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Football looks for repeat win EA Despite entering the season with extremely high expectations, EA’s football team has lived up to the hype. Following the footsteps of last year’s senior class and their undefeated championship run, the Churchmen are certainly in contention to defend their title. Showing resilience through the injuries of … Read More “Boys’ EA/Haverford Day Preview” »
Football looks for repeat win EA Despite entering the season with extremely high expectations, EA’s football team has lived up to the hype. Following the footsteps of last year’s senior class and their undefeated championship run, the Churchmen are certainly in contention to defend their title. Showing resilience through the injuries of … Read More “Boys’ EA/Haverford Day Preview” »
Domination and HEART EA The 2013 EA Field Hockey squad will face its final test on its so far undefeated season during EA/Haverford/AIS weekend, against Agnes Irwin. When asked about the team’s strength, Senior co-captain Lexie Curry ‘14 responded, “The distribution of talent.” The team’s coach, Regina Buggy added, “We are, first and foremost, the sum of the parts. We have a strong goalie, we have … Read More “Girls’ EA/Agnes Irwin Day Preview” »
Domination and HEART EA The 2013 EA Field Hockey squad will face its final test on its so far undefeated season during EA/Haverford/AIS weekend, against Agnes Irwin. When asked about the team’s strength, Senior co-captain Lexie Curry ‘14 responded, “The distribution of talent.” The team’s coach, Regina Buggy added, “We are, first and foremost, the sum of the parts. We have a strong goalie, we have … Read More “Girls’ EA/Agnes Irwin Day Preview” »
Caroline Cook ’15 Cole Testaiuti ’16: Girls Girls’ Tennis captain Caroline O’Rourke ‘14 reports that the Friday before the big match, “We usually have a team dinner and sleepover the night before for some team bonding and to get hype for the next day.” Agnes Irwin has been a big competitor for the tennis team … Read More “Captains talk gameday traditions: EA/Haverford/AIS day” »
Amanda Paolino ’15: Looking for an opportunity to serve our local community? This year, the Community Outreach program at EA has added a number of initiatives for both students and faculty alike. In addition to the standard Thursday trips to UCHC (University City Hospitality Coalition), Free Music Fridays, and the Cook Wissahickon School program, the Community … Read More “Community outreach adopts new initiatives for 2013-2014” »
Reilly Dugery ’15: As Episcopal students begin one of the most anticipated weeks of the school year, they will notice a few changes throughout Spirit Week. In anticipation of Spirit Week, Student Council has spent a great deal of time organizing the competitions, listening to student feedback, and striving to improve the overall enjoyment of the … Read More “Changes made to this year’s spirit week” »
Cartoon by Eunice Ju
Roshan Ravishankar ’14: Hundreds of thousands of Americans logged onto healthcare.gov on October 1st in order to manage their health insurance. The day should have been a rousing success for President Obama’s new healthcare plan, but prospects turned sour when the website faltered. Only about 1% of users were able to purchase health insurance through the … Read More “Healthcare site fails in its first days” »
Dear Editor, The article in the October 2013 Scholium, “Accelerated math extends learning limits,” highlighted one of the strengths of an Episcopal Academy education: the flexibility to challenge and meet the needs of our students. There is a decided swelling of enthusiasm for the mathematical sciences in recent years at EA, and thanks to the … Read More “Letter to the Editor” »
Rohan Rajagopalan ’14: Majed Dergham, Associate Head of College Guidance, recently assumed leadership of organizing senior projects, which will take place at the end of May despite rumors that they had been cancelled due to “J-term.” The structure of senior projects is similar to that of previous years. Seniors will propose projects, have them approved by … Read More “Dergham takes over leadership for senior projects” »
Rohan Rajagopalan ’14: Majed Dergham, Associate Head of College Guidance, recently assumed leadership of organizing senior projects, which will take place at the end of May despite rumors that they had been cancelled due to “J-term.” The structure of senior projects is similar to that of previous years. Seniors will propose projects, have them approved by … Read More “Dergham takes over leadership for senior projects” »