By Finn Sipes ’22 News Reporter The Dance Concert is one of the highlights of every trimester at Mercersburg Academy, and this fall production was no exception. The dances this season were…
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Learning to live together
By Carina Cole ’22 News Reporter One of the most important requirements for happiness at boarding school is a good relationship with your roommate, which can affect how you enjoy your leisure…
Streaming away time
By Madi Norris ’21 News Reporter With the availability of online streaming services such as TikTok or Netflix, video entertainment is now easily accessible and personalized to anyone’s, and I mean anyone’s,…
Living diversity
By Clara Getty ’21 News Reporter Last week, Mercersburg Academy sent six students and four faculty members to the National Association of Independent School’s annual People of Color Conference in Seattle, Washington….
Keeping TABS on our education
By Allison Jones ’20 Front Page Editor On December 6, thirteen Mercersburg faculty members set out for Boston, Massachusetts for the annual TABS (The Association of Boarding Schools) Conference. Mercersburg faculty have…
BTS: Dance tech week
By Monique Garcia ’22 News Reporter tech week /tek wēk/ (noun): a 168-hour long period leading up to the fall dance showcase in which Mercersburg Academy’s dancers spend grueling albeit joyful hours…
Iron sharpens iron
By Ben Rihn ’22 News Reporter The 2019 Blue Storm boys varsity soccer team has had another successful season, under the leadership of coaches Carl Stensland and Tom Rahauser, and captains Mason…
Winter is here…
By Aakash Koduru ’20 News Reporter As winter sports launched this past week, the annual question returned: why do we have preseason for winter sports? After all, it only lasts for one…
A Britain for the many, not the few
By Zain Qureshi ’22 News Reporter In the United States we have a set federal election days: every two years, the first Tuesday after November 1; however, many countries, such as the…
Marks the spot
By Brandon Ryu ’21 News Reporter In 2015, Mercersburg Academy decided to collaborate with Marks Education, an educational consulting company out of Washington DC, in order to boost student scores on standardized…