InLight and Logos: Student Publications

InLight

By Sara Romeyn, Director of Upper School Global Studies

Imagine a space where students can share their personal stories and experiences with the Bullis community—an opportunity that exists with InLight magazine, the annual publication produced by Bullis students and distributed throughout the Upper School. InLight magazine is the largest high school social justice publication in Washington, DC. Originating at Georgetown Day School, the magazine quickly spread across the DMV, and now 30 area high schools have publications or contribute to the annual joint-school publication.

The magazine’s statement of purpose provides a sense of the mission: “InLight is a student-led platform for dialogue that explores cultures, lifts voices, and interrogates injustices. We are a student-oriented nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing advocacy, inspiring diversity, and catalyzing change.”

At Bullis, the magazine was first published in the Fall of 2017, with inaugural editors Joceyn Quinn ’18 and Sydney Smith ’18. This year, Akshara S. ’23 serves as the Editor in Chief. As she explains, “I was drawn to InLight because it highlights the diversity within Bullis and allows for the community to get to know each other on a personal level through the different articles, poetry, and art submitted.”

Shri K. ’23, a contributor adds, “I think it’s really important to have an outlet for students to share their creations, whether that be poetry or an article or an illustration. InLight specifically, gives everyone a chance to celebrate not just their writing or art, but their differences and experiences expressed through those mediums. Having my art published is a great feeling because I get to point and say, ‘I did that.’”

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Logos Magazine

By Rafaella E. ’24, Noor K. ’24, and Noor S. ’24, Editors-in-Chief of Logos Magazine 2022

We encouraged students who wouldn’t normally think to participate in a literary magazine to step out of their comfort zone by sharing their experiences through art and writing and asked the English Department to recommend student writing to us. Many students had written amazing pieces for their English classes that they had not planned on submitting so we spoke directly to the students to inspire them to submit so their work and point of view should not go unseen.

One of our biggest goals for Logos this year was to represent more diverse student voices and unique experiences. The reader will see several languages in this edition with many pieces of art and writing that focus on race and identity.

Each page in the magazine has its own story and provides readers with an immersive experience while flipping through the pages. Some stories are very personal but must be told, which is why we allowed students to submit their work anonymously for the first time in the history of Logos. Editors also consulted individually with many of the writers to ensure the way we formatted their work conveyed the ideas and emotions they had intended.

Our magazine is named Logos, an ancient Greek term meaning “the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, giving it order, form, and meaning.” Our staff worked hard to emphasize the meaning in the artistic work of more than 75 Bullis Upper School students, and we are very proud of the outcome.

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