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Community School of Davidson Senior Assassin player Mia Kirsch holds her water gun which is decorated with care bears stickers and stars. In Senior Assassin, players use water guns to eliminate their targets.
Eliminated
Mia Kirsch, A & E Editor, Podcast Editor • April 2, 2025
Senior Assassin is a recent, school non-affiliated senior tradition, a phenomenon that is both making national headlines and is consuming a substantial amount of high school seniors’ time, energy and dedication.
CSD students Anya Jhingran (‘26), Taylor Stevens (‘26), Anna Liz Turner (‘25), MK Michael (‘26) and Lizzie Kees (‘25) stand on the stage at UNC Chapel Hill’s Student Union building after receiving their awards. The conference consisted of more than 800 participants from varying North Carolina schools.
MUNCH XXV and CSD’s triple sweep
Kate Saussele March 12, 2025
“I am so proud of all of these Model UN students. They worked so hard prior to the weekend, learning about their assigned countries or roles, learning debate skills, practicing parliamentary procedure, researching their committee topics and writing position papers on issues,” Autumn Michael, CSD’s Model UN teacher, said. “It is so exciting to finally see all of this hard work pay off.”
(Standing at center) As a member of the Duke Pep Band, CSD alum, Will Harris, celebrates on the baseline during the 2025 NCAA Men’s Elite 8 tournament game in New York City. (Photo courtesy of Megan Harris.)
CSD grad, Will Harris, trombones his way to the Final Four
Conner Shelton and Brandon Amaya April 3, 2025
When the buzzer sounded and Flagg and Knueppel celebrated Duke’s 85 - 65 win, Harris picked up his trombone and began playing Duke’s fight song. Flag and Knueppel had done their jobs, now it was time for Harris and the other members of the Duke Pep Band to provide the victory energy.
It has to be spring sports season when bats, sticks, rackets, cleats and bags line the walls outside of Griffin Gym. CSD spring athletes are excited to get outdoors and compete at Spartan Park representing the school.
Spring Spartan athletes take it outdoors
Avery Nardone, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer • March 25, 2025
As temperatures rise with the approaching spring months, so does Spartan enthusiasm for the upcoming season. Community School of Davidson’s 2025 spring sports offer a range of sports as athletes break out from winter’s indoor competitions and under the sun on the courts, fields, track and golf course. Spring sports are a great opportunity to form bonds, push physical boundaries and just get outside.
“The Hunger Games” features many characters who break gender stereotypes, including Katniss Everdeen, the main character, and her partner in The Games, Peeta Mellark. Both use their differences as strengths, but they have almost “gender-swapped” weaknesses as well.
Opinion – Breaking the mold: Gender roles in “The Hunger Games”
Elena Cunningham, Student Life Editor, Creative Content Manager • April 7, 2025

From a young age, we, as students and young adults, watch others to exemplify how to live our lives. We notice how people look, speak and act, as well as how they are received...

The United States flag hangs proudly in a Community School of Davidson classroom window. The flag and the anthem are staples of every sporting event and is a universally recognized symbol of our freedom.
Opinion – Sporting events, memorable national anthems and their lasting impact
Ben Gallagher, Editor-in-Chief • March 10, 2025

“The Star-Spangled Banner” has been known to bring tears to player’s eyes and Super Bowl LIX was no exception. Kansas City defensive tackle, Chris Jones, has a history of...

That’s a wrap. Subversive TV finales through the years run the gamut of being well-received and praised to widely panned.
Subversive TV finales that divide audiences
Liam Bradley, Features Editor, News Editor • April 21, 2025
After all, some students and teachers don’t mind it when finales throw them for a loop, so long as they believe the subversion is executed well, fits the show in question, and works on the basic fronts, like acting, direction, structure, etc.
Maw Maw and Paw Paw (mother and father to Community School of Davidson‘s founder and first executive Director, Joy Warner) brought energy and purpose to a now established school which grew from a napkin and hearts overflowing with love. (Photo courtesy of Joy Warner.)
Remembering Maw Maw: A heartfelt tribute to a CSD legend
Conner Shelton, Sports Editor, Podcast Editor • March 24, 2025
If you were to ask current and former students about their favorite Maw Maw memories, most would probably say it was being a "trash kid" in elementary and middle school.
While reading the “Harry Potter” books brings one type of enjoyment and satisfaction, watching the series brings another. Balancing books and movies and how each interprets storylines is an ongoing bebate in high school. (CSD Journalism staff photo.)
Read a book or watch a movie, the choice is yours
Jaelyn Nguyen, A & E Editor, Staff Writer • March 23, 2025
Which do you prefer? “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruit but taste completely different.” -Stephen King
Journalist Avery Nardone listens to a playlist of music that shaped 2024 for CSD. Students anticipate if 2025 will ride the wave of 2024’s success. (Photo by Addison Nardone.)
CSD Spartans reflect on the music of 2024
Avery Nardone, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer • February 5, 2025

Whether it is a soft jazz melody in a restaurant, an overplayed pop hit on the radio, the ice cream truck, house music in a club or that tune...

Community School of Davidson sophomore Katelyn Casiday (‘27), clearly in distress, sits alone and works in a school hallway surrounded by flashcards. With both scheduled and unplanned changes, it is often difficult to get into a steady rhythm.
Beware of burnout
Macy Balmat, Student Life Editor, Opinions Editor • April 7, 2025
The science behind burnout is fairly simple. Caused by stress, it is essentially a mental block against continuing your work.
CSD student Conner Shelton’s Bible is open to the core verses behind the idea of Lent. Shelton reads his Bible every day in English IV for the ten minutes of reading time.
The season of Lent and why it matters to CSD high school students
Ben Gallagher, Editor-in-Chief • March 27, 2025

Lent is the forty day period leading up to Easter Sunday, starting on Ash Wednesday and ending on the morning of Easter. Christians practice...

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