Lauren Barnes ’23 Mercersburg challenges its students to take part in unique and diverse experiences throughout their time in attendance. Though Mercersburg is a boarding school, a significant number of students attend…
Month: October 2021
Bonfire or boogie
Margaux Darabian ’25 When I was younger, I would watch my older cousins post on their social media accounts about a particular teenage rite of passage, their captions talking about how they…
Girls’ soccer relights its spark
Sammy Titus ’23 and Matthew Tavarez ’22 No matter how much someone may love a sport, it will not matter if the team’s dynamic is not top-notch. The girls soccer teams are…
Justin time for college
Catherine Orders ’23 Justin Ledesma joins the Mercersburg Academy community this year as an Associative Director of College Counseling. Before coming to Mercersburg, Ledesma worked in college admissions. “I certainly enjoyed the…
Stitching joy
Osa Iyoha ’22 To most, knitting sounds like the most boring thing in the world. The idea of sitting, needles in hand, for hours on end, painstakingly creating a single article of…
Planning for Family Alumni Weekend
Talia Cutler ’22 October 8 marks the beginning of Family Weekend at Mercersburg – a decade-old tradition filled with bonfires, Step Songs, theater, and sporting events. Acting head of school Quentin McDowell…
Man versus wild, Mercersburg style
Haris Yahaya ’24 Last week, members of the Climbing PGA packed their bags for a trip to the New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia. The students departed after classes on Thursday…
Safety first, transparency second
Zane Arky ’23 It’s easy to forget the world ten years ago, a world before the Me Too movement, before the widespread awareness around sexual assault, before young people were even educated…
The Linch-pin of Mercersburg
Avallina Orfield ’25 William Linch has joined the Mercersburg Academy faculty this year to teach Algebra II, Physics, and AS Physics: Mechanics. Linch said, “I came to Mercersburg Academy to help students…
My homie Mahoney
Taimur Rehman ’25 Richard Mahoney is joining Mercersburg Academy this year as an admission counselor. “Out of everything that drew me in, I think it was just the beauty of the campus….