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The Power of Words
October 26, 2026

The Power of Words By Caitlin Rafferty As children, sayings like “sticks & stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” were forced upon us. Whether it was a parent, teacher or classmate who said it, it quickly became a mindset for a lot of kids. One could argue the saying is...

Written By Caitlin Rafferty
Shift in Leadership series: Part 1
October 26, 2026

Shift in Leadership series: Part 1 By Caitlyn Rafferty I asked the question, “Do prefects have too much power?” back in March this year, but due to unforeseen circumstances, that article never got the chance to make the noise it deserved. It has since been added to our archives for you to read. After the...

Written By Caitlin Rafferty
A New Era at Settlers
October 26, 2026

A New Era at Settlers? By Caitlin Rafferty When learners walked into Settlers at the beginning of the year, they probably wouldn’t have expected the leadership of the school to look quite so different by the time we reached the second half of the year. Since late May, the school has had a new Acting...

Written By Caitlin Rafferty
The Rise and Fall of the QC
August 31, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Quarterly Chatman For nearly six decades, The Quarterly Chatman has appeared, disappeared, and risen again. From a typewritten school publication in the 1960s to what is now a modern digital blog, the publication has always refused to stay gone. Chapter I – The Beginning In 1968, pupils at The...

Burn Out
August 31, 2026

You’re Not Lazy or Not Locked In, You Might Just Be Burnt Out By Shahaana Gasnola Do you stay awake at night wondering why you just can’t commit yourself to your studies, or curse yourself for how hard it is to even get up and do your homework? You have all these goals, expectations and...

Written By Shahaana Gasnola
The Lost Files
August 31, 2026

By the Teacher Who Was Supposed to Publish This Months Ago (BO) Somewhere between Term 1 deadlines, marking, meetings, tests, assemblies, inter-house, and the general chaos of The Settlers High School, an entire edition of The Quarterly Chatman disappeared into the abyss. Well… “disappeared” may be a little dramatic. It was there. We knew it...

Is the Quarterly Chatman Dead?
August 17, 2026

For a while now, something has been missing. The Quarterly Chatman, once a familiar presence in Settlers life, has been quiet since July 2025. No new editions. No familiar releases at the end of a term… Just a space where something used to be. People noticed. At first, it was easy to assume it was...

Written By Keren Kambi