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Sam Niu ’15: Community Connections, a progtram that strives to connect the Upper, Middle and Lower Schools, will resume this year under the leadership of Upper School History teacher Lynn Hay. The program’s goal is to “foster relationships between older and younger students,” and this year will be “picking up where it left off” says … Read More “Community Connections returns” »
Maddie Hughes ’16: The Episcopal Academy’s Upper School administration has significantly reduced the sizes of freshman advisories this year in order to help them become more adjusted. Instead of the usual ten to twelve students occupying an advisory, there are now only three or four students per advisor. Dr. Delvin Dinkins, Head of Upper School, … Read More “Freshman advisories shrink in size” »
Wilson Smerconish ’16: A new space for the school store and renovations to the computer lab were major projects undertaken at EA this summer. The Kutteh School Store will now be located across the hall from the library, in the former location of the Hollinger Faculty Commons. The relocation will increase the options given to students, … Read More “EA renovates campus for new year” »
Chester Thai ’14: In response to series of car robberies in Delaware and Chester Counties that occurred in late February, Episcopal security personnel have alerted the school community. Joe Shanahan, Manager of Campus Safety, said, “There’s a group of individuals that started operating in Florida, and they’re working their way up the East coast. Local law … Read More “Local car robberies” »
Chester Thai ’14: In response to series of car robberies in Delaware and Chester Counties that occurred in late February, Episcopal security personnel have alerted the school community. Joe Shanahan, Manager of Campus Safety, said, “There’s a group of individuals that started operating in Florida, and they’re working their way up the East coast. Local law … Read More “Local car robberies” »
Kendra Williams ’16: The One-to-One program, implemented last year for Lower School 5th graders, will now provide laptops for students from the 5th to 8th grades. Linda Lew, member of the Middle School Technology Department, said, “The 5th graders were able to bring the program into their first year of middle school, and as the students … Read More “EA continues one-to-one program” »
Kendra Williams ’16: The One-to-One program, implemented last year for Lower School 5th graders, will now provide laptops for students from the 5th to 8th grades. Linda Lew, member of the Middle School Technology Department, said, “The 5th graders were able to bring the program into their first year of middle school, and as the students … Read More “EA continues one-to-one program” »
Sam Niu ’15, Eunice Ju ’15: As a consequence of the worst winter since EA moved to Newtown Square, the school has witnessed numerous accidents among the faculty, including Charles Collins and Ellen Milewski. Collins, who fell outside his office in the Crawford Campus Center, will remain out of school for the remainder of the year. Milewski, … Read More “Episcopal combats slippery floors” »
Chester Thai ’14: Frank Langiftt ’82, NPR’s international correspondent based in Shanghai, will speak to upper school students on April 22 during the annual Ben Read address. Langfitt is the uncle of two current EA students, William Langfitt ’14 and Frank Langfitt ’16. “As a foreign correspondent, I’ve covered lots of ‘bad news,’ everything from civil … Read More “Langfitt ’82 to speak” »
Leah Yao ’15: After its postponement to make up for lost class time due to snow days, Peace and Diversity Day (PDD) has been rescheduled to occur during two advisory blocks on Wednesday, April 16th and Monday, May 5th. Students will participate in one of the two advisory periods, which will consist of a student-run workshop … Read More “Peace Day rescheduled” »
Wilson Smerconish ’16: The College Guidance Office will have a significantly different staff at the beginning of next year. Earlier this month Matt Essman, Director of College Guidance, announced that he would be leaving Episcopal to move back to his hometown of St. Louis where his children can be closer to their family. He will be … Read More “Essman & Creskoff to leave Episcopal” »