• No School - Spring Break - Mar.14 - Mar.18
  • No School - Spring Vacation Day - April 15
  • HS Theatre Spring Show - April 8-9
  • End of 3rd Quarter - Mar. 31
  • HS One Act Plays- April 13 at 7pm
  • No School - Prof. Development Day - April 25
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The Leaf
The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf
The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf
POWER TO THE PEACE. In 2013, Gloria Steinem was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. President Barack Obama bestowed her the metal to honor her work in the women’s liberation movement and for being an advocate for equality. Steinem is not only an activist but a journalist who has written about many social justice issues over the course of her career.

Gloria Steinem

Lydia Masset, Staff Writer
March 1, 2018
To all the little girls watching...never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world. -Hillary

Hillary Clinton

Caroline Veraldo, Sports Chief
March 31, 2017
Sonia Gandhi is known as one of the most influential people in the world. She took India’s politics into her own hands to achieve a better life for those individuals. Even though she was against joining politics due to her husband’s death, she saw the country’s politics dwindling, and decided to help her country.

Sonia Gandhi

Eshika Kohli, Business Manager
March 30, 2017
The UCLA Physics and Astronomy department has dedicated an annual lecture series, the Nina Byers Lectureship, to Byers. Every year, leading physicists visit UCLA and give lectures to faculty and students about general topics relating to physics. “This program is aimed to be a prestigious honor for the Lecturers as well as a mechanism for bringing the excitement of frontier results from external scientists to UCLA, thus raising the level of discourse in the Department,” said James Rosenzweig, department chair, in a statement.

Nina Byers

Harsimran Makkad, Web Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
United States Senator from MA is speaking during the Democratic National Convention. She is one of the strong Democratic voices in the Senate. Warren was a professor for about 30 years focusing on consumer law and bankruptcy.

Elizabeth Warren

Lauren Kurtzer, Creative Projects Director
March 28, 2017
The movie Jackie was nominated for three Oscars. It featured Natalie Portman as the iconic First Lady. The movie portrays the life of Jackie Kennedy after her husband’s tragic death.

Jackie Kennedy

Sara Margolis, Staff Writer
March 27, 2017
The Bell Jar, the only novel written by Plath, was published in 1963. The work was considered to be semi-autobiographical. The novel chronicles the mental health of Esther Greenwood, a young woman who increasingly suffered from depression.

Sylvia Plath

William Coleman
March 17, 2017
SELL. The Harry Potter series spans 7 different novels. Deathly Hallows, the final book in the series, became the fastest selling novel, reaching over 15 million copies sold in 24 hours. Similarly, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was the highest grossing movie of the series and was one of only 26 films which has grossed over 1 billion dollars.

J. K. Rowling

Sydney Evans, Print Editor-in-Chief
March 16, 2017
Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter, 1872-1873. Cassat was an American painter, part of the Impressionist movement. Cassatts work focused on motherhood and women, especially on the bond between mother and child.

Mary Cassatt

Natalie Brinkman, Print Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2017
STRENGTH. Forever Stamps featuring Parks were sold in 2013. Born in 1913, the stamps commemorated Parks’ life. Parks passed away in 2005.

Rosa Parks

Sydney Weiss, Social Media Director
March 14, 2017
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She became a cultural icon with the moniker Notorious RBG, which eventually led a nonfiction book to be published with the same name. Ginsburg is celebrated for her support of womens and minoritys rights.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Meghan DiGiovanna and Amy Deng
March 13, 2017
One of four siblings, she attended the University of Turin despite her father’s reservations. Teaching at many universities, she encouraged post secondary education. Montalcini authored many books and won several awards for her work. This inspiring neurobiologist passed away in 2012.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Allyson Bonhaus, Feature Chief
March 10, 2017
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