How are students feeling about the mid-semester? Watch the video to find out!
Author: TECHALERT
Here are some puzzles for you to try out: 1. How many total squares are there on a chessboard?(Hint. The answer is not 64.) 2. The next two are plexers. Try to find out the hidden meaning a. DOX DOX b. Lang4uage 3. Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk. There is nothing in between them but the desk. Why can’t they see each other? Check back in next week for more puzzles and the answers to this week’s puzzles.
Pia Singh’ 19, Olivia Cipperman ’19: The Upper School Domino Board is proud to present Hairspray as its official spring musical of the 2015-2016 Episcopal Academy school year. Hairspray takes place in 1960s Baltimore and follows a vivacious teenage girl named Tracy Tumblad whose dream is to be a part of her favorite local television dance show. The beloved musical has been adapted into a movie and has won several distinguished awards. When asked why they chose to perform this particular musical at Episcopal, Domino Board members and talented singers Kailey Radcliffe ‘16 and Will Patterson ‘16 had several things…
“Are there any specific memories from when you were in Turkey that really stick out to you when you think of your time there?” “I had been walking around in, it’s called Sultanahmet Square, kind of in the center of Istanbul, and a little boy ran up to me and put a crown made out of flowers right on top of my head, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but one of the translators told me that he was a Syrian refugee, who had found his way to Istanbul, and was selling these flower crowns to try to…
Alec Frey ’16: The new SAT will be in place in March 2016, and has already produced mixed impressions among students and families whom it affects. Despite the average assumption of people who have not deeply looked into the change that the new SAT does not differ much from the old one, it may in fact alter the entire scheme of college admissions. The old SAT not only tested on material, but also served as a good indicator of a student’s test-taking skills. After taking the practice new SAT, however, it seems to focus more on trivial information with complete…
Hannah Moriarty ‘18, Annie Doig ‘18: This year, the Upper School form deans, Cheryl McLauchlan, Holly Johnston, Sam Willis and Michael Letts, each have specific goals for their classes and many activities planned. They hope to build and maintain stronger relationships, keep everybody involved throughout the year, and make this school year as exciting and memorable as possible. Cheryl McLauchlan, 9th grade form dean and Upper School math teacher, said, “My goal every year is to make everybody in the class feel like a part of the class of 2019, but as a freshman dean, it is especially important that everybody in…
Olivia Clipperman ’19, Zexi Hao ’19: “The Way They See It, The Way They Tell It” is an art gallery on display in the Episcopal Academy Crawford Campus Center until September 30th, featuring pieces of art that tell very distinctive stories. The gallery showcases seven Pennsylvanian artists, all of whom produce narrative-based works. Susan Coote, the organizer of the show, said, “I looked for local artists that would describe their work as dealing with narrative and storytelling.” There are seven such artists being featured in the gallery now, including Samantha Simpson and Colette Fu. Simpson has two pieces in the…
Jack Brinker ’16: Of the many changes at Episcopal Academy over this past summer, including new teachers, new altar-conduct in chapel, and new classrooms in the Campus Center, the switch from labs with desktop computers to solely carts with laptops is one of the most noticeable. The two computer labs in the Turner Upper School were renovated during summer break and made into regular teaching classrooms. In place of the Upper School desktops, the Episcopal tech department distributed Apple MacBook Airs to every student in the freshmen and sophomore classes. These laptops are also available for juniors and seniors…
Jack Brinker ’16: Of the many changes at Episcopal Academy over this past summer, including new teachers, new altar-conduct in chapel, and new classrooms in the Campus Center, the switch from labs with desktop computers to solely carts with laptops is one of the most noticeable. The two computer labs in the Turner Upper School were renovated during summer break and made into regular teaching classrooms. In place of the Upper School desktops, the Episcopal tech department distributed Apple MacBook Airs to every student in the freshmen and sophomore classes. These laptops are also available for juniors and seniors…
“Tell us about your dog.” “He’s a brown lab. His name is Otto, and he’s going to be five in two weeks. He’s just a funny dog. He’s our second dog, we had a chocolate lab who lived to be almost 13 years old, and we waited three years and then we got Otto. I grew up with dogs. Mr. Sigel didn’t. When we had our first dog, Porter, that was like his ‘first dog’, and we got him not too long after we got married. He didn’t move to Pennsylvania when we came down here, we like having a…
A car accident occurred on Pennsylvania Route 252 just outside the Episcopal Academy’s North entrance Friday morning. “Two of the folks involved were transported to local hospitals for minor injuries,” reported Joe Shanahan, Manager of Campus Safety. Although the cause of the accident is still currently under investigation, the response and support from members of the Episcopal Academy parents, faculty, and staff made a significant difference for the families involved. Leo Peng ’15, who was driving past the tennis courts located near the North entrance at the time of the accident, recalled that he “saw [the families involved] walking around campus.” Shanahan additionally lauds the…
“What was your favorite childhood memory?” “Nintendo. We grew up mostly poor, so a game system was nothing we were going to get. Somehow my parents scraped together on Christmas 1987 an original Nintendo Entertainment System, I still have one. I have an older brother, so both of us opened it, and you think back and we were probably going nuts and bouncing around and going crazy at the time. To this day, both of us would say that’s the best Christmas present we’ve ever gotten.”
“I’ve lived with mental illness my entire life. Its really weird having a disease that nobody can see. A lot of people who have mental illness face a lot of stigma against it, and that makes it really hard to live with mental illness or to cope with it on a daily basis. I’ve lost friends who I’ve told that I have a mental illness. People treat you differently because they think, ‘Oh you’re crazy, you’re gonna do something bad or something’ but that’s not what mental illness is, it just means that I may see things in a different…
“Can we do a High-School Musical photo?”
“Can we do a High-School Musical photo?”
Sarah Barr ’16: Months of hard work, dedication, and both physical and mental preparation led up to the annual Stotesbury Cup regatta this past weekend, where Episcopal Academy rowers pulled for success. The team has already enjoyed tremendous success in the various flicks which have occurred throughout their season, and in the Philadelphia City Champs, where four boats – the Girls V4+, Boys V4+, Girls Novice 8+, and Boys Novice 4+ came in first, second, and third, respectively. After the time trials on Friday, May 15th, six Episcopal boats qualified for the May 16th semifinals. The Girls JV8+,…
What’s your favorite teaching memory? “There’s some funny things, but they’re all good in different kinds of ways. It was this time of year, and we were at Merion, the other campus. My classroom was right next to the science office, and I had forgotten something. It was after lunch, so I said to the kids, ‘Just a minute, I have to get a paper.’ So I went and it took me up, what, two minutes? I come back, and not a soul is there, nobody, and I go, ‘oh whoa!’ and they all jump up and yell ‘Surprise!’ I…
Do you think you two get along better now than when you were younger? “I think we’ve always gotten along the same. I used to steal his Christmas presents, but aside from that—“ “She used to claim that I was unable to open them. I was four. I could open them.” “He was young! He couldn’t open his own gifts, so I was trying to help, y’know?” How are Christmases now? “I don’t steal his Christmas presents anymore if that’s what you mean. He can open his own gifts now.”
What’s your biggest pet peeve? “When someone uses big words that they don’t understand.” Can you give a specific example? “Not without personally insulting someone.”
“My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I love the entire Harry Potter series, because it’s such a wonderful story that gives hope to anyone who has ever felt like an outcast, because there really is somewhere you can fit it, you just have to find it. But particularly the last book in the series because I was living in the very southern tip of Chile at the time that it was published, and I called my mother for a very expensive cost on the telephone and asked her to mail it to me, which she…