine hearing the smooth pages slip from side to side of your book A Streetcar Named Desire, but instead of laying uncomfortably on your bed, while having a terrible neck pain, Tennessee Williams's world...
As someone who has never left the United States (and not even many places outside of California), when I found out I was put onto the Peruvian Amazon Spring Discovery trip, I was ecstatic. In the months...
Emi Fleitas, Reporter and Media Editor
• April 30, 2026
What would you do if you were stuck in the middle of the Peruvian Amazon with no power, no drinkable running water, all the while throwing up the contents of your dinner at 1:00A.M. in your teacher's toilet?
That...
This year, for San Domenico’s Spring Discovery week, I went to the American South: five days, four states and way too many “babies” to keep track of.
Starting off, we arrived in New Orleans, where...
Emi Fleitas, Reporter and Media Editor
• March 25, 2026
Energy drinks, the amazing beverage we know and love, whether it's a Redbull or a Celcius, are harming us much more than we realize.
Like many High School students, I love energy drinks. But lately...
When people picture a typical 12–14 year old, braces usually come to mind. Maybe even headgear for those from the Jurassic era. But by high school braces are far less common.
So what is it like...
In the span of one week, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) went from taking home three awards at the Grammys, to performing at one of the most-watched performances...
Wait, teachers didn't sprout out from the womb as adults? They didn't just appear holding coffee and a lesson plan, frontal lobe fully formed and emotionally regulated? They…. had a life before teaching?
Believe...
As the days become crisp and colorful leaves detach from their mother tree, falling gently on the ground, we San Domenico students can't help but wonder: Where's our home during lunch time or free...
