THE BOLT

The Bolt is a student newspaper and serves the public forum at Sage Hill School. Its content - news, editorial, opinion, and feature - is protected by Education Code 48907, the state student rights law and the California Constitution which guarantees all citizens the right of freedom of speech and of the press. The Bolt accepts signed letters to the editor from members of the Sage Hill Community which may be posted as comments to our website, lightningboltonline. com, or addressed to editor-in-chiefs Lauren Chung, Noe Lee, or Xinyi Xie and put in their mailboxes on campus. These letters may not exceed 150 words or they will be edited for inclusion.

Priya Bhakta

Carter Bryant

Claire Casey

Anne Chen

Ryan Choi need to endure these challenges and push through the last bit of our senior year.

I have learned that it is necessary to find balance and to take care of my mental health. When times get hard, I love to alleviate my stress by going to the gym. For me, the gym encourages me to push my physical limits and focus on working on myself. However, I’ll find myself a bit lazy to go to the gym sometimes, but I always find relief and comfort at home with my dogs.

—Lauren Chung

When thinking back on the fall semester, the word that comes to my mind is stress. But to any juniors reading this with wide eyes, don’t worry! I promise you it’s not as terrible as everyone says.

Many of us have a tendency to circulate a sense of competitive stress. For a while, I fell into this cycle: constantly complaining about my lack of sleep or how I was “failing” my classes. It may seem like a victory to gain sympathy from your peers, but there is a line between confiding in others and competing with them for a sense of superiority.

My advice for my fellow seniors – and all other students – is to stay in your lane. You are on your own track to success that may not look like your classmates’. With college decisions coming out, I urge you to be excited for your peers: congratulate the people you may not always speak to, celebrate with friends, and make memories in your last year at Sage. Seniors, we have a little over four months left before we walk across the stage and high school flies into the rearview. In the coming weeks, find peace with yourself and come together to support each other as a graduating class.

—Noe Lee

Mirabelle Jiang

Fiori Lee

Jesse Lew

Jianing Li

Arya Rawal

Editors-in-Chief Lauren Chung (Bolt), Noelani Lee (Bolt), Xinyi Xie (Bolt), Phoebe Pan (Online)

Editorial Board

Isabella De Leon, Yasmin Dennis, Alia Sajjadian, Roya Yaghmai, Grace Yan

Advisers

Jennifer Kucera, Daniel Langhorne

Aidan Chung

Carson Green

Grant Franey

Sophia Sun

Brooke Thomassen