Articles by Mara Adams

Four Teachers’ Thoughts on Recommendation Letters

Co-authored by Jodie Meng (’20), Mara Adams (’20), Grace Yue (’20), and Peter Baffoe (’20). For those of you starting to think about asking teachers for college recommendations, or recommendations for…


Stress Pressure Cracks the Relaxation Room

The long-anticipated relaxation room was sadly closed down a mere week after it opened due to one of its long glass panes shattering. Although many wild theories are racing around…


How to Use Your Senior Privileges

Senior privileges, the holy grail of all IMSA privileges, came out in recent weeks for the Class of 2020. Since these privs are new, many IMSA seniors aren’t sure what…


ISIS’s Leader is Dead: What’s Next?

On October 26th, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest he was wearing, killing himself and two children in order to escape capture by the US during a…