Dorothy Skuba Gray ’23 There’s yet another new face on campus this year. Or is it a familiar face? It’s Phoebe Moore Miller ’13, assistant director of admission and financial aid. MIller…
Month: October 2021
Pass the potatoes, please.
Lauren Barnes ’23 On Wednesday, October 20, Ford Hall held a trial return to Mercersburg Academy’s traditional family style meals. If all goes well, family style meals will become the norm once…
Bumping up a new head coach
Ellie Jornlin ’22 Earlier this season, the Blue Storm volleyball team received devastating news about their head coach, Tanya Angle, resigning from her position. “We lost our head coach due to personal…
A momentous season for field hockey
Maria Rihn ’24 The Blue Storm field hockey season began with some difficult games, but now at week six the athletes have turned around the season and logged multiple wins in recent…
Family feels
Maddy Gillner ’22 Last Monday, history teacher Allison Stephens and science teacher Jim Malone held a dinner meeting for interested students in which the two discussed their personal experiences living with anxiety…
Mr. 10k
Maddie Koutavas ’22 On October 8, postgraduate Jacob Pishko ’22 competed in the 10K at the Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup. Pishko, a Naval Academy swimming commit, has always favored open…
The Storm hits home
Gabe McGuire ’24 Amid the exuberance and celebration of Family Weekend, Mercersburg Academy’s sports teams experienced an exciting game day as parents and families packed the stands, eager to see their children…
Stony in Yonkers
Talia Cutler ’23 The final rehearsals for Lost In Yonkers have just concluded in the Simon Theatre, followed by opening night on October 9. The process began only a few days after…
A rousing triple cheer
Roy Kang ’22 October has officially started, and Mercersburg Academy kicked it off with the traditional Spirit Week, during which students celebrated school spirit in a variety of ways: all-school events organized…
The light at the end of the tunnel
Jasmine Zhu ’23 The pandemic has made this an unprecedented year. Amid the ever-changing COVID landscape, what remains unchanged is that the college application process is in full swing. Rather than being…