The IXs Country Trip is almost always a highlight of any student’s time at City and Country, and it certainly was for me. Aside from getting to shoot a bow and arrow, canoeing on the lake, and fighting with Calhoun over who got to play gaga, one of the most fun parts o...

Recently, the European Union passed the Directive on Copyright, a new set of regulations that are designed to limit and restrict copyrighted content on digital platforms, such as YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. The Directive, and its most controversial section, Artic...

On Friday, March 1st, a team of XIIs and a team of XIIIs left for the Collegiate School where the annual MoMathlon competition was held. The MoMathlon is a middle school math tournament run by the National Museum of Mathematics in New York.  The XIIs team was made up o...

Shamima Begum left her home in London when she was 15 to join ISIS. On February 13, she was found by British newspaper, The Times, in a Syrian refugee camp. She is now 19 years old and nine months pregnant with her third child.

Begum told The Times that she “just want(s...

On Sunday, February 3rd, more than 100 million Americans were expected to tune into the 53rd Super Bowl. Usually, this number of viewers would make the halftime show a very desirable opportunity for the performers. 

Maroon 5 was the lead performer at the show, with Trav...

With winter comes the start of the new basketball season. One of City and Country’s favorite sports has started up again and it looks like it will be a great season. Todd Rosenthal, the 12/13s girls coach and director of the sports program said, “I love that all the ki...

Virtual reality has been featured prominently in technology news in the past few years, and there are no signs that it’s set to disappear anytime soon. Virtual reality is an interactive computer-generated experience in a simulated environment that incorporates auditory...

The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground, also known as P.S. 62, is the first net-zero-energy school in New York City and one of the first in the world. A net-zero school is a school that generates as much energy as it uses. According...

Samantha "Sam" Miller is the new VIIsR Associate. This is actually her third year at City and Country, but she was away last year teaching Kindergarten at the Brearley School. Sam first discovered City and Country after graduate school, when her friend told her about i...

On September 12, as part of their “Gather Round” event, Apple announced three new phones and a new version of the Apple Watch. The new Series 4 Apple Watch starts at $399 for the 40mm size but can go all the way up to over $500 with added features. The iPhone XR, XS, a...