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Entering the Life of Jason bach

1/10/2025

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​Jason Bach ’25 prepares for another jersey day by wearing his country’s colors. Bach is from Vietnam, and he is playing varsity soccer this fall. “I’m wearing this jersey because it’s senior night for the soccer team tomorrow,” Bach said. “I want to express my love for my favorite sport  and my home country by wearing a Vietnamese soccer jersey.” Due to the cancellation of the Powderpuff Game during the Homecoming week, the exciting second jersey day for Upper school is taking place this week. Although there are not as many people wearing jerseys compared to the first jersey day, Jason’s bright red soccer jersey from Vietnam impresses everyone. Bach lives in Boxley Building in downtown Roanoke, but you can’t even see him in the building before 8 p.m. every weekday. The reason behind it is he always goes to the gym to do lifting after every soccer practice, day after day. This spirit of hard work makes his soccer skills better and better, and his body stronger and stronger. “I’m already in my senior year of high school this year,” Bach said, “I hope that I can face life and soccer with my fullest mental state and draw a successful conclusion for my high school career.”

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Food Knows No border

1/10/2025

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As the sky gradually darkens on an October evening, Carter Smith ‘25, Aleksa Zivanov ‘27, Thomas Greer ‘25, Charlie Zhao ‘26, and Hanchen Ou ‘26 from North Cross School set out on a journey to eat delicious food. North Cross school gathers students from 13 different countries all around the world, it is precisely because of this situation that students from North Cross have the opportunity to try each other’s hometown delicacies. K-Pot is a restaurant that offers a hot pot buffet, and hot pot is very famous in Asia. Carter Smith ‘25 is a student from Canada, and he is very interested in Asian food, so he decided to give it a shot. “How should I cook the meat in the hot pot?” Smith asked. Smith’s questions are the most common question for the people who are eating hot pot for the first time. Charlie Zhao ‘26 is from China, he taught Smith how to eat hot pot step by step. “You need to put the meat into the hot pot first,” Zhao said. “You may eat the meat when the meat changes color.” Smith put the meat into the hot pot as Zhao said, and picked out the meat after it changed color. “It tastes so good,” Smith said, “I never ate meat in this way in my life, but it actually impressed me.” After Smith’s first bite, he just couldn’t stop eating. “I like hot pot so much,” Smith said, “what else can I say at this point, Food knows no border…” Photo by Thomas Greer ‘25.

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    I am a junior at North Cross School. I come from China and love playing and watching sports.

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Founded in 2010 and based in the Journalism elective, The Willis Hall Herald is the official student-led publication of the Upper School at North Cross School. The Herald may be published in magazine form three or more times per year. Founded in 2017 and produced by the Herald staff, GeoPrism: A Global Studies Journal may be published in magazine form once or twice per year. The Herald welcomes letters, commentary and submissions of original content that adhere to the Herald’s dedication to factual journalism. Letters and other content must be signed and may be edited for length and Herald style. The Herald does not guarantee publication of outside submissions. Submit letters to [email protected]. The Herald won Gold Medals from Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2012 and 2015. The Herald also became a member of the National Student Press Association.
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Co-Editors-in-Chief .....................................Lauren Boone ‘25 and Jacob Johnson ‘25


Digital Publishing Editor ................................................................Anna Ciccozzi ‘26


Copy Editor.....................................................................................Aadeetri Pandey ‘26


Opinion Editor...........................................................................Mason Bibby '27


Staff Writers.........................................................Hanchen Ou ‘26, Fiona Parnell ‘26, Nola Daninger ‘27, Dara Kerman ‘27, Victoria Real ‘27, Margaret Bass ‘28, Luke Cocowitch ‘28, Joaquin Downey ‘28, Mia Esposito ‘28, Akali Koeda ‘28, Monica Koene ‘28, Shree Patel ‘28, Kaitlyn Perkins ‘28, Isla Whittle '28
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