Episcopal Academy
Katie O’Reilly ’14, Alex Rice ’13: The time: 12:45 PM The place: Tierney Dining Hall. Fifth period has just ended, and a flood of Upper School students has just broken over the Campus Center, intent upon achieving one common goal: lunch. Some students head straight for the sandwich counter, while others step in line for … Read More “Captains stress game day nutrition” »
Tim Pope ’13: The Burch Ranch, an airy, open space that gleams in the sunlight and disappears under the star-soaked night sky, fills with jet-lagged students from Episcopal, Haverford, and Agnes Irwin each October. They come to join local Montana high school students for three days of art workshops in creative writing, photography, visual art, … Read More “An artist reflects on Big Timber” »
Jessica Bai ’16, Sarah Barr ’16: The Domino Club came to Episcopal Academy’s Merion Campus in the early-to-mid 1990’s as an adaption of a club for girls at the Springside School. Since then, the club has evolved into an outlet for aspiring actors and skilled crew members, allowing them to plan the Upper School’s theatrical … Read More “Going behind the scenes of the Domino Club” »
Suzy Chen ’14: Episcopal is a school flourishing with artistic and literary talent; Epolitan, the school’s literary magazine, serves to encourage these gifted artists to exhibit both their creative writing and visual artwork. Each year, Epolitan compiles student work, ranging from 2-D and 3-D visual art to photography to poetry and short stories. Timothy Pope … Read More “Epolitan plans to expand” »
Tyler Haab ’14, Moose Recktenwald ’14: The Episcopal boys cross-country team has been competing strongly this season, looking forward to EA/Haverford glory for, what would be, the 11th time in a row, under Coach Jim Farrell. It therefore comes as no surprise that this month, Scholium has decided to give the Boy’s Athlete of the … Read More “Boys’ Athlete of the Month: Steven Lucey” »
Andrew Stone ’14, Jack Keffer’14: The Episcopal varsity girls’ soccer team is off to a great start this year, threatening to win the league title for the third time in four years. Behind the team’s success is workhorse Kaitlyn DiMarco ’13, Scholium’s November Athlete of the Month. DiMarco has been involved with the sport since … Read More “Girls’ Athlete of the Month: Kaitlyn DiMarco” »
Dimantha Andrahennady ’14: Over the last few years, the Modern Language Department has seen growing success and increased diversity in its curriculum, especially with the recent addition of Mandarin Chinese. Despite the inherent difficulty of the language, the Mandarin program has grown to 37 students across five levels of courses. As Mandarin is the most … Read More “Episcopal should consider adding Arabic” »
Although there was uncertainty concerning the religiosity of this year’s Chapel theme “With God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26) at the start of the academic year, the Vestry has addressed skepticism by providing diversity in speeches and broadening the scope of the theme to appeal to more people. While Episcopal has traditionally maintained a … Read More “Scholium Staff Editorial: Chapel theme delivers” »
I opened my laptop, adeptly activated my Freegate [an application that enables Chinese internet users to view government blocked websites] and logged into Facebook. As I waited for the webpage to show up, a fact suddenly dawned on me: I don’t need a proxy server anymore. After a fourteen-hour flight halfway across the world, I … Read More “A letter from Northeast Yucai School” »
Chloe Kinzig ’14: The Episcopal Academy is welcoming eager exchange students from the countries of China, South Africa, Spain, Australia, and Norway for the duration of this academic year, a fact that demonstrates yet another successful year for the foreign exchange program. “The short of it is, why not! I am always looking to broaden … Read More “Exchange Students Welcomed” »
Michael Quinlan ’14: Recent concussion studies have led many to question not only the future effects of these injuries on students but also the future of high school athletics. Described as a “concussion epidemic” by New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, much of the concerns focus on the effects of concussions sustained playing football. Both Christopher … Read More “A look into the reality of concussions” »
Anna Jarvis ’15, Emma Vadot ’15: When doctors were attending to Candace Gantt after a traumatic bicycle accident in 2005, they never thought that, seven years later, she would be about to partake in one of the most rigorous athletic events in the world. On October 20th, 2012, Candace Gantt, mother of Carter Gantt ’13 … Read More “Gantt Goes From Hospital to IRONMAN Competition” »