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The Rise and Fall of the QC
August 31, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the QC

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...

Written By The Settlers High School
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Burn Out
August 31, 2026

Burn Out

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
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The Lost Files
August 31, 2026

The Lost Files

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...

Written By The Settlers High School
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Is the Quarterly Chatman Dead?
August 17, 2026

Is the Quarterly Chatman Dead?

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
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