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While Wyatt Powers '27 watches, Lucas Casco '27 dissects the frog. The pair worked together to interpret instructions and make incisions.

Anatomy and Dissection Club Leaps into Frog Dissection

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor November 27, 2024

Finding frogs strapped to trays on tables, Anatomy & Dissection Club members entered Mr. Eric Scheiber’s room on Friday, Nov. 22. A callback to a common middle school dissection, the dissection...

Examining her cells through a microscope, Mia Ippolito ‘25 conducts the last step of the simple stain lab taking in place in the Medical Microbiology class. During the lab, students were able to explore the process of fluorescent staining and using the microscopes to examine a unique cell type.

Medical Microbiology Students Examine Cheek Cells Under Microscope

Kriya Handa, Dreamcatcher Editor-in-Chief September 26, 2024

Diving deep into their microbiomes unit, Ms. Avni Kantawala’s Medical Microbiology class participated in a Simple Stain Lab on Monday, Sept. 23, where they used fluorescent staining to examine the cells...

Standing together before their dance began, God's Menu performers pose, setting the tone of the dance. K-pop Club members rehearsed for six weeks for their second to last performance, the Spring Showcase, offering ample opportunities to perfect their choreography. "I was excited to dance with complex group formations and movements," dancer Ninju Prem '25 said.

K-Pop Club Displays New Dances at Spring Showcase

Tianwen Gao, Heritage Staff April 22, 2024

Taking the stage for the final time this year, K-pop club presented their spring showcase, performing Drama by æspa, God’s Menu by Stray Kids, and Born to Be by ITZY during Fun Friday Flex on April...

Helping out two club members, Anatomy & Dissection Club Vice President Nicole Wang '24 points out parts of the turtle's digestive system. Some of the club members were confused about the digestive system's location due to differences between mammalian and reptilian anatomy. "At this time in high school, the most experience you get is probably organs or smaller specimens such as mice [and] frogs," Wang said. "The turtle is a fascinating, almost difficult dissection due to the sheer size and more complex structure overall. You have all the organs and it is a big specimen."

Anatomy & Dissection Club Explores Complex Turtle Anatomy

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor January 30, 2024

On Friday, Jan. 26, Anatomy & Dissection Club held a turtle dissection in Mr. Scheiber’s room before school. As the club’s first reptilian study of the year, the meeting allowed members to...

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