List of 20 news stories.

• 2025 Daystar Haiku Contest Winners

  Juliette Watson '30, Vidwan Aryan '27
  Daystar once again hosted our annual Haiku Contest. A haiku is a 3-line poem, where the first and last lines have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables. 
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• 2025 Sideline Essay Contest Winner

  Arjun Agarwal '26
  ‘‘Sideline’ is an annual Essay Competition open to student-athletes attending Hopkins School in New Haven, CT. Founded in 2025, our goal is to provide an opportunity for young athletes to show their skills in writing and literature and challenge themselves with academic rigor. As part of a larger initiative, we aim to uplift the student-athlete community and bring awareness to the many amazing stories that come out of it, including triumphs, hurdles, and more.” - Thooyan Thirumaran ‘26...
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  Alleyway in Pietrasanta

  Matteo Vinci '29
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  Art Street in Italy

  Matteo Vinci '29
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  Aurora Borealis

  Kelsey Reichart '27

• Beginning

  Amelia Andersson '28
  Fireworks
  
  Exploding out of the depth of winter
  
  Fracturing the desperate clench of death....
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• Boom Boom Aesthetic

  Camille Pittard '29
  on Instagram feeds martini glasses clink in
  what feels like a never-ending loop,
  photo carousels from nights out show
  low-lit steakhouses, tartare and souffles, and
  what, in this economy, is screaming Luxardo cherries?...
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• C

  Aaliyah Padilla '25
  it’s become more of a silent whisper
  on sidewalks
  taxis
  familiar places
  unfamiliar places
  saying to just go.
  going, gone.
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  City Streets

  Olivia Wang '28

• Daughter

  Olivia Wang '28
  Wear decent clothing for God’s sake; pop on your retainers, every night, every morning, don’t skip it, don’t have crooked teeth; brush for at least two minutes each time…this is non-negotiable; you must learn to be independent...
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• El Abrazo de Puerto Rico y Hawái

  Gabriella Rinaldi '26
  Ay, me duele la cabeza.
  
  Dígame sus preocupaciones, mi hermanita.
  
  Hermana, mis hijos están enojados,
  Un tercio de ellos están en mis caminos,
  Mis hijos fuertes luchan para mí,
  Un hogar donde su líder no les quiere.
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• Ghosts

  Sarah Li '30
  But do we have the rights,
  
  To not believe in ghosts,
  
  To not believe,
  
  That those who passed are somehow here?...
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  Glass Bottles

  Rosa Bilston '25

• Goodbye, Dear Father

  Samantha Aguero '27
  Damian was always sick ever since he turned 13, garnering symptom after symptom. The doctors never knew what he had, they only knew that it stemmed from his heart. Damian was now 17, a drop-out since he had too many absences from school, so he eventually stopped attending. At first, his Father would give him some home-schooled lessons, granted he always seemed condescending when he gave them, but over time he stopped....
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  Human Nature from Afar

  Brock Bowen '27

• In Memoriam

  James O-Dowd '26
  Empty? But yet I feel full, full of thoughts,
  
  swirling around like a bathtub when the plug is
  
  pulled....
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  In Thought

  Ashley Deng '27

• Lament After Sunday Funeral

  Aidan Chan '26
  You don’t move on after loss
  you move with it
  
  Shake hands with grief,
  welcome her in, she’s here to stay
  Pull her a chair at the table—
  offer her comfort for free
  She is not the monster you first thought her to be
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  Laurel Canyon

  Wave Walters '25

• Louis XIV: Composed upon the Palace of Versailles, Christmas Eve, 1685

  Ashley Deng '27
  I am the absolute monarch of France,
  I built a palace, rich and grand, to dance.
  Beneath the weight of France, I stand alone,
  A king, like god, yet still I feel unknown.
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