Brianna Bellinghieri ’22 Recently, certain EA students are experiencing trouble when it comes to their Google and Youtube accounts as well as Wifi connetion. Huy Tran, the new Head of EA Technology, explains these changes and the steps one can take to fix them. Several students received an email notifying them that their Google Accounts were closing. However, this is not the case. According to Tran, “Google accounts are not closing.” He believes that these emails are in regard to Youtube accounts. Students that have used their EA Google account to create personal Youtube channels may be locked out of…
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Cecilia Murphy ’22 Some of the boys’ fall sports teams, most notably football, follow a tradition to shave the heads of their freshman players during Spirit Week, the week leading up to the games against Episcopal’s biggest rivals: The Agnes Irwin School and The Haverford School. This tradition is meant to get teammates amped up for their games. Additionally, it aims to bring the team closer together through a fun bonding experience. Todd Fairlie, Varsity Football Coach, has worked at Episcopal for eleven years and states that the “fall sports teams have done it since I have been here, and…
Krissie Essilfie ‘21 New compost bins for paper towels have appeared in the Campus Center, and recycling receptacles are soon to follow. These installations are the work of Install-It and Save the Planet clubs as well as programs like the Global Youth Leadership Institute (GYLI). These student-led organizations have sought to address climate change in new ways. Taking different approaches, these groups have launched new green projects all over campus. Install-It, a club which installs unique art pieces around campus, and Save the Planet Club, which brainstorms different methods of spreading awareness about and promoting environmentally friendly practices, have teamed…
Lydia Nawrocki ‘23 Caroline Sewell ‘23 This year, there has been a new change in the funding policy for non-travel May Term programs: each course will get a maximum of two thousand dollars, rather than no cap at all as has been the case in the past. According to Michael Letts, Head of Upper School, “[The reasoning behind the policy] is pretty simple. We just don’t have an unlimited amount of funds. We have to be mindful of our budget. We can only afford so much, really.” Letts clarifies further, saying, “In the past, we have been able [to set…
Celia Gallagher ’21 Ella Sundstrom ’21 As a junior on the EA girls’ Swim team, Riley Pujadas has made her mark not only on EA’s team, but also on the global stage at the World Junior Swim Competition. Pujadas started swimming when she was only three years old and joined a local swim team when she was six. Though she began her time at EA as a sophomore, she was unable to participate in meets within the Inter-Ac league. Coming from Agnes Irwin, it is an Inter-Ac rule that athletes cannot compete in league meets the first year they transfer…
Ashley Kennedy ’22 Maddy Mitchell ’22 Committed to Colgate University, senior Alex Capitano ‘20 starts his third year on the boys’ Varsity Basketball team this winter. Capitano has played a significant role in the success of the basketball team. Being a starter since eighth grade at his previous school, his transition to EA basketball made a huge impact on the team. Capitano is confident and excited to start his last season on a team he considers to be his family. Capitano is a basketball player who brings leadership, excitement, encouragement, and height to EA’s team. Capitano has been playing basketball…
Alexis Fuscaldo ’22 EA students practice for countless hours perfecting their craft in their respective sports. However, the EA Dance Team is considered a winter sport and fulfills the sports requirement, even though they do not receive varsity letters as all other varsity sports do. Dance is a cut sport like most other sports at EA. Head Coach Cara Lavallee said, “We can only carry a total of forty kids for lack of space and time. However, if we have less than forty kids everyone will make the team, but if we have more than forty like we do this…
Charlie Bruder ’23 One hundred and fifty Inter-Ac wins and PAISSA titles. Five hundred and seventy varsity games coached. Thirty-four years spent leading varsity teams to Inter-Ac claims pursuing the Episcopal Athletics statement “Honor in victory, grace in defeat.” Countless students that have come and gone through EA have called Buggy a mentor, coach, or advisor. Field hockey player Sofia Acosta ‘21, who helped lead Episcopal’s Field Hockey team to become Inter-Ac champions and PAISSA champions, states, “Buggy has taught us so much about the game. She comes to practice every day, wanting to improve. She has never cared about…
Gianna Cilluffo ‘22 Amelia Cabral ‘22 Abigail Gallo ‘22 Local elections took place on November fifth and student awareness of the issues at hand was varied. “Of course [it’s important to vote],” states Kris Aldrige, senior dean, “It’s a civic duty.” Senior voting participation, however, varied from student to student. Sarah Huang ‘20 said, “I kind of forgot that elections were coming up.” To vote in the election, students must register a month in advance, and some students at EA were unaware of this fact. The ones that were aware however, were unsure of their next course of action. Nick…
Gianna Cilluffo ‘22 Amelia Cabral ‘22 Abigail Gallo ‘22 Local elections took place on November fifth and student awareness of the issues at hand was varied. “Of course [it’s important to vote],” states Kris Aldrige, senior dean, “It’s a civic duty.” Senior voting participation, however, varied from student to student. Sarah Huang ‘20 said, “I kind of forgot that elections were coming up.” To vote in the election, students must register a month in advance, and some students at EA were unaware of this fact. The ones that were aware however, were unsure of their next course of action. Nick…
Noble Brigham ‘20 Avani Narula ‘21 At 9:08, they begin to shuffle into the board room. Clad in winter coats or baggy EA sweatshirts against the already chilly mid-November weather. They take their seats at the gigantic table in the comfortable blue leatherette chairs and begin munching on their cafeteria bagels and checking their phones before the meeting starts. This is an Upper School Student Council meeting. Created as a substitute for EA’s fraternity, Upsilon Omega, when the school moved to Merion in 1921, it has gone through different iterations and at one point in the 1960s and 70s, it…
Maiah Islam ‘21 Online gambling, first legalized in Pennsylvania in 2017, has become popular at EA. Its legalization caused controversy because online gambling does not comply with the Federal Wire Act, which prohibits interstate wagering. It’s very similar to a live casino where one can place bets and play the same games such as poker. It is legal to play lotteries or engage in sports betting when 18 in PA, but online casinos and live betting are not. Yvvy Chen ‘21 explains the process of how to bet, “People typically place bets through PayPal, but there are some sites…
Kevin Sporici ‘20 Noble Brigham ‘20 Earlier this year, the state of Pennsylvania shut down Glen Mills Schools due to allegations that surfaced about multiple cases of student abuse by the school’s counselors. Some students at this all-male reform school were allegedly severely beaten and threatened with longer sentences if they did not remain quiet. Episcopal’s only connection to the school is through the EA golf team, which has played on their well known course, but the dramatic closing of the school was widely publicized. The institution is the oldest reform school in the United States, dating back to…
STAFF EDITORIAL With many early admission decisions coming out in these next few weeks, teenagers across the country are bracing themselves for what could be either the biggest triumph or the biggest disappointment of their lives thus far. In recent years especially, major emphasis has been put on high schoolers enduring the college admissions process. The prestige and name recognition of colleges have overruled aspects of the college search process such as fit and happiness at a particular institution. In recent months, the high focus on prestige has been brought into the spotlight. The “Varsity Blues” scandal demonstrated this…
STAFF EDITORIAL With many early admission decisions coming out in these next few weeks, teenagers across the country are bracing themselves for what could be either the biggest triumph or the biggest disappointment of their lives thus far. In recent years especially, major emphasis has been put on high schoolers enduring the college admissions process. The prestige and name recognition of colleges have overruled aspects of the college search process such as fit and happiness at a particular institution. In recent months, the high focus on prestige has been brought into the spotlight. The “Varsity Blues” scandal demonstrated this…
Maggie Lo ’23 Gianna Trala ’23 After the recent elections, Democrats not only won a majority on the Delaware County Council for the first time since the Civil War, but now unanimously control all five seats. This year, three female Democrats, Elain Scheafer, Christine Reuther, and Monica Taylor joined Brian Zidek and Kevin Madden on the county’s council. These candidates ran against three incumbent Republicans, James Raith, Kelly Colvin, and Michael Morgan. This sudden and unprecedented absence of Republicans on the council may come as a surprise, considering that President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania in 2016. Zachary Metzler…
Arjun Bhamra ’22 Albert Chen ’23 Episcopal Academy recently banned students from playing music with racially charged words or other epithets of a similar vein out loud on campus. Students caught in violation of this policy will be disciplined. An EA student was recently asked to leave the school following a serious incident regarding a racial slur, and Michael Letts, Head of Upper School, hopes to uphold school values through this ban. Letts says, “There are certain words that can never be used in this community. You can not say these racial epithets to anyone, about anyone, in any context,…
Anjali Bose ‘20 His boisterous personality, acting aptitude, and magnetic presence are instantly recognizable in the EA community. Arnav Shiva ‘20, is December’s Artist of the Month for his exemplary efforts and contributions to the Episcopal Academy upper school theatre program throughout his time in the Upper School. First joining EA in sixth grade, Shiva has been actively involved in theatre since his very first year. “I did all the plays and musicals in middle school, except for the fall show in sixth grade. I’ve also performed in each production of a play and musical each year I’ve been in…
Kathleen Mark ‘21 Michael Zhou ‘21 Epolitan, EA’s art and literary magazine, was founded in 1961 by Benjamin Foster. Run by students, the Epolitan is published once a year to celebrate the artistic and creative achievements of EA students. The magazine showcases a myriad of work, ranging from writing to painting to photography. The word Epolitan, according to Foster himself, represents a blank slate. Quoted in May, 1961 and printed in the 51st anniversary edition of the magazine, he explains, “‘Epolitan’ must be one of the simplest words in our language. It does not come from the Greek…
Cameron Buonocore ‘20 Beginning in September 2020, students will be able to retake an individual section of the ACT. ACT chief commercial officer Suzanne Delanghe claims this abrupt change is just another way to offer students the ability to improve their scores. Other stakeholders in the college admission process question whether this change will actually have this effect. “This is a business decision that ACT made as they look to capture market share, and I don’t think anybody, any student, should get excited about this at all because ACT made this decision without having any conversations with colleges,” Cynthia Crum,…