Moya Linsey and Gabby Guarna

May 2, 2018

You’ve probably noticed the new main doors at 181 Lincoln Place. These doors have been the cause of many rumors about new security measures at Berkeley Carroll. In order to get to the root of these rumors, we sat down with Mr. Vitalo and Mr. Clarke. We discovered that many of these rumors are true, while others were debunked. When asked about the cause of these security measures, both Mr. Vitalo and Mr. Clarke stated that the changes are not from th...

Keelan Clifford, Editor in Chief

April 21, 2018

On April 18, the Breakfast Club heard from Mr.  Todd Drezner on his exploration of autism both has the director of Loving Lampposts,  a movie about autistic people and the people around them, and as the parent of an autistic son, Sam, who he has raised with his wife Ms. Erika Drezner, Berkeley Carroll School English Department Chair.   Autism is a natural difference in the human brain and disability that affects a person's communication including  receptive and ...

Maddie Korbey, Executive Editor

May 6, 2018

When the weather becomes warm and the hallways grow tense, it is a sure sign that prom season is slowly descending upon us and that it is time to put on your game face. Prom season is not a time to joke about because it can be, in fact, a traumatic and stressful period. According to High School Musical 3, prom night is the “night of all nights” and “a night to remember." While High School Mu...

Bella Orman, Student Life Editor

May 2, 2018

On the 17th April,  Ms. Finigan 2.0 (aka one of the teachers in the best American Studies pairing) gave a talk about her dissertation which focuses on the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). Ms. Finigan spoke about how she and her sisters (OG Finigan included) were born into the NCNW and that many of her family members have been a part of the organization for years. Ms. Finigan shared that ini...

Aidan Stilich, Opinion and Humor Editor

April 30, 2018

I am under no circumstances an expert on video games. I didn’t play them in middle or elementary school, and I don’t play them now.  It might be safe to say that I jus...

Emily Li, Arts and Entertainment Editor

January 28, 2018

After months of hard work, the Berkeley Carroll  theater team put on their production of the musical 9 to 5. 9 to 5 was released in 1980 and tells the story of three female secretaries, Violet, Doralee, and Judy, that are undervalued and mistreated by their misogynistic boss, Mr. Hart. One day they seek revenge and kidnap him, taking it upon themselves to improve their workplace. For those of you who missed the musical, it was both provoking and humorous in the way the women were treated and acted in the workplace. The actors fully embodied their characters, making the audience laugh out loud at times and gasp with shock at others. The costumes (done by Orli Nativ) , blazers and tweed p...

Emily Li, Arts and Entertainment Editor

December 9, 2017

Over the summer Alex DeFelice (‘18)  and her friends Seth Pollock, Evan Bailey, Molly Broughton, Sigourney Weaver, Jen Frisch- Wang, and Jamie Hassle created a short film called "Post-Life Crisis," where she was an actor and the producer. “Post-Life Crisis” is the story of a ghost mother and ghost father each fighting for the ghost custody of their live daughter. This short film is quirky, funny, and unique— something only a group of high schools could have come up with. Alex has been involved in many productions at Berkeley Carroll including last year’s productions of Blood Brothers. She was also be in the musical 9 to 5 that took place from December 7-9.  She is very interested in fil...