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John McDermott ’14: Keri Boyce ’13, one of Episcopal Girls Track’s key runners, has always held a passion for running. Through middle and upper school, Boyce’s interest in track has grown tremendously. In middle school, she participated in the sport just to fulfill the requirement. “During middle school,” she elaborated, “I ran track but I was … Read More “Scholium Girls’ Athlete of the Month: Keri Boyce” »
Rich Palazzese ’14: Scholium has interviewed all the senior captins of the past year to reflect on their favorite moments of the season. Football “The best part of the year was beating Malvern in their first ever night game and then going on to beat Haverford at Haverford to win the Inter-Ac title.” –Jack Florio … Read More “Boys’ captains’ athletic memories” »
Billy Hartman ’16: Scholium has chosen Anthony Perretti ‘13 as the Boys Athlete of the Month. Anthony is the captain of the Varsity Baseball team and has been refining his skills from a very young age. His love for the game extends back to his roots after his father’s introduced him to baseball at age four. … Read More “Scholium boys’ athlete of the month: Anthony Perretti” »
Connor Martin ’14: Whether we like it or not, Episcopal will always be compared to the likes of other Inter-Ac schools in both academic and athletic prowess. When students think about coming to Episcopal, it is almost a certainty that they are considering schools like Haverford, Malvern, Notre Dame, or Agnes Irwin as well. Many students … Read More “Connor’s Corner: Freshman year transition for new EA students” »
Reilly Dugery ’15: Sarah Baker, current dean of the Class of 2013, will replace Jackson Collins as the form dean for the class of 2014 following his departure at the end of the school year. The decision to appoint Baker as the dean of the class was made by Geoffrey Wagg after consulting with Ham Clark, … Read More “Baker becomes Form Dean of Class of 2014” »
Leah Yao ’15, Chester Thai ’14: Denise Scott Brown, wife of famed architect and EA graduate Robert Venturi, recently became the focus of an online petition created by female design students at Harvard. This petition calls for the recognition of Denise Scott Brown’s role in the 1991 Pritzker Architecture Prize, which was awarded solely to her husband … Read More “Harvard students create petition for Denise Scott Brown” »
Michael Quinlan ’14: Bitcoin, a popular digital currency, has seen massive fluctuations in its USD exchange rate, drawing public scrutiny and leading some to question Bitcoin’s long-term legitimacy. Quietly introduced in 2009 by an anonymous developer(s) known only as ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, Bitcoin began generating interest in 2010. The value of one Bitcoin rose to a record … Read More “Bitcoins: the controversial new digital currency” »
Ryan Quinlan ’14: EA recently announced that it will no longer be needing costly sewage removal multiple times a day as it plans to construct a pipeline into the public sewer system. According to Mark Notaro, Director of Facilities and Operations, Aqua Pennsylvania (EA’s current sewage company) “come[s] in multiple times a day with 7,000 and … Read More “Episcopal plans for new sewage system” »
Rohan Rajagopalan ’14: The Upper School Vestry, Middle and Lower School Chapel councils, and faculty advisors recently decided on “Be not afraid” as the chapel theme for the 2013-2014 school year. The involved students were able to convene to discuss the possible themes and agreed upon “Be not afraid,” a very common phrase in the Bible. … Read More ““Be Not Afraid” named Chapel Theme” »
In the wake of recent disciplinary events, Scholium would like to address Episcopal’s search policy and remark about its seemingly reasonable standards. The staff has come to believe that the ultimate beneficiaries of Episcopal’s policy regarding searching and screening for alcohol and drugs are the students. Before entering the Episcopal Academy every student is required … Read More “Staff Editorial: School search policy” »
John Flynn ’14, Leah Yao ’15: Major changes are being made to the Common Application for the next academic year. The Common Application was created in 1975 as a unified application process for students. Although today most colleges have their own application supplement, the Common Application provides groundwork for a student’s application. There have been … Read More “Common Application changes” »
Mimi McCann ’13: Richard P. Smith, member of the class of 1966 and former faculty member, was indicted on by a Massachusetts grand jury with charges of sexually abusing four children at a summer camp in 1981. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the Friday following his arrest on April 24 that Smith had also admitted to … Read More “Former Episcopal teacher charged with sexual abuse” »