Max Friedman ’25 The Mercersburg girl’s lacrosse team is off to an amazing start, with the varsity team accruing a 4-1 record. The team’s smallest margin of victory has been an astonishing…
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Coping with Wayfinder
Norah Copenhaver ’24 Wayfinder is a class intended to educate sophomores, students like me, and directed towards teaching us scarcely taught life lessons, like sex-education. Before entering the program, the information I…
China’s COVID conundrum
Cindy Jiang ’24 Beginning April 1, passengers from the United States traveling to China will be required to take an additional antigen test on the day before their departure. As the recent…
Future of Mercersburg visits campus
Ryan Casey ‘23 The second week of Mercersburg’s spring term began with the first Revisit Day of the year and the first since COVID. The purpose of this event is to welcome…
Celebrating new Cum Laude inductees
Pere Cabus Carrera ‘23 On Friday April 1, James Snyder ‘69, emeritus director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, executive chairman of The Jerusalem Foundation, former deputy director of the Museum of…
Learning through leading
Cindy Jiang ‘24 The arrival of spring term also means a new cycle of applications for leadership positions at the Academy, one that has prompted feelings of competition, nervousness, and excitement among…
Matilda, backstage
Amanda Xi ‘25 After months of rehearsals and behind-the-scenes work, the Stony Batter Players finally performed their production of Matilda: The Musical last week. Stony Batter worked together with theater director Kelly…
Putting the W in women
Bob Hollis ’24 On February 28, just before the start of National Women’s History Month, Mercersburg Academy students received an email titled, “Women’s History Month Nominations 2022.” This message included a link…
A different kind of love
Ryan Casey ’23 When the average viewer watches sports, they focus on the players, especially the flashy people making the big plays and winning games. Too often are the players on the…
Split Infinitive
Dean Tae ’24 This Friday, April 8, the show called Split Infinitive by Ryan Akers will open in the Cofrin and small galleries in The Burgin Center for the Arts. The visiting…