Addie Geitner ’21 Hustle & Bustle Editor Emeritus I call on Mercersburg Academy to immediately begin the urgent and necessary movement to fully divest its endowment and retirement pensions from all fossil…
Author: Maddie Dawson
Internet sensation Jennifer Nelson ’13 featured in Dance magazine
Mia Ingram ’21 NEWS Reporter If someone could embody the Energizer bunny, it would be Jennifer Nelson. Nelson, Class of 2013, is a graduate not only of the school but of its…
MLK Day
Melody Howe ’22 NEWS Reporter On Martin Luther King Day, Mercersburg Academy created a virtual forum in which to discuss racial issues, featuring a webinar presentation and Google meet open to student-initiated…
Mercersburg Intensives
Greta Lawler ’23 NEWS Reporter This winter, from November 16 to December 16, Mercersburg students and faculty participated in an exciting pilot program, The Mercersburg Intensive. Guided by the theme “Making a…
Jay Howley in the spotlight
Maggie Betkowski ’21 Arts Editor Jay Howley ’21 has been developing his aesthetic since he was in elementary school. An advocate for his own artistic expression at Mercersburg Academy as part of…
Virtual ‘Burg 2.0
Maddy Gillner ’22 NEWS Reporter As every student at Mercersburg Academy knows, the first six weeks of this year’s winter term will occur online. Fewer, however, know the amount of work that…
POLLINATION. P-O-L-L-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. POLLINATION.
Khoa Nguyen ’22 NEWS Reporter Every year, hundreds of thousands of students in the United States participate in spelling competitions called “spelling bees.” Although I am unclear of the rationale behind the…
A call for unity
Dylan Gantt ’21 NEWS Reporter From the COVID-friendly treatment of a centuries-old tradition to the National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s awe-inspiring performance, the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden was certainly one…
A new PLT4M for winter sports
Julia Mills ’22 NEWS Reporter Since the winter term has resumed virtually, Mercersburg Academy has been working hard to continue its programming in new and innovative ways. One of the programs that…
April showers bring… winter PGA’s
Ben Rihn ’22 Sports Editor The culmination of a successful fall term on campus on every front—namely with regard to athletics—has been largely undone by a return to square one. The Mercersburg…