Episcopal Academy
Maggie Lo ‘23 The EA STEM speaker series has this year highlighted presentations from Rajatesh Gudibande, the Co-Founder and President at GraphWear Technologies, and Dr. Vijay Kumar, the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering. Danielle Feinberg, cinematographer and Director of Photography for Lighting at Pixar Animation Studios, will be presenting in the Spring. The STEM … Read More “EA STEM Speaker Series inspires young minds” »
Kat Barber ‘23 | Elizabeth Boruff ‘23 Jeffrey Selingo — professor and journalist — has given presentations about the current college admissions process to the EA community, including faculty, parents, and students. The information discussed in those presentations was based off of Selingo’s recent book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions. … Read More “Author Jeffrey Selingo discusses college admissions with EA” »
Rick Chen ‘24 | Maggie Lo ‘23 Many departments in the Upper School have developed new course offerings for the 2022-23 school year, including the English, History, Math, Science, Computer Science, and Visual Art departments. Most notably, the English department is significantly changing the structure of the V Form course options. The increase in new … Read More “EA offers many new classes for next year” »
Libby Flaisher ‘25 | Bridget Murphy ‘25 | Molly Ott ‘25 Outward Bound and Middle School field trips will return this year, similar to the return of May Term trips. The previous cancellations have been because of Covid restrictions. Many members of the EA community are excited for the return of these trips, but others, … Read More “EA plans for the return of Outward Bound and field trips” »
Xinxin Fang ‘24 With the Russian invasion and attacks on Ukrainian civilians, the safety of students on EA’s upcoming May Term trip has become a concern for some. However, students and teachers that are going believe that it’s still too early to decide, ultimately leaving the decision to cancel to Rustic Pathways, the touring agency, … Read More “Balkans May Term Trip Still Available Amidst Ukraine Conflict” »
Xinxin Fang ‘24 With the Russian invasion and attacks on Ukrainian civilians, the safety of students on EA’s upcoming May Term trip has become a concern for some. However, students and teachers that are going believe that it’s still too early to decide, ultimately leaving the decision to cancel to Rustic Pathways, the touring agency, … Read More “Balkans May Term Trip Still Available Amidst Ukraine Conflict” »
Aryav Dhar ‘24 EA hosted their very own in-person Model UN conference on campus this year instead of traveling to Philadelphia or doing an online conference like they did in previous years. Led by David Mercante, Upper School History Teacher, the conference was held on Friday, February 25th and Saturday, February 26th. A committee of … Read More “EA hosts Model UN conference on Campus” »
Bridget Murphy ‘25 | Molly Ott ‘25 A re-evaluation of the EA dress code is currently underway, with a committee of students, faculty, and parents offering their commentary and thoughts. At this time, nothing has been finalized, and new opinions are still being discussed. The committee plans to finalize proposals and present them to the … Read More “Dress code committee plans for new Uniform” »
Xinxin Fang ‘24 The college counseling office is currently engaging in an extensive research process to find ways to improve their program. They are gathering data, reading books, and conversing with other high schools as well as colleges to learn how to provide the best service to EA students. The college counseling office began their … Read More “College counseling looks to make improvements” »
Xinxin Fang ‘24 The college counseling office is currently engaging in an extensive research process to find ways to improve their program. They are gathering data, reading books, and conversing with other high schools as well as colleges to learn how to provide the best service to EA students. The college counseling office began their … Read More “College counseling looks to make improvements” »
Gray Collins ‘25 | Theo Engelman ‘25 Advanced Placement Classes have long been a staple at EA, and currently more than 20 AP courses are offered each year with many dozens of students attending these classes. Recently however, an AP committee has been scrutinizing whether or not to keep these classes at the school. Some … Read More “EA re-evaluates the inclusion of AP classes” »
Gray Collins ‘25 | Theo Engelman ‘25 Advanced Placement Classes have long been a staple at EA, and currently more than 20 AP courses are offered each year with many dozens of students attending these classes. Recently however, an AP committee has been scrutinizing whether or not to keep these classes at the school. Some … Read More “EA re-evaluates the inclusion of AP classes” »