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Cross Country: The Agnes Irwin Cross Country team has had a strong season, featuring wins over Inter-Ac teams Springside, Baldwin, and Episcopal. The Owls are led by their varsity seven, including seniors Vivien Hastings, Christinia Wusinich, Kate Alden, and Justis Wright, juniors Lauren and Georgia Fortunado, and freshman Emily DiNubile. The Owls have beaten Episcopal … Read More “AIS Sports Recaps” »
Shreya Reddy ’13 To deny the importance of sports is foolish, but to deem Episcopal’s current requirement worthwhile is an overstatement. The Episcopal Academy is built upon the balance of mind, body, and spirit. To argue otherwise is to neglect to acknowledge the school’s very own mission statement. However, there is a crucial difference between … Read More “Anti-sports requirement: An outdated policy” »
Michael Smerconish ’14 Rohan Rajagopalan The athletic requirement is one of the most vital parts of our experience at Episcopal. The athletic requirement promotes the ideology expressed in the Episcopal Academy mission statement: “Challenging and nurturing Mind, Body, and Spirit, we inspire boys and girls to lead lives of purpose, faith, and integrity.” Gina Buggy, … Read More “Pro-sports requirement: Building character” »
Censorship has brought Spirit Week activities to a new low. In the last ten years, Episcopal has tried to make the activities leading up to EA/Haverford/AIS weekend Lower School-friendly, in order to create a sense of school unity; however, this attempt has taken away from Upper School tradition, and activities like the pep … Read More “Monthly Editorial: Spirit Week Censorship” »
Katie O’Reilly ’14 With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, Episcopal students have again renewed their commitment to fighting hunger and giving back to the community. Each year, the Vestry holds the Can Drive during the month of November in order to raise food to donate to families in need during the holiday season. Carly Ciccotti ‘12, Accounting … Read More “Students mobilize to collect cans and turkeys” »
Gracey Austin ’12 The Ben Heyward Memorial All Sports Trophy is an award given every year to the school with the most successful boys’ athletic teams in the Inter-Academic League. Episcopal has won the Heyward Cup eleven times, making us the second most winning school behind the Haverford School, which has won thirteen times. However, … Read More “Gaining a competitive edge in male athletics” »
Michael Quinlan ’14 Since October 6th, hundreds of people have gathered at City Hall to protest economic inequality and a corrupt relationship between businesses and government, as part of the Occupy Philadelphia movement. The Occupy movement, originating from the Occupy Wall Street protests, is known for the mantra “We are the 99 percent,” … Read More “Occupy Philly takes over City Hall” »
Kathryn Burke ’12, Helen Miller ’12 Since 1785, tradition has been an integral component of Episcopal Academy’s character. The scrooge chapel, the Stripes, and singing the school song, “Episcopal, Episcopal,” are just a few examples of the importance of tradition at Episcopal. One of the school’s longest standing traditions is the spirit week events leading … Read More “Transformation of Spirit Week” »
Jill Barton ’12, Kristin Greenwood ’12 During chapel on Wednesday, October 25, ten juniors were inducted into the Robert Bishop English Honors Society, Episcopal’s chapter of the National English Honors Society. The Episcopal chapter was created two years ago in order to honor Robert Bishop, to recognize students who have demonstrated excellence in English, and … Read More “Robert Bishop English Honors Society Inducts New Members” »
Toni Radcliffe ’14 Starting July 1, 2011, Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside School will combine their neighboring schools into one institution, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. This merger will provide the students of the new school access to over 100 courses, doubled academic, athletic, and arts facilities, and the largest combined independent school library collection in … Read More “Chestnut Hill and Springside Merge” »
Filmed by Brendan McManus ’12 Currently, the Seniors and Juniors are tied for first place! The competition will be decided by the Dance competition during tomorrow’s Pep Rally!
By Aaron Kim ’15 e-Scholium is in the process of interviewing all of the captains of the Varsity sports playing in EA/Haverford/AIS Weekend. Stay tuned for more as the week progresses!