Imagine this: during lunch every day, you and your friend group walk past a girl sitting alone on a bench with her head down, her hair covering her face. She’s scrolling through her phone.  You always...

Walking through Publix you check the price for a gallon of 2% milk: $2.53. You then compare the price of its organic counterpart, say “Horizon,” and find it’s an exorbitant 88% more.  At $4.76,...

You’re watching Regina George and her crew “The Plastics” in Mean Girls before starting high school and you think to yourself— there’s no way there are cliques like this in high school.  There’s...

Imagine this: your teacher hands you a fancy envelope with the heading “Report Card.” Your heart races; the nerves creep in; slowly, you peel the glue that’s holding the letter together and pull...

I am the second-highest contributor to pollution in the world.  I employ more than 60 million workers, most of whom are women and children.  I decide what you wear, where you shop, and how much you spend. ...

It’s 6:45 am when your alarm goes off, but you’ve already been up for 30 minutes because there’s a rush of excitement and nervousness coursing through you. You literally couldn’t sleep.  It’s...

Whether we like it or not, stereotypes are a thing. A bad thing. And prep school environments like Saint Stephen’s are no exception. Prep school students are often thought of as spoiled, privileged,...

Here at Saint Stephen’s, a core component of the graduation process is the famous “senior speech,” where a senior speaks to the whole school during chapel about a core aspect of their life.  During...

Stress taking over your life?  Hurting inside? Feeling overwhelmed? This may be caused by a well-known disorder known as anxiety. Students at Saint Stephen's and all around the globe may suffer from anxiety...

I’d never been inside of our school chaplain’s office before last May when I got the chance to sit down and hear some of his stories from his journey to priesthood. Even if you’ve never met Reverend...

In late October of this year, approximately eight Argentinian students from our sister school Colegio Monserrat in Cordoba, Argentina, will make the journey to Bradenton to visit SSES for a week as part...

After spending nearly eight hours sitting at a desk, listening to teachers talk for hours while frantically scribbling down what they say, the average high school student wants nothing more than to go...