thepineonlineMay 22, 20205 min readCOVID-19 Takes Away Varsity Baseball Seniors Last Chance By John Szymendera ’16 The bus was silent as the St. Christopher’s varsity baseball team pulled out of the Shepherd Stadium parking lot...
thepineonlineMay 22, 20202 min readVasko’s Final JourneyVasil Siromahov '21 (center) with two foreign exchange student friends during spring break. By Charlie Polk '21 Vasil Siromahov ’21’s...
thepineonlineMay 22, 20205 min readLeadership in CrisisThoughts from Mr. Lecky and Mr. Szymendera The situation presented by COVID-19 is a very strange and challenging one, especially in an...
thepineonlineMay 21, 20202 min readStC Family Battles COVID-19 After Spring Break Trip to PortugalBy Hugo Abbot ’21 Only a couple days after leaving Europe, the Townsend family was showing some symptoms of coronavirus. During spring...
thepineonlineMay 21, 20201 min readSleep Schedule Part 2By Oliver Hale '21 Now we have to wake up at 9 a.m. The newest schedule, while simplified, has left lots of people sleeping less. On the...
thepineonlineMay 20, 20203 min readClass of 2020 Leaves Lasting LegacySeniors activate school spirit and assume leadership in and outside the classroom By Oliver Sabo '20 As the class of 2020 begins their...
thepineonlineMay 18, 20201 min readHistory Club Discusses Plagues Through the Ages By Luke Thomas '21 When people think about the problems caused by COVID-19, many imagine it’s the end of the world. “This is not when the...
thepineonlineMay 14, 20203 min readMid-Pandemic Photo EssaysBy Henry Weatherford '21 I worried at first that my mother would die. Because of her job as an OBGYN, she would have to go to work...
thepineonlineMay 14, 20203 min readPre-Pandemic Photo Essays By Henry Weatherford '21 I could paint you a picture of this day if I wanted to. I remember cramming into Collin’s mother’s white car. I...
thepineonlineMay 12, 20202 min readSeniors Push for New ScheduleAdministration Listens and Takes Action By Joseph Long ’22 The new distance learning schedule started off as a concept thought up by the...
thepineonlineMay 7, 20202 min readOur Healing Earth in QuarantineMr. Billy McGuire’s Takeaway By Spencer Villanueva '21 While the whole world seems to be shut inside these days, outside, nature is in...
thepineonlineMay 7, 20202 min readStudents Zoom with ESPN Analyst Jay Bilas By Robert Mish '21 After looking around at colleges, the realization struck Cleighton Hilbert ’21 that he didn’t know what he wanted his...
thepineonlineMay 5, 20204 min readLooking for the Silver LiningsBy Robert Mish ’21 and Henry Weatherford ’21 It seems as if everything is terrible right now. Recently, President Donald Trump increased...
thepineonlineMay 3, 20202 min readSaints’ Sleeping Schedule Part 1By Oliver Hale '21 The quarantine has left many in sleep limbo. With new irregular schedules that have some students waking up in the...
thepineonlineMay 3, 20202 min readThe Yearbook Goes OnBy Joseph Long ’22 Although many aspects of school have been derailed as a result of the coronavirus, we will still have a yearbook,...
thepineonlineApr 16, 20202 min readHairless Headmasterby Parker Cullinan ’22 by Parker Cullinan ’22 Monday April 6 was a day of confusion for many after St. Christopher’s Headmaster Mason...
thepineonlineApr 15, 20202 min readBeing in NYC as the Coronavirus Began Wreaking HavocBy Collin Taylor ’21 As I entered the neighborhood coffee shop in Tribeca, I immediately noticed a change. The normally cozy cafe vibe...
thepineonlineApr 13, 20202 min readSTC Reacts to School ClosingsMarch 23 was a sad day for the St. Christopher’s community as Gov. Ralph Northam announced closure of all Virginia schools. The mandate...
thepineonlineApr 10, 20203 min readSeniors Somberly Say Goodbye to Spring SportsBy Hugo Abbot '21 and Robert Mish '21 COVID-19 dealt the final blow to the end of all spring sports. Players mourned as the practices,...
thepineonlineApr 9, 20202 min readSpring SATs and ACTs Cancelled: What now?For some, the cancellation of SATs and ACTS may be great. For others, they were a chance to show off their skills to colleges. Whatever...