CSD Spartan Media

Spartan Questionnaire* (#17) featuring Brewster Morris (‘26) – (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

The 2025 - 2026 staff takes the always popular Spartan Questionnaire digital for the first time.

Elena Cunningham and Akhilan Kumaran
April 14, 2026

Please note, this video episode includes references to “mature” content…

Spartan Questionnaire* (#16) featuring Jeff Hinton (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Mario Hardy, Arts & Entertainment Editor, New Ideas and Initiatives Manager
December 14, 2025

What is your idea of perfection? Everyone getting along

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Spartan Questionnaire* (#15) featuring Lindsey In (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Elena Cunningham, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Creative Content Manager
October 19, 2025

Lindsey In is not only in her first year at Community School of Davidson (CSD) High School, she’s trying out a new position, too. Having spent the last 8 years teaching 5th grade Math & Science at...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#14) featuring Allyson Cole (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Max Shealy, Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2025

Just a month into her new CSD job teaching English 3 and 4, Allyson Cole, who came from Hopewell High School, sat for a Spartan Questionnaire. As an initiative to gain a better grasp of new teachers’...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#13) featuring Craig Smith (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Elena Cunningham, Student Life Editor, Creative Content Manager+
May 12, 2025

In his first year as Community School of Davidson (CSD) Executive Director, Craig Smith has made an impression on the community in many ways. He makes himself available to students and staff by speaking...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#12) featuring Leslie Bragg (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Macy Balmat, Student Life Editor, Opinions Editor
April 22, 2025

Often found at her desk on Learning Street, her job is to listen to the voices of CSD students and implement suggestions on an administrative level, to hear what works and what doesn’t.

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Spartan Questionnaire* (#11) featuring Dermot Lowry and Austin Moran (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Dylan Sherman, Copy Editor, Deputy Sports Editor
March 3, 2025

It’s not that common for a school to have a boys or girls high school basketball player score 1000 points in their four year career but as the 2025 season came to a close, the CSD Spartans Varsity Boys...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#10) featuring Mack Sidden (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Brandon Amaya, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer
February 6, 2025

Community School of Davidson (CSD) senior Benjamin (Mack) Sidden (‘25) is a freelance sports photographer who has found a home along the baselines at basketball games and sidelines of football games....

Spartan Questionnaire* (#9) featuring Dr. Lucretia Berry (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Elena Cunningham, Student Life Editor, Creative Content Manager
December 9, 2024

Dr. Lucretia Berry’s journey to Community School of Davidson (CSD) started when she began meeting with founder, Joy Warner. Dr. Berry was interested in all she had heard about CSD, and Warner was looking...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#8) featuring junior, Addison Nardone (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Avery Nardone, Deputy Sports Editor, Staff Writer
December 5, 2024

Community School of Davidson (CSD) junior, and Carolina Diving Academy Elite Diver, Addison Nardone, is dedicated, ambitious and talented. She came to CSD sophomore year and her favorite class is APUSH....

Spartan Questionnaire* (#7) featuring Ms. Hedi Li (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Jaelyn Nguyen, A&E Editor, Staff Writer
September 15, 2024

Ms. Hedi is the Chinese I - IV teacher at Community School of Davidson (CSD). She has been teaching for 14 years at CSD. She graduated from University of Nebraska Omaha with a masters degree in management...

Spartan Questionnaire* (#6) featuring coach Matt Forrest (*where we take a break from AP Style writing and get right to the good Q&A stuff with CSD people)

Isabel Sands, Arts & Entertainment Editor and Podcast Editor
February 22, 2024

In his first CSD year teaching 8th grade and open gym class plus coaching women’s varsity basketball, coach Matt Forrest has already become a favorite in the eyes of many of the students. His sense of...