February 2020

Racism spreads along with coronavirus

At the start of the year, winter break was extended for students for a few days due to heavy snowfall. Then, as news spread about the Coronavirus, to avoid any liability in the event of cases, the administration decided to make attendance optional for two more weeks. Additionally, the school sent out an email that […]

by Sanaya Mehta

Misogynist trends in Bollywood through Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy

Despite its whopping 372 crore Box Office sales and its high audience rating, there are a number of flaws, supporting misogynism, with the protagonist and the plot in general in the recent blockbuster Kabir Singh. The protagonist of the movie is basically an updated Devdas: loser in love, with additional anger management issues, who guzzles […]

by Reya Gupta

Troll teams play a friendly match to make it on court

On Friday, Feb. 14, two teams from the Class of 2021 ‘Bonzu’ and ‘Swish-hub’ engaged in a 4 on 4 Basketball match, which would determine their fate in representing their grade at the Swish-a-thon tournament. The results had the entirety of those assembled in surprise, with Bonzu securing the win with a two-point difference. The […]

by Victor Pashuk

Tigers in Action: Not Just a Piece of Cloth

The Tigers in Action series aims to highlight the plethora of student activities and initiatives on campus. This video highlights Navya Sethi, Class of 2020, and her team educating local women about menstrual hygiene.

by Archita Aggarwal

Little Shop of Horrors brings staff together

Upon their arrival in school, students were surprised to see posters of a staff musical around high school. Before the end of last year, Broadway’s sci-fi classic Little Shop of Horrors was set to be performed in Parker Hall after the break. Students were excited to celebrate an evening with loud laughter and enthusiastic applause. But […]

by Janvi Poddar

Swish-a-thon 2020: Predicting for PINK

The sixth Swish-a-thon tournament, scheduled to start on Friday, Feb 21, will be dedicated to raising money for PINK, a foundation that helps and supports women with breast cancer. The Woodstocker presents its statistical predictions on who will dominate this season, and help raise the most money. Will it be the Win Mumby Tigers or the […]

by Riya Gupta

The return of Love, Simon

This Valentine’s day, on Feb. 14, the school screened Love, Simon, an American romantic comedy. Roughly twenty students and five staff members attended the event. When the movie was initially released in March 2018, Mr. Dylan Bach, learning support teacher, pushed for the movie to be screened at the school. The original idea behind screening the […]

by Janvi Poddar

One semester in, DP concerns still linger

With the school’s decision to change its curriculum and adapt the IB Diploma Programme (DP), came several questions, concerns, and controversies. Now, Woodstock’s first IB batch, the Class of 2021, has already started their second semester in the DP. Even after an entire semester, the anxiety and angst among teachers and students seem only to […]