Roy Kang ’22 The COVID-19 has worn on for more than a year now, and during that year Blue Storm athletes suffered the lack of interscholastic athletic competitions. The pandemic has disrupted…
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Green Team Earth Day
Addie Geitner ‘21, Dylan Gantt ‘21 Earth Day was established on April 22, 1970 in the United States. Solely a US holiday, in 1990 it became a worldwide celebration and day of…
The magic of Folklore
Isabella Van Ess ‘22 Music is an escape from reality. Now, more than ever, in the midst of a pandemic, stress and uncertainty plague everyday life. After several months of isolation during…
Heaping seniors “with praise”
Cricket Tatone ’24 On April 9, Mercersburg Academy honored a group of 26 students from the Class of 2021 as they were inducted into the Cum Laude Society. Cum laude, a Latin…
Virtual Parents’ Weekend
Maggie Betkowski ’21 In the past, Parents’ Weekend has been an event hosted by Mercersburg Academy to allow parents to visit campus and live a day in the life of their children….
Gearheads ascend
Stanley Fang ‘21 Students participating in the climbing PGA at Mercersburg Academy traveled over a weekend to White Rocks, a climbing area near the Appalachian trail. Since the onset of the global…
Mercersburg attends the White Privilege Conference
Bube Osaji ‘22 Over the course of last week, a handful of students and faculty at Mercersburg Academy immersed themselves in a three-day conference sponsored by The Privilege Institute. Mercersburg delegates participated…
Addressing obscenity
Scrolling through the daily NYT newsletter on my way to the mini crossword du jour, my eye was caught by a shocking string of blue, hyperlinked words: Private Schools Have Become Truly…
Mr Malone’s raptors
Amy Wu ‘22 Any student who has taken one of Jim Malone’s classes is probably aware of his love for raptors. While most people don’t give much thought to the birds on…
Irving Marshall Week(end)
Mathew Tavares ‘22 Irving-Marshall week, or weekend this year, was action packed and filled with exhilarating competition and school spirit. Even limited by COVID-19, Mercersburg managed to pull off a fantastic weekend. …