Episcopal Academy
Michael Smerconish ’14: Current Head of School, L. Hamilton Clark and next year’s Head of School, TJ Locke recently announced that Dr. Delvin Dinkins will serve as Episcopal’s next Head of Upper School, effective July 1, 2013. Dinkins, currently the Director of Assessment and Accountability for the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, will replace Geoffrey Wagg, who … Read More “Delvin Dinkins named Head of Upper School” »
Michael Smerconish ’14: Nearly eight months after the incident itself, Harvard administrators issued demands for roughly 70 students to withdraw as a result of last May’s cheating scandal. Michael D. Smith, a Harvard dean, broke the news via a school wide email in what Harvard’s newspaper, the Crimson labeled, “Harvard’s first substantive announcement about the … Read More “Harvard punishes cheating students” »
Patrick Espe ’14: The new partnership between Episcopal Academy and St. Marc’s school in Haiti has received a lot of support thus far from the Episcopal community. However, questions have been raised regarding this partnership; the student ambassadors from Haiti feel these questions must be answered.How are the funds collected at EA being utilized in … Read More “Haiti ambassadors answer questions for EA community” »
Ryan Quinlan ’14: With this year’s flu described as “worse than average” by Dr. Thomas R. Frieden of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Scholium decided to take a closer look at the flu’s current impact on the Episcopal community. Thus far, the 2012-13 flu season has been described as being worse … Read More “EA escapes flu season” »
In response to the Sandy Hook school shooting of mid-December, Scholium decided to examine Episcopal’s own campus security protocol and its response to this tragedy. Two of the main people in charge of security on campus are Len Haley and Mark Notaro, both members of EA’s Department of Facilities and Operations. The topic of school … Read More “Administration reevaluates campus safety and security” »
Jack Keffer ’14: The perfect competitor must possess a myriad of qualities aside from athletic ability: leadership, mental toughness, and composure. Meghan Hubley ’13 is the epitome of such a competitor, a tri-sport athlete dedicated to her teams. She will serve as a tri-sport varsity captain this year, leading the varsity soccer, basketball, and lacrosse … Read More “Girls’ Athlete of the Month: Meghan Hubley” »
Connor Martin ’14: Cross-country This year’s memorable EA/Haverford/AIS weekend was kicked off with a victory by our girl’s cross-country team. With great support from their always-enthusiastic coach, Timothy Gavin, the Churchwomen defeated the Owls 25-35 to finish off a fantastic season. Standouts included 1st place finisher Katherine Hong ’15, 5th place Elizabeth Stone ’16, 6th … Read More “Episcopal sweeps AIS in style” »
The Episcopal Academy Arts Department boasts a talented faculty of working, professional artists who emphasize a real-world experiential approach to arts education in addition to the traditional academic approach. Often, however, after spending every day practicing art inside a classroom studio, the outside world, integral to any form of art, can become overshadowed by Episcopal’s … Read More “Collins to venture outside of Episcopal’s routine” »
Nellie Konopka ’16: Episcopal’s Creative Writing Club provides students with the opportunity to engage in creative writing in an environment that seeks to eliminate the stress and pressure that can result from constantly focusing on grades, obligations, and the expectations of others. The Creative Writing Club aims to let students write what they feel without … Read More “Writing for the love of it” »
Nellie Konopka ’16: Episcopal’s Creative Writing Club provides students with the opportunity to engage in creative writing in an environment that seeks to eliminate the stress and pressure that can result from constantly focusing on grades, obligations, and the expectations of others. The Creative Writing Club aims to let students write what they feel without … Read More “Writing for the love of it” »
Amanda Molitor ’14, Kayla Coleman ’14: Mandie Banks, who has served as a dance instructor and choreographer at Episcopal for eleven years, has been named Chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, effective this year. Throughout her tenure thus far at Episcopal, Banks has proven to be a dynamic asset to the Theatre and Dance … Read More “Mandie Banks named Chair of Theatre and Dance” »
Suzy Chen ’14: Episcopal Academy’s music department has been growing stronger each year; however, the orchestra program in particular has seen much improvement since Katie Bechtold came to Episcopal six years ago as a member of the music department faculty. Bechtold’s efforts and contributions have been crucial to the development of the string orchestra program … Read More “Bechtold shares her passion for music at EA and beyond” »