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Listen to Segment 1 of the first episode of the Where Are They Now? Podcast, featuring Tyler Pager and Daniel Block! In the first segment of a three part conversation, Editor-in-Chief Mitch Fink talks to Block and Pager, who both cover national politics in Washington, D.C., about their career paths, and their time on Tower. The podcast can be accessed directly through Soundcloud, or through Tower’s website (link in bio).

#tbt to the girls’ varsity basketball championship title game. In 2019 the team won the championship game giving the team their first championship title.

The initial thrill of learning from home that many young children experienced back in March has quickly faded into an endless stretch of fear, isolation and uncertainty. The pandemic is not only proving costly for their academic, social and emotional development, but has taxed parents and teachers, who have morphed from homeschool assistants, to scientists fielding questions about the virus, and psychologists attempting to calm their children in an age where peace of mind is ...seemingly nowhere to be found. Tower Broadcast News Producer Logan Schiciano explores the challenges and coping strategies of the world’s youngest learners, their parents and teachers in a five-part special report. Click the link in our bio and select Issue Two Web Stories to access Schiciano’s story. Credits: Slide 1: Top left - Tasha Elsbach; top middle - Shelly Kaye; top right - Kristen Adams’s; bottom left - Marianne van Brummelen; bottom right - Shelly Kaye. Slide 2: Left - courtesy of Johns Hopkins University; middle - Sharmila Photography; right - courtesy of Northwell Health. Slide 3: both images courtesy of Quetzali Torres ‘94.

Head of School Laura Danforth announced on Tuesday evening that Masters’ Middle School would shift to remote learning, due to a case of COVID-19. According to the email, the closure will extend through Thanksgiving break, until Dec. 7. Cases in Westchester County have been spiking recently, and the county’s positivity rate hit 4.4% on Monday.

An exclusive look at the Masters Hall renovations which have been underway since the spring. The new spaces are set to open soon and will include individual study pods, collaborative study rooms, common areas which include couches, booths and tables, a new downstairs lounge and most importantly, a new Tower Lab. The renovations were made possible by generous restricted donations made between 2017-2020, specifically for renovations in these areas.

Take a closer look at Masters’ new ‘pooled’ Covid testing regimen. In order to register for a test, a parent or guardian must complete an authorization form (available in the myMASTERS portal) by Thursday, Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.