Blog Posts - THE EXCHANGED

Kendall McCree '24

9/6/2021

Hi, my name is Kendall McCree and I am the NCS arts coordinator for The Exchanged this 2021-2022 school year. I am a sophomore and I have been at NCS since 5th grade, but this is my first year working for The Exchanged. Outside of The Exchanged I love listening to music and playing field hockey. You can reach me at [email protected] or text me at (202)-718-771. I am totally looking forward to seeing all of the artistic talent on the close this year!

Holden Lombardo '23

9/6/2021

Hi, I’m Holden Lombardo and I’m the STA Objective Editor for The Exchanged this year. I’ll be providing STA with many articles pertaining to the Close community and the broader world. Apart from The Exchanged, I run cross-country and I like to go on bike rides and cook. I’m excited to help The Exchanged stay strong this school year.

Email: [email protected]

Jack Kaplan '23

9/6/2021

Hi everyone, my name is Jack Kaplan, and I’ll be serving as one of the St. Albans Editors-in-Chief. In addition to arguing about politics, I love to play sports, listen to music, and hang out with friends. I look forward to a great year of ensuring that The Exchanged is a balanced paper that respects all opinions!

Email: [email protected]

Benjamin Acosta '23

9/6/2021

Hi! I am named Benjamin Acosta, and I am half black (Caribbean style) and half Filipino. I enjoy being multiethnic (in no small part due to culinary reasons), as well as learning about the world’s many cultures.

What’s your favorite idea? Mine is being creative. I try to write (creatively) every day, because really good storytelling is fun and powerful, and I’d like to reach that point. You know what is really good storytelling? Star Wars. I don’t really watch many new shows, just Star Wars again and again (I’m kinda weird in that way). The Clone Wars is my favorite, of course. That is some excellent storytelling. Very fun.

You know what else is fun (and powerful)? Your brain. Your brain is quite creative, quite beautiful. So I like to learn about neuroscience a bit (and insects, cause they’re just cool). That’s also why if there’s anything on your brain you should reach out to me and write about it! That’s me, your very own theme editor. Bon appetit! (What, words have taste;)

Email: [email protected]

Audrey Scott '23

9/6/2021

Hi! I’m Audrey and I am so excited to be returning to The Exchanged as an Editor-in-Chief after a year of editing and being an avid reader for the two years before that. When not planning issues and helping editors find writers, you can find me playing clue with my dog while wearing blue cheetah print slippers on my front stoop.

Email: [email protected]

Stella-Grace Ford '23

9/6/2021

Hi everyone! My name is SG, I’m a senior, and I’m the opinion editor for NCS this year. Beyond scrolling on TikTok for way too long and perfecting my Spotify playlists, I can usually be found rehearsing in Trapier Theater. If you have any ideas for content or want to write an opinion piece this year, please email me at [email protected]!

Ceylin Erkan '23

9/6/2021

Hello! My name is Ceylin and I've been a theme editor for The Exchanged since my sophomore year. In my free time, I love to bake, travel, and learn about anything STEM-related. I hope you enjoy our content!

Email: [email protected]

Alyssa Bui '23

9/6/2021

Hi everyone! I’m Alyssa, a senior and one of the Editors-in-Chief. I am thrilled to be working with Henry, Jack, Audrey, and this year’s team to publish a wide-variety of entertaining and interesting content for you all. Thank you for reading The Exchanged, and I hope you enjoy this year’s edition! If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me at [email protected].

Henry Brown '23

9/6/2021

Hi, I’m Henry Brown, one of your Editors-in-Chief for the 2022-23 school year. As a member of the leadership team this year, I hope to make The Exchanged a newsletter that you look forward to receiving in your inbox every other week. Our publication was founded to foster, quite literally, an exchange of ideas between both sides of the Close, so my goal is to revive and expand this exchange this school year. Apart from The Exchanged, I love eating at Guapos, browsing Wikipedia, and running cross-country. Enjoy The Exchanged and please reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any suggestions!

Comment Policy

11/1/2020

Last updated November 2020

The comments section is a place for conversation, discourse, or debate about the subject matter of the article.
The Exchanged requires that all commenters sign in via Facebook to verify their identity and prohibit anonymous commenters and ‘trolls.’
Although the Editors-in-Chief value the comment section as a place for vibrant discussion, we reserve the right to delete comments at our discretion. We plan to exercise this right rarely and only when we come to the unanimous conclusion that a comment or thread is violently inappropriate or offensive.
That being said, we are human. We cannot simultaneously monitor the comment section 24/7 and function as students. We also do not hold any disciplinary power. If you deem a comment or thread to be violently inappropriate or offensive, report it to the school.
At the end of the day, the original commenter is responsible for their ideas. A commenter’s idea does not represent the views of the staff of The Exchanged, the National Cathedral School, the St. Albans School, the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, not any employee thereof. Opinions written are those of the commenter and the commenter alone.

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