Episcopal Academy
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” »
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” »
Roshan Ravishankar ’14: The English department has restructured its senior curriculum, lengthening the previously semester long British Literature course to a full year class entitled The Evolution of English Literature. This course will replace the English electives offered to seniors during the spring semester. During the first semester of this new course, seniors will read … Read More “Senior English becomes yearlong course” »
John Flynn ’14: In a recent survey, senior and junior students voted overwhelmingly against the proposal of a school sponsored post prom. Earlier this year, the EAPA presented the idea for such a post prom to a group of school administrators, including the form deans and Geoff Wagg, Head of Upper School. Jackson Collins, dean … Read More “Students dismiss organized post prom” »
Michael Smerconish ’14: Through new legislation introduced in the state senate, Pennsylvania has begun contemplating a law that would require all producers of genetically engineered food to label their products as such. The bill, proposed by state senator Daylin Leach, seeks to provide consumers a greater deal of knowledge about the food they are purchasing. … Read More “PA debates labels on genetically modified food” »
Michael Quinlan ’14: Due to ongoing Student Council discussions, next year may see changes to Episcopal’s dress code. Proposed modifications, which have been discussed by student council over the course of this past year, include the option of polo shirts for boys and more concrete specifications on the length of girls’ skirts. For the past … Read More “Student Council considers dress code changes” »
Christine McCann ’15: Adam Lavalle, upper school math teacher and middle school football, basketball and baseball coach, will be leaving Episcopal next year to teach and coach at Berwick Academy in Maine. He will also be moving back to his home state of New Hampshire. Berwick Academy is, according to Lavalle, “just like Episcopal.” It’s … Read More “Lavalle announces departure from EA” »